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D. Aj'acis, Linn. Rocket L. More showy in gardens, and with simi- 

 lar flowers crowded in a long close raceme, and downy pods ; spur shorter ; 

 some marks on the front of the united petals were fancied to read AIAI 

 = Ajax. Eu. 



* * Perenninls, until 4 separate petals and 2-5, mostly 3, pistils. 



-I- Flowers deep blue to white;, cultivated. 



D. grandiflbrum, Linn. Great-fl L. (Known also as D. Chine'nse and 



D. .SiNENSE). l°-2°high, leaves cut into narrow linear divisions ; flowers 

 l.l' or more across ; sepals ample, oval ; the 2 lower petals rounded and en- 

 tire. Various in color, also double-flowered ; summer. Siberia and China. 



D. cheildnthum, Fischer, commonly .still larger-flowered, with lower 

 petals also entire or nearly so ; the mostly downy leaves have fewer and 

 lanceolate or wedge-lanceolate divisions ; is now much modifled by culti- 

 vation. D. FORMbsuM, Showy L., is one of the various garden forms. 

 Summer. Siberia. 



D. elatum, Linn. Bee Larkspur, from Eu., is very tall and somewhat 

 pubescent, with leaves 5-7-cleft, and the long divisions lobed or toothed ; 

 flowers many in a long wand-like raceme, the lower petals 2-cleft and 

 yellowish bearded ; spur curved. 



-t- -1- Flowers deep blue to tohite ; indigenous. 



D. exalt^tum. Ait. Tall Wild L. 20-5° high ; leaves deeply 3-5- 

 cleft, tlie divisions narrow, wedge-form, or wedge-oblong, diverging 

 3-cleft at apex ; flowers and panicled racemes hoary or downy ; spur 

 straight ; pods erect ; summer. Penn., W. and S. 



D. azttreum, Michx. Azure L. Often downy, l°-3 high°, with narrow 

 linear divisions to the leaves, and a spike-like raceme of rather small 

 flowers in spring ; sepals and 2-cleft lower petals oblong ; spurs curved 

 up ; pods erect. Yar. with full double flowers in gardens ; summer. 

 Wis. to Dak. and S. 



D. tric6rne, Michx. Dwarf Wild L. 6'-3o high, from a branched 

 tuberous root ; leaves with broadly linear lobes and a loose raceme of few 

 or several rather large showy flowers in spring ; sepals and cleft lower 

 petals oblong ; pods strongly diverging. Open woods from Penn., W. and S. 



H_ M_ H_ Flotor.rs scarlet and yelloio ; ctdt.from California. 



D. nudicau/e, Torr. & Gray. l°-2° high, few-leaved, leaves deeply cleft 

 into obiivateor wedge-shaped divisions ; racemes loose ; pedicels 2'-4' long. 



18. ACONITUM, ACONITE, WOLFSBANE, MONKSHOOD. (An- 

 cient name.) ^ Root thick, tuberous, or turnip-shaped, a virulent 

 poison, and used as medicine. Leaves palmately divided or cleft and 

 cuL-lobed. Flowers showy. The large upper sepal from its shape is 

 called the hood or helmet. Under it are two long-stalked, queer little 

 bodies which answer for petals. (Lessons, Figs. 242-244.) Flowers 



in summer. ^ 7 , 7 ^. • . o t 7 r 



* Leaves deeply cleft into 3-7 lobes. 



A. uncinatum, Linn. Wild A. or Monkshood. Stem slender, ."°-5°, 

 erect, but weak and inclined to climb ; leaves cleft or parted into 3-5 

 ovate or wedge-lanceolate, cut-toothed lobes ; flowers loosely panicled, 

 blue ; the roundish hehnet lu-arly as broad as high, its pointed visor 

 turned down. Low grounds from Penn., S. and W. 



A. reclinatum, (iray. TRAiuixr; Wolfsuane. Smooth, steins trailing ; 

 leav(>s deeply 3-7-cleft ; flowers white ; helmet soon horizontal, elongated 

 conical. .Mlcghany Mountains, S. 



