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U r. RiLNtTNCPLACE* CRO^ 'ULY. 



tnbera. A deHeat* little giant with the habit of ui Anemone, growing In woods 

 ud pastures. AprU-X* v . 



B. RAin)NC0LU8. 



SepaU 5. 1'eUU 6, with a nectariferous scale or glandular 

 spot at the base of each petal inside. Stamens indefinite. Ache- 

 nia ovate, pointed, compressed, crowded into heads. Per. 



1. R. Cymbalaria. Sea Crowfoot. 



Bum craping, rooting t the Joints; radical leaves orbicular, on long peti- 

 oles, mate; scape r V high, (-flowered, with a few oval, obtuse, entire 



bracts; flowers small, bright yellow ; petals spatulate, a little longer than the 

 spreading sepals; beads of achenla cylindrical The smallest specie* here des- 

 cribed. Abundant In salt marshes. Jun~July. 



2. R. abortivus. 



Stem erect, branching, very smooth ; radical leave* renlform, orenate, petio- 

 tate, sometimes 8-lobed, upper ones 8 S lobed; lobes oblong; flowers small, 

 yellow; (rait In globose heads; style very short, straight. This species grows 

 10 13' high. Damp woods. HayJune. 



3. R. Tecurvatus. Wood Crowfoot. 



Stem erect, hairy; leaves deeply 8-parted, segments ovate, dentate, pubes- 

 cent, pale green ; flowers rather small, greenish yellow ; petals narrow, scarcely 

 equal to the rcflexfcd sepals; achenla In globose heads, tipped with the minute, 

 booked styles. Common in damp woods, and easily distinguished by Its pale 

 green color, and Its booked achenla. June. 



4. R. Pennsylvanicus. Bristly Crowfoot. 



Stem erect, branching, rough, with stiff bristles, as also the petioles; leaves 

 clothed with stiff appreesed hairs, ternate ; leaflets somewhat pctiolatc, deeply 

 Mobed, Incised ; flowers small, yellow ; sepals reflcxed, longer than the petals ; 

 beads oblong, somewhat cylindrical ; achenla tipped with a very short, straight 

 style. A stout, rough-hairy species, 18 feet high, with very small flowers. 

 Common In low grounds. JuntAug. 



5. R. acris. Butter-cups. 



Stem erect, branching, often hollow, hairy; leaves generally pubescent, 

 deeply 8-parted ; segments deeply Incised, divisions of the upper ones linear, 

 .becoming smaller, and terminating In nearly entire bracts; flowers large, of a 

 burnished gulden yellow; calyx spreading; beads of achenla globose, beak 

 abort, recurved. Common every where In meadows, and other damp soils, 1 

 S feet high. June Sep. 



6. R. bulbosus. Bulbous Crowfoot. 



Hairy; stem erect, brandling, forming a bulb at base; leaves ternate; seg- 

 ments petlolate, deeply Incised ; radical leaves petloled, upper ones sessile, and 

 becoming smaller ; flowers like the last, with furrowed peduncles and reflexed 

 sepals ; beads globose. A very common species In meadows, much resembling 

 B. acris, but easily distinguished by the bulb at the base of the stem, and the 

 reflexed calyx ; 18 feet high. May Jutu. 



7. R. fascicularis. Early Crowfoot. 



Boot fascicled ; stem branching, slender, hairy ; leaves Innately-parted, seg- 

 ments narrow, obcvate, S-lobed, dentate ; flowers pale yellow, with a spreading, 

 vlllous calyx, shorter than the petals, which are wedge-obovate, with br,i.l 

 scales at base. The earliest-flowering spedes. It grows VW high, In rocky 

 woods. The radical leaves appear somewhat pinnate. April May. 



8. R. repens. Creeping Crowfoot. 



Btom branching at base, stolonlferons, mostly smooth ; leaves on long peti- 

 ole*, tri-follatr, segments deeply 8-lobed, generally smooth; peduncles furrowed ; 

 flowers yellow ; sepal* spreading; stems 18 feet long, generally hairy at base, 

 with dark green leave*. Vet grounds. Common. May July. 



9. R. Pilrahii. Floating Crowfoot. 



Btem floating, submerged ; leave* dissected Into capillary segments ; emened 

 OM* renlform, S- o-lobed ; flowers large, bright yellow, about 1' above the 

 water; petal* broad, about twice a* long a* the reflexed calyx; bead* of 

 eswnla globose; style* straight Grows in stagnant ponds sod pools, and Is 

 easily distinguished from the following, by Its yellow flowers. Jan'. 



