234 POLYANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. [CJL. XIII. 



July : grows in corn-fields in England : rare. Cambridge, Suffolk, 

 Kent. Eng. Bot. vol. xxvi. pi. 1839. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 30. 814. 



11. ACONITUM. MONK'S-HOOD. 



Calyx none. Petals five, inferior, unequal, four of them in 

 pairs, opposite ; the upper one hooded, or tubular, inverted, the 

 convex part being uppermost, the deflected point recurved ; two 

 lateral ones roundish, opposite, converging; two lowermost ob- 

 long, deflected. Nectaries two, within the hollow of the upper 

 petal, on long, awl-shaped stalks, tubular, oblique at the orifice. 

 Filaments numerous, broad at the base, awl-shaped, short; anthers 

 roundish, erect. Germen superior, from three to five, oblong. 

 Styles terminal, awl-shaped, spreading; stigmas simple, acute. 

 Follicles straight, oblong, one-valved. Seeds numerous, angular, 

 arranged at the edges of the capsule. Name doubtful. 268. 



1. A. Napellus. Common Wolfs-bane, or Monk's-hood. Upper petal 

 arched at the back ; lateral ones hairy at the inner side ; germens three, 

 smooth ; leaves deeply rive-cleft, cut, with linear segment*, furrowed 

 above. Stem erect, leafy, simple, terminating in a cluster of dark- 

 blue flowers. Perennial : flowers in June and July : found in several 

 places in England, but is not truly native. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 31. 815. 



12. AQUILE'GIA. COLUMBINE. 



Calyx none. Petals five, inferior, egg-shaped, equal, spreading. 

 Nectaries five, equal, alternate with the petals, tubular, dilated up- 

 wards, oblique at the mouth, the outer margin ascending, the inner 

 attached to the receptacle ; their lower portion extended into a 

 long tapering spur, obtuse at the end. Filaments from thirty to 

 forty, awl-shaped, the outer shorter, the inner abortive, dilated, 

 clasping the germens ; anthers heart-shaped, erect. Germens five, 

 superior, oblong, each tapering into an awl-shaped, erect style; 

 stigmas simple. Follicles five, cylindrical, pointed, straight, one- 

 valved. Seeds numerous, egg-shaped, smooth, arranged along the 

 edges of the follicle. Name, from aquiia, an eagle. 269. 



1. A. vulgar is. Common Columbine. Nectaries about the length of 

 the petals, their spur incurved; leaves and stem smooth; capsules hairy. 



Root tuberous : stem erect, two or three feet high, round, generally 



branched, and bearing several flowers : root-leaves twice ternate, on long 

 stalks : stem-leaves ternate, nearly sessile : flowers pendulous, purple. 

 Perennial: flowers in June: grows in meadows, pastures, and thickets: 

 frequent, but seldom wild. Eng. Bot. vol. v. pi. 297. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. 

 p. 33. 816. 



13. STRATIO'TES. WATER-SOLDIER. 



Calyx superior, of one leaf, tubular, erect, with three deep mar- 

 ginal segments. Petals three, twice as long as the calyx, inversely 

 egg-shaped. Filaments about twenty, thread-like, shorter than the 

 calyx; anthers awl-shaped, erect. Germen elliptical, obtuse, three- 

 cornered. Styles six, deeply cleft, as long as the stamens ; stigmas 

 simple. Berry egg-shaped, six-cornered, six-celled, tapering ai 



