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fleshy disc, oo-ovulate; stigmas sessile. Fruit 

 of few follicles, coriaceous, oo-seeded. 



1. P. BEOWNII Dougl. Petals dark red. It- 

 Marin County. Summer. 



2, Actaea L- BANEBEBUY. 



Sepals 4, equal, caducous. Petals 4, Ovary 

 but 1, 1-celled with ventral placenta, ovules 

 2-seriate; stigma sessile. Fruit baccate, oo- 

 seeded. It- Flowers white. 



1. A. SPICATA L. Berry red. Redwood 

 Peak. Tamalpais. Nicasio. Spring. 



Narcotic poison. 



3, Delphinium Tourn. LARKSPUR. 



Sepals 5, petaloid; upper one calcarate. 

 Corolla irregular; upper petal 0; 2 lateral pet- 

 als projecting by their appendices into the 

 calyx-spur. Ovaries not more than 5, oo-ovu- 

 late. Fruit several follicles. 



1. D. NUDICAULE Torr. & Gray. Leaves 

 almost all radical, 3-5-lobed, segments broad, 

 obtuse, mucronulate; flowers in lax racemes, 

 scarlet. 0. Contra Costa Range. Marin 

 County. Summer. 



2. D. CALIFOENICUM Torr. & Gray. Stem 

 smooth, foliose; leaves 3-5-cleft, divisions 

 lobed; flowers in strict, dense racemes; pedi- 

 cels and flowers velvety, pale, sometimes tinned 

 with violet. It. Saucelito. Mission Dolores, 

 Summer. 



