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entire. Petals obovate, nearly % in. long. Akenes in a globose head, 

 generally smooth, each tipped with a short beak. In the Sierra 

 Nevada Mountains and northward to British Columbia. It blooms 

 in the spring. 



d. R. tenellus Natt. Perennial, a foot or two high. Stems erect, 

 hairy, or smooth. Leaves deeply lobed, 3-5 cleft, with the divisions 

 more or less wedge-shaped, the margin with a few sharp teeth. 

 Petals 5, small, yellow. Akenes in a globose head, each tipped with a 

 coiled style. Receptacle 'smooth. This is widely distributed and 

 variable. It blooms in the spring.. 



e. R. occidentals Nutt. Perennial, a foot or two high. Stems 

 widely branching, covered with widely spreading hairs. Leaves 

 deeply cleft into 3-5 wedge-shaped divisions, these again cut ; some- 

 times the leaves are compound with 3 leaflets on petioles. Upper 

 leaves simpler and smaller. Petals 5, twice as long as the reflexed 

 sepals. Akenes tipped with flattened, hooked beaks on a smooth recep- 

 tacle. This is variable and widely distributed. It blooms in the 

 spring. 



f. R. alismaefo'lius Geyer. Perennial from thick fibrous roots. 

 Stems in bunches, short and erect, about 6 in. high. Leaves lance- 

 shaped, tapering to margined petioles that widen at base ; upper leaves 

 thickish, 2-4 in. long, nearly sessile. Corolla showy, yellow, nearly 

 1 in. across, with broad obovate petals. Akenes in a globose head, 

 smooth with a short beak. This grows in marshy places in the Sierra 

 Nevada Mountains and northward. It blooms in the spring. 



V. AQUILE'GIA, Columbine (ALSO MISTAKENLY CALLED Honeysuckle) 



Sepals 5, petal-like, all similar. Petals 5, each consisting of 

 a tubular or expanded border terminating in a long hollow spur* 

 projecting below the sepals. Pistils 5, forming many-seeded 

 follicles. Perennial herbs with leaves twice or thrice pal- 

 mately compound. Flowers usually nodding at the ends of 

 the branchlets. 



a. A. trunca'ta Fisch & Meyer. RED COLUMBINE. Flowers red, 

 tinged with yellow. Sepals spreading. Petals with scarcely any 

 border, and thick, blunt spurs. Throughout California growing in 

 shady, moist places. 



b. A. formo'sa Fisch. This resembles the preceding, except that 

 the border of the petals is prolonged, especially on the outer side. This 

 is found in Oregon. 



