14 rOLYANDRIA DI-rENTAGYNIA 



parted? — Was It not of more importance to have g'iven a 

 figure of this very imeresting- plant tha.noi' Jlonarda Xal- 

 miana, or Lvpijws villosusP 



Order II.— DI-PENTAGYNIA. (2 to 5 styles.) 



571. DELPHINIUM. L, (Larkspur.) 



Calix none. Petals 5. Lepanihium (necta- 

 ry) bifid, cornutely produced behind. Siliqiies 

 3 or 1. 



Herbaceous, lower leaves digitate or palmate, upper 

 ones often undivided; flowers closely spiked or paniculate, 

 blue, violaceous or 3'ellowish. 



Species. 1. D. tricorne. 2. ozJireum. 3. exaltatiim. 4. con- 

 aolida. Naturalized. 5. *viresce7is. Perennial, pubescent; 

 lepanihium 4-leaved, shorter than the 5 calicine petals, 

 interior lamin:« densely bearded; leaves 3-parted, segments 

 linear, subtrifid, lower ones divaricate. Hab. On the- 

 plains of the Missouri. Obs. Stem simple about 8 to 12 

 inches, pubescent; leaves upon long- petioles, partly dig-i- 

 tate or 5-parted, 10 to 15 lines wide; spike few-flowered, 

 flowers greenish white, petaloid calix, 5-leaved, leaves 

 oblong, spur longer than the flower, nearly straight. Pe- 

 tals of the lepanihium 4; the 2 internal ones irregularly 

 concave, small, the 2 lateral larger, flat, and unguiculate , 

 bearded, claw sending out a short spur at the base; cap- 

 sules 3. Flowering in June. 



A genus almost equally divided betwixt Siberia and the 

 south of Europe. 



5:2. ACONITUM. L. (Woirs-bane.) 



Calix none. Tetah 5, the uppermost one 

 arched. Ij;panthia 2, pedunculate, recurved. 

 Slliques 3 or 5. 



Leaves digitate or palmate; flowers paniculate or loose- 

 ly spiked, terminal, violaceous or jcllowish. 



Species. 1. A. uvclnaium. Probably poisonous in com- 

 mon with many other species of this genus. The flowers 

 considerably resemble those of the common Monk's-hood- 

 .?. XaHllus. 



