AQUILEGIA 



AQUILEGIA 



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sppcies. Var. nana, Hort. Plant 1 ft. high or less: fls. 



likp the type. 



Var. flavescens, Hook. A pale-lv<l. yellow-fld. 



variety. \'ery jirctty. Intro. 1889. This has often 



lieen called -4. fluvcscens, Wats.; A. cserulea var. flaves- 

 cens, Lawson; ,-1. flaui- 

 flora, Tenney; .4. cana- 

 densis var. flaniflora, 

 Brit. B.M. 65.52 B. 



6. Buergeriana,Siob. 

 & Zucc. (-1. alropur- 

 piirea, Miq.). More 

 slender than A. vul- 

 garis: 1 ft. high, finely 

 pubescent toward the 

 top; branched to form 

 several heads, bearing 

 2-3-petioled, bitemate 

 l\s. ; partial-petioles of 

 basal Ivs. 3 2~1 in. long, 

 with 3 sessile divi- 

 sions: fls. yellow, tinted 

 with purple, 1-1'^ in. 

 diam.; sepals Jiin. 

 long, acute, spreading; 

 spurs erect , nearly 

 straight, as long as the 

 limb of petals, and 

 about equaUng the 



293. Radical leaves of AquUegia sepal ; head of stamens 

 canadensis. equal to limb in length: 



follicles pubescent, 



Mia. long, style half as long. Early. Japan. — Brought 



from St. Petersburg, 1892. 



AA. Sepals about 1 in. long: expanded fl. about 2 in. 



diam. 

 B. Spurs shorter than the petal-limb, and incurved. 



7. flabellata, Sieb. & Zucc. St. 1-1!/^ ft., few-fld.: 

 partial-petioles of root-lvs. 1 in. or more, Ifts. nearly 

 sessile; st.-lvs. large and petioled: fls. bright lilac, or 

 pale purple or white; sepals 1 in. long, obtuse; limb of 

 petal half as long, often white in the lilac-fld. form; 

 spur shorter than the limb, slender toward the end, 

 nmeh incurved; stamens not protruding beyond the 

 petal-limbs: follicles glabrous. Summer. Japan. R.H. 

 1896, p. 109. Var. nana-alba, Hort. (var. flore-dlba, 

 Hort.). Fls. pure white: plant dwarfish. R.B. 15:157. 

 B.M. 8354 (var. nivea). 



BB. Spurs at least as long as petal-limb. 

 c. Stamens short, not much protruding. 



8. leptoceras, Fisch. & Mey. St. several-fid., about 

 1 ft. high; partial-petioles of root-lvs. over 1 in., Ifts. 

 sessile; st.-lvs. petioled biternate: fls. violet, with the 

 tips of the sepals greenish, and tips of the short, petal- 

 limb yellow; spur slender, slightly curved, 32in. long, 

 not knobbed; stamens protruding a Utile beyond the 

 limbs of petals: follicles slender, glabrous, nearlv 1 in. 

 long. Summer. E.Siberia. B.R. 33:64. F.S. 3:296.— 

 Little used in Amer. 



9. vulgaris, Linn. (.-{. stellata, Hort,. A. atrata, 

 Koch). Common Coli'mbine of Eu. Sts. \]4-2 ft. 

 high, many-fld., finely pubescent throughout: root-lvs. 

 with 3 partial-petioles I'g"'- in- long, .secondary 

 branches certain, ultimate If .-lobes shallow and round- 

 ish, texture firm; lower .st.-lvs. petioled and biternate: 

 fls. violet, furnished with a claw, acute, 1 in. long, half 

 as wide; petal-limb '^i'm. long, equaling the head of 

 stamens ; .spur about same length, stout, much incurved, 

 knobbed: foUicles densely pubescent, 1 in. long, .style 

 half iis long. Summer. Eu., Siberia, and naturalized in 

 .A.mer. On. 12, p. 288; 70, p. 10 (as .4. stellata). G.W. 

 3, p. 229. Var. flore-pleno, Hort. Fls. much floubled, 

 ranging from pure white to deep blue. Here belong 



many horticultural varieties with personal names. 

