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AQUILEGIA 



AQUILEGIA 



12. Skinned, Hook. St. 1-2 ft. high, many-fid., gla- 

 brous: root-lvs. long-petioled, with both primary and 

 secondary divisions long; Ifts. cordate, 3-parted; sev- 

 eral st.-lvs. petioled and biternate: sepals green, keeled, 

 lanceolate, acute, never much spreading, %-l in. long; 

 petal-limb greenish orange, half as long as sepal; spur 

 bright red, tapering rapidly, over 1 in. long; stamens 

 protruding far beyond the limb; styles 3: fr., at least 

 when young, bearing broad, membranous, curled wings. 

 After flowering, the peduncles become erect. July- 

 fSept. Mts. of New Mex. B.M. 3919. P.M. 10:199. 

 B.H. 4:1. F.S. 1:6. V. 

 2 : 33 f . 5 (poor). A hand- 

 some plant requiring a 

 light soil in a sunny bor- 

 der. Var. fldre-pleno, 

 Hort. Fls. double. Gt. 

 34:57. Very fine. 



295. Aquilegia longissima. (XM) 



BBB. Spurs very long, several times the length of 

 petal-limb. 



13. chrys&ntha, Gray (A. leptoceras var. chrysdntha, 

 Hook.). Fig. 294. Height 3-^ ft.: root-lvs. with twice 

 3-branched petioles, Ifts. biternate; st.-lvs. several, 

 petioled: fls. many on the plant, 2-3 in. across; sepals 

 pale yellow, tinted claret, spreading horizontally; petal- 

 limb deep yellow, shorter than the sepals, and nearly as 

 long as the head of stamens; spur rather straight, very 

 slender, divergent, about 2 in. long, descending when 

 fl. is mature: follicles glabrous, 1 in. long; style half 

 as long. May-Aug. New Mex. and Ariz. Gn. 16: 

 264; 51, p. 385. B.M. 6073. R.H. 1896, p. 108. F.R. 

 2:169. Gt. 33:84. G.C. 1873:1501. F.M. 1873:88. 

 V. 2:33 f. 3. F.S. 20:2108. H.F. 4:120. H.U. 3, 

 p. 324. Var. flavescens, Hort. (A. aitrea, Junk. A. 

 canadensis var. aiirea, Roezl). Fls. yellow, tinged 

 with red; spurs incurved, and shorter than in the type. 

 Gt, 21:734. Var. alba-plena, Hort. (var. grandiflora 

 alba, Hort.). Fls. very pale yellow or nearly white, with 

 two or more whorls of petal-limbs. Intro. 1889. 

 V. 12:311. G.W. 8, p. 375. Var. nana, Hort. (A. 

 leptoceras var. liitea, Hort.). Like the type, but plant 

 always small, not exceeding 1% ft- Var. Jseschkanii, 

 Hort. About the same height as last: fls. large, yellow, 

 with red spurs. Thought to be a hybrid of A. chrysan- 

 tha x Skinneri, hence sometimes called A . Skinneri 

 var. hybrida, Hort. 



14. longissima, Gray. Fig. 295. Tall, somewhat pu- 

 bescent with silky hairs, or smoothish: root-lvs. 

 biternate, even in the petioles; Ifts. deeply lobed and 

 cut, green above, glaucous beneath; st.-lvs. similar, 

 petioled: fls. pale yellow, sepals lanceolate, broadly 



spreading, 1 in. or more, the spatulate petals a little 

 shorter, about equaling the head of stamens; spur with 

 a narrow orifice, 4 in. long or more, always hanging. 

 Distinguished from A. chrysantha by its longer spur 

 with contracted orifice, by the narrow petals, and by 

 the late season of flowering. Late July to Oct. 1. 

 Ravines S. W. Texas into Mex. G.F. 1:31 (adapted in 

 Fig. 295). The seed must beobtained from wild plants, 

 as those cult, usually fail to produce seed; hence not 

 much used. 



AAA. Sepals l\^-l]/z or even 8 in. long: expanded fls. 



% l /y-3 in. diam.; stamens not protruding. 



B. Spurs long and not incurved. 



15. caerulea, James (A. leptoceras, Nutt. A. ma- 

 crdntha, Hook & Arn.). St. 1-1 J^ ft., finely pubescent 

 above, bearing several fls.: lower st.-lvs. largo and bi- 

 ternate; basal-lvs. with long 3-branched petioles; Ifts. 

 3-lobed on secondary stalks: fls. 2 in. across, whil ish, but 

 variously tinted with light blue and yellow; sepals often 

 blue, oblong, obtuse, twice as long as the petal-limb; 

 spurs long, slender, knobbed at the end, rather straight, 

 but curving outward; head of stamens equaling the 

 petals: follicles pubescent, 1 in. long; style J-iin. Apr.- 

 July. Lower mt. regions, Mont, to New Mex. B.M. 

 4407; 5477. Gn. 16:264. Mn. 6:61. V. 2:33 f. 4. 

 F.S. 5:531. F.R. 10:165. Gn. 59, p. 147. G. 28:241. 

 Var. alba, Hort. Fls. of same size but entirely white. 

 Intro. 1883. Var. hybrida, Hort. Sepals some shade 

 of blue or pink, or mixed, and petals nearly white or 

 yellow, also called var. lutea, Hort. The true form of 

 this is probably A. cserulea x A. chrysantha. Gn. 51, 

 p. 385. R.H. 1896: 108. A.G. 15:315. I. H. 43:61. 

 Var. Helenas, Hort., is very probably a form of this 

 hybrid; very robust, fls. numerous, blue and pure 

 white. G.W. 6:212. Var. fldre-pleno, Hort. Fls. longer 

 and very showy, more or less doubled toward the 

 center. 



BB. Spurs incurved and hardly longer than petal-limbs. 



16. alpina, Linn. (incl. var. superba, Hort.). Fig. 296. 

 St. nearly 1 ft. high, finely pubescent upwards, 2-5- 

 fld., bearing petioled, biternate Ivs. : partial-petioles of 

 basal-lvs. 1-2 in. long, with 3 nearly sessile divisions, 

 deeply lobed: expanded fl. 1K~2 in. across, blue, rarely 

 pale or white; sepals 1J^ in. long, half as broad, acute; 

 petal-limb half as long as 



sepals, often white; spur 

 stout, incurved, same length 

 as the limb; head of sta- 

 mens not protruding: fol- 

 licles pubescent, 1 in. long; 

 style much shorter. May, 

 June. Switzerland. L.B.C. 

 7:657. Gn. 9:384. F.W. 

 1879:353. B.M. 8303. Var. 

 alba, Hort. Fls. pure white. 



17. glanduldsa, Fisch. 

 Fig. 297. St. 1-1 Yi ft. high, 

 glandular pubescent in the 

 upper half, 1-8-fld. : partial- 

 petioles of root-lvs. 1-2 in. 

 long, each with 3 distinct 

 divisions; Ift.-segms. nar- 

 row and deep; st.-lvs. few, 

 bract-like: fls. large, nod- 

 ding; sepals bright lilac- 

 blue, ovate, acute, about 

 \ l /i in. long and half as 

 broad; petal - limb same 

 color, but tipped and bor- 

 dered with creamy white, 

 less than half the length of 

 the sepals, very broad ; spur 

 very short, }^-J-^in., stout, 



much incurved; stamens 296. Aquilegia alpina. (x Ji) 



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