ORDER 1. RANUXCULA.CEJE. 211 



blue, and when viewed at a little distance the stamens and bearded petals re- 

 eemble a bee nestling within the calyx, f Siberia. 



7*D. graudiflorum L. Lvs. palmately 5 7-parted, lobes linear, distant; 

 sessile. 3-cleft pedicels longer than bract ; petals shorter than calyx. A superb 

 perennial. Fls. double or eingle, in racemes, of brilliant dark blue, with a tinge 

 of purple, f Siberia. 



Observation. A few other species may, perhaps, be found in gardens. All are 

 showy plants, of the easiest culture. 



18. ACONITUM, Tourn. WOLFSBANE. Fig. 283. (Gr. dKovlrog, with- 

 out dust ; because the plants grow on dry rocks.) Sepals 5, irregular, 

 colored, upper one vaulted; petals 5, the' 3 lower minute, the 2 upper 

 on long claws, concealed beneath the upper sepal, recurved and nectar- 

 iferous at the apex; styles 3 5; follicles 3 5. If Lvs. digitate or 

 palmate. Fls. in terminal spikes. 



1 A. uncinatum L. Stemflexuous; pan. rather loose, with divergent branches ; 

 Ivs. palmate, 3 5-parted, with rhomboidal-lanceolate, cut-dentate divisions; Jielmet 

 (upper sepal) exactly conical, short-beaked in front ; ova, villous. A cultivated, 

 poisonous plant, also native, N. Y. to Ga. St. 2f high. Lvs. coriaceous, dark 



rn, 4 5' wide. Fls. large, purple, 3 or 4 near the summit of each branch, 

 Aug. 



2 A. reclinatum Gray. St. trailing (3 8f long) ; Ivs. deeply 3 7 -cleft, peti- 

 olate, divisions creriate, incised or lobed ; fls. white, in very loose panicles ; hel- 

 met soon horizontal, elongated conical, with a straight beak in front. Alleghany 

 Mts., Va. and Southward. Aug. 



3 A. Napellus L. MOXKSHOOD. St. straight, erect ; Ivs. deeply 5-cleft cut 

 into linear segments, furrowed above ; uppet sep. arched at the back, lateral ones 

 hairy insido; ova. smooth. A poisonous plant cultivated among flowers. It is 

 a tall, rank perennial, making quite a consequential appearance. St. 4f high, 

 with a long spicato inflorescence at its termination. Fls. dark blue, surmounted 

 by the vaulted upper sepal, as if hooded in a monk's cowl. Aug. There are 

 varieties with flowers white, rose-colored, etc. 



19. CIMICIFUGA, L. BUGBANE. (Lat. cimez, a bug, fugo, to drive 

 away; alluding to its offensive odor.) Sepals 4 or 5, caducous; petals 

 stamen-like, 1 8, small, clawed, 2-horned at apex ; sta. numerous, with 

 slender white filaments ; follicles 1 8, dry, dehiscent. 4 Lvs. ternately 

 decompound. Flowers white, in long, slender racemes. 



MAOROTYS. Pistil 1, with a broad stigma, and seeda in two rows No. 1 



CiuiciFtTQA vera. Pistils 2 S, with a minute stigma, seeds in ono row IS'os. 2, 3 



1 C. racemosa Ell. BLACK SNAKEROOT. Lft?. ovate-oblong, incisely serrate ; 

 rac. very long ; cap?, follicular, ovoid, sessile. Plant resembling a tall Actasa, 

 found in upland woods Can. to Ga. St. 4 8f high, with long, panicled racemes 

 of white-sepaled and monogynous flowers. Petals 4 6, small. Sta. about 100 

 to each flower, giving the raceme tho appearance of a long and slender plume. 

 Fls. very fetid. Jn., Jl. (Actjea, L. Macrotys, Raf.) 



2 C. Americana MX. Glabrous ; Ivs. triternate, segm. ovate, terminal one cunei- 

 form at base, 3-parted or 3-cleft, and incised ; petals concave, sessile, 2-lobed, 

 nectariferous at base ; ova. 25, stiped, obovate and pod-shaped in fruit ; sds. 

 6 8, flattened vertically. Mts Penn. to N. Car. and Tenn. St. 3 6f high. Lfts. 

 2 4' long, with coarse, unequal, mucronate serratures. Fls. smaller than in C. 

 racemosa, in a long panicle of racemes. Aug. (C. podocarpa Eli. Actoea podo- 

 carpa DC.) 



3 C. cordifolia Ph. Lvs. biternate; Ifls. broadly cordate, 35-lobed; ova. 13; 

 follicles sessile, 8 10-seeded. Mts. Carolina. Ft 3 5f high, terminating in a long 

 glabrous panicle of racemes. Sep. 5, roundish, petals fpathulate, bifid, few or 

 wanting. 