 Var. Vervseneana, Hort. (var. fbliis-aiireis, Hort. Var. 

 alroviolaced , Hort.). Lvs. with yeUow variegated lines. 



Var. nivea, Baumg. (var. alba, Hort.). Mdnstead's 

 White Con-MBiNE. Often 2-3 ft. high: a great profu- 

 sion of large, jnire white fls. for several weeks in early 

 spring, Var. nivea grandiflora, Hort., is much hke this. 



Var. olympica, Baker (.4. olijmpica, Boiss. -4. Witt- 

 manniann, Hort. .4. bldnda, Lem.). A fine variety, 

 with several large fls.; sepals light lilac or bright jDurple, 

 1 in. or more in length; petal-hmb white. l.H. 4:146. 

 R.H. 1896, p. 108. 



Var. hybrida, Sims. Much like the last variety, but 

 with stout , lilac-purple spurs as long as the sepals, only 

 slightly incurved. — Probably a hybrid of A. vulgaris 

 and A. CJinadensis. B.M. 1221. 



10. sibirica. Lam. (.4. bicolor, Ehrh. A. Garnieridna, 

 Sweet. A. speciosa, DC). St. 13^-2 ft. high, many- 

 fld.; often nearly glabrous throughout: partial-petioles 

 of root-lvs. 1-2 in., sometimes showing 3 distinct 

 branches; terminal Ifts. 1 in. or more broad, lobes 

 rather shallow and rounded; lower st.-lvs. petioled and 

 biternate: fls. pale or bright lilac-blue; oblong sepals 

 fully 1 in. long, spreading or reflexed a little; petal-limb 

 half as long, equaling the head of stamens, and often 

 white; spur rather stout, 32in. or more, very much 

 incurved, or even coiled: follicles glabrous, 1 in. long, 

 style i-^in. Smnmer. E. Siberia. S.B.F.G. 11. 1 :90. 

 Var. flore-pleno, Hort. (,4. bicolor var. flore-pleno, 

 Hort.. ) . Fls. much doubled by the multiplication of both 

 the limbs and the spurs. 



Var. spectabilis. Baker (A. spectdbilis, Lem.). A 

 large, bright lilac-fld. var.; petal-Umbs tipped yellow. 

 Amurland. I.E. 11:403. 



cc. Stamens long, protruding far beyond the petal-limb. 



11. formosa, Tesch. (^4. canadensis var. formosa, 

 Wats.). Habit, as in A. canadensis: root-lvs. and st.- 

 lvs. like that species, but fls. brick-red and yellow, or 

 wholly yellow, and sepals larger, quite twice as long as 

 petal-limb; spurs more spreading, somewhat more slen- 

 der, and often shorter. May-Aug. Sitka to Calif., and 

 east to the Rockies. Intro. 1881. B.M. 6552. F.S. 

 8:79.5. Gt. .32:.372. R.H. 1896, p. 108. G.C. 1854:836. 

 Var. hybrida, Hort. 



(.4. cnlifoDiica var. 

 hybrida, Hort. .4. su^ 

 perba, Hort.). Fls. 

 large, with scarlet 

 sepals and yellow 

 petals; spurs spread- 

 ing, long and slender. 

 — A supposed hybrid 

 with A. chrysantha. 

 F.M. 1877:278. V. 

 2:33f.2. Var.rfibra- 

 pleno, Hort. (var. 

 flore-pleno, Hort.). 

 Fls. as in var. hybrida, 

 but several whorLs of 

 petal-limbs. Var. 

 nana-alba, Hort. FLs. 

 pale, often nearly 

 white: plant not ex- 

 ceeding 1 ft. 



Var. trunc&ta, 

 Baker (A. truncala, 

 Fisch. A. californica, 

 Lindl.). Fls. with 

 short, thick spurs and 

 very small sepals and 

 a small petal-limb. 

 Intro. 1881. F.S. 12: 

 1188 (as A. eximia, 

 Hort). 294. Aquilegia chrysantha 



