General Key to the Families 17 



VII. AQUILEGIA. (Tourn.) L. 



1. A. formosa. Fisch. Western Cvlumbine. 



2. A. brevistyla. Hook. Blue Columbine. 



3. A. flavescens. Wats. Yellow Columbine. 

 VIII. DELPHINIUM. (Tourn.) L. 



1. D. Brownii. Rydb. Mountain Larkspur. 



2. D. Menziesii. DC. Blue Larkspur. 



3. D. bicolor. Nutt. Blue-veined Larkspur. 

 IX. ACT^A. L. 



1. A. rubra. (Ait.) Willd. Red Baneberry. 



2. A. rubra forma neglecta. (Gillman.) Robinson. 



White Baneberry. 



XXX. BERBERIDACE^:. BARBERRY FAMILY 



Shrubs or herbs ; leaves compound or divided, alternate,- dilated 

 at the base; flowers with the sepals and petals both imbricated in 

 the bud, usually in two rows, the hypogynous stamens as many as 

 the petals and opposite to them ; fruit a berry or a pod. 



I. BERBERIS. (Tourn.) L. 



1. B. repens. Lindl. Rocky Mountain Grape. 



2. B. aquifolium. Pursh. Oregon Grape. 



ORDER XIX. PAPAVERALES 

 XXXI. PAPAVERACE^:. POPPY FAMILY 



Herbs with milky or coloured juice, narcotic or acid; leaves 

 alternate without stipules; flowers regular with the parts in twos 

 or fours, fugacious sepals, polyandrous; fruit a dry pod with 

 numerous seeds. 



I. PAPAVER. (Tourn.) L. 



i. P. alpinum. L. Arctic Poppy. 



XXXII. FUMARIACEffi. FUMITORY FAMILY 



Delicate smooth herbs with watery juice; leaves compound, dis- 

 sected, usually alternate; flowers irregular, with four somewhat 

 united petals, the outer with spreading tips, and one or both of 



