192 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. [Bull. 



AQUILEGIA L. Columbine. 

 Aquilegia canadensis L. 



Wild or Red Columbine. Honeysuckle. Meeting-houses. 

 Rock Lily. Bells. 



Occasional, frequent or common. Open or shaded places, 

 usually in rocky ground. Late April — June. 



The var. flavi flora (Tenney) Britton (yellow-flowered) 

 sometimes occurs. 



Aquilegia vulgaris L. (common). 



Garden or European Columbine. Blue Bells. Cock's-foot. 



Rare. Escaped from gardens to roadsides and waste places : 

 Lebanon (Graves), West Hartford (H. S. Clark & Bissell), 

 Oxford (Harger), Milford, Westport and Woodbury (Eames 

 & C. C. Godfrey), Norfolk (Weatherby). Mid-May —June. 

 Adventive from Europe. 



The herb is medicinal. 



DELPHINIUM L. Larkspur. 



Delphinium Consolida L. (classical name). 



Garden or Field Larkspur. Dolphin Flower. Lark-heel. 



Knight's Spur. 



Rare. Waste grounds: Windham (Bissell), Bridgeport 

 and Fairfield (Eames), Middlebury (Harger). July — Sept. 

 Fugitive or adventive from Europe. 



The herb and seeds are medicinal. The leaves are believed 

 to be poisonous to stock. 



Delphinium Ajacis L. (from Ajax, Greek legendary hero). 

 Larkspur. Rocket Larkspur. 



Rare. Escaped from gardens into waste land and fields : 

 New London (Graves), Bridgeport and Fairfield (Eames), 

 Weston (Eames & C. C. Godfrey). Mid-June — Aug. Ad- 

 ventive from Europe. 



CIMICIFUGA L. Bugbane. 

 Cimicifuga racemosa (L.) Nutt. (having racemes). 



Black or Rattle Cohosh or Snakeroot. Rattle-top. Squaw- 

 root. 

 Rich, often rocky woods. Norfolk, plentiful at one locality. 