10. R. aquatilis. White Water Crowfoot. 



Bum floating, submerged; SuOtnerged leaves flllformly dls*e< 



when pvNwnt, 8-part*d ; flown* rather small, dull white, alxinl 1 ' nut 



of water; petals dull white, with yellow claw*. A variable species, growing 

 in stagnant water*. May Aug. 



6. C.U.TIIA. 



SepaU 6 6, resembling petal*. Petal- :.rios 5 10. 



Follicles 6 10, compressed, erect, many-seeded. Per. 



1. C. palustris. Cowslip. 



Plant very smooth ; stem erect, hollow, dlchotomous ; leaves rcniibrm, ore- 

 nate, radical ones on long petioles, those of the stem on short one*; flowers 

 large, bright yellow, pedunculate. In somewhat umbellate clusters of 85 ; 

 sepals nearly or quite orbicular. A showy plant with very bright green foli- 

 age, in wet meadows, and much in request for greens In the spring. It I* quito 

 variable in the shape of its leaves and sepals. April 3foy, 



Sepals 66 pctaloid, deciduous. Petals 56. Stamens 16 

 I!.".. Follicles 6 10, stipitate, somewhat stcllat.-ly diverging, 4 

 8-seeded. Per. 



1. C. trifolia. Goldthread. 



Leaves radical, ternate; leaflets sessile, wedge-obovate, somewhat I 

 crenato-mncronate, coriaceous, smooth, on petioles 1' 2' long; peduncles twice 

 as long, slender, l-flowered, with a single, minute bract above the middle ; 

 flower white, star-like In appearance; petals minute, yellow ; stamens white; 

 root very slender, extensively creeping, of a golden yellow. A delicate llltlo 

 plant, growing in bogs, well known by Its slender golden roots, from which It 

 derives It* popular name. May. 



B. AQUILti.M. 



Sepals 6, petaloid, caducous. Petals 6, tubular, extending 

 below into long, spurred nectaries. Follicles 8, erect, nmiiy- 

 seeded, tipped with the style. Per. 



1. A. Canad^nsis. Columlinr. 



Stem erect, smooth, branching ; lower loaves bl-ternate ; leaflets on long 

 petioles, 8-lobed, rhomboldal ; flowers large, nodding. scarlet ; sepals ovate-ob- 

 long, rather longer than the petals ; petals with a yellow tube above, scarlet 

 below, each with a straight spur filled at the base with honey; stamens am! 

 style exsert, yellow. A much more delicate and beautiful plant than the culti- 

 vated specie*, growing 1 S feet high, In the clefts of rocks. May. 



2. A. vulgaris. Garden Columbine. 



Stem erect, stouter than the last, branching, leafy ; loaves mostly smooth, 

 glaucous, bl-tcrnate; leaflets 8 8-lobcd, lobes rounded ; flowers large, varying 

 from dark purple to lilac, nodding, with Incurved spun, 19 feet high. Native 



of Europe, cultivated In gardens. June. 



9. DKLl'HlNIUM. 



Scpalx 6, deciduous, pctaloid, irregular; tin- upper spurtvd nt 

 base. Petals -1, irregular ; the 8 nppT with spur-liki- ;ip|"'ii.!- 

 age at base, inclosed in the calyx-spur. Ovaries 1 5. 



1. I). Consolida. Larkspur. 



Stem erect, smooth, with divaricate branches; leaves palmate!}- divided into 

 very One capillary segments; flowers few, in loose racemes, generally blue, but 

 varying from light purple and blue to white, often double ; pedicels longer than 

 the bracts; carpels smooth. Cultivated In gardens, and sparingly naturalized 

 along road-sides, July Aug. 



2. D. cxaltatum. Tall Larkspur. 



Stem eroct, glabrous below, pubescent near the summit; leave* deeply 3 fl- 

 parted, lobes cuneiform, divaricate, 8-clcft, acuminate, the lateral ones often S- 

 lobed; petioles not dilated at baa*; raceme* straight; flowers large, of a rich 

 purplish blue. Native of the Mlddk) States; common in cultivation. Jam- 

 Any. 



3. D. grandiflcirum. Large-flowered Larkspur. 



Leave* palmate, many-parted, lobe* linear, distant; pedicel* longer than the 

 bracts; petals shorter than the calyx: flowers large, double or single, bright 

 blue, with a tinge of purple. Cultivated. July. Per. 



4. D. elitum. Bee Larkspur. 



dl, pubescent ; leaves 5-lobcd, downy; lobe* wedge-shaped at huso, 

 >!< ; flower tare,', hluMi-pnrpl*, appearing at a little distance as If * 



