22 ORDER 1. RANUNCULACE^E. 



16. AQUILEGIA, L. COLUMBINE. Sepals 5, equal, ovate, spreading, 

 colored. Petals 5, all alike, horn-shaped, attached by the margin of the 

 dilated mouth, produced to a honey spur behind. Pistils 5, follicles 5, 

 many-seeded. l Leaves bi-triternate, leaflets lobed. Flowers large and 

 handsome, nodding. April June. Figs. 127, 155, 156. 



* Flowers scarlet, red, and orange-colored. Spurs of the petals straight Nos. 1 3 



* Flowers blue and white. Spurs straight in No. 4, . . . .incurved in Nos. 5 1 



1 A. Caiiadnsis L. Very smooth, 1 2f; Ifts. 3 9, round-wedge-form ; fls. nodding, 



yellow within ; stamens and styles yellow, exserted. Rocky woods, and cultivated. 



2 A. SK!NNERI. Like No. 1, but with larger fls., the spurs and sep. greenish. Mexico. 



3 A. FORMOSA. Sepals and spurs much longer than the petals ; sta. included. Kamt. 



4 A. CCERULEA. Like No. 3, but the fls. all larger, blue and white, 2^ long. E. Mts. 



5 A. VULGARIS. Common C. Spurs little longer than the limb ; stam. scarcely exserted. 



Europe. Varies to purple, and white ; also with double flowers, spur within spur. 



6 A. SIBIRICA. Stem smooth, nearly naked, few-flwd., IJf; spur some longer than the 



white-tipped limb ; sepals very obtuse, violet. Very fine and choice like the next. 



7 A. GLANDULOSA. Glandular-hairy above ; stems bracted, 1-2-flwd., If; spurs half as 



long as the snow-white limb ; sepals sky-blue, acute, V long. From Siberia. 



17. DELPHINIUM, L. LARKSPUR. Flowers irregular. Sepals 5, 

 colored, the upper one spurred behind. Petals 4, very unequal, the two 

 upper spurred and enclosed in the spurred sepal. Styles and follicles 1 5. 

 Handsome herbs, with palmately-divided leaves. Flowers of the cyanic 

 Beries, never yellow. Figs. 26, 87, 88, 126. 



CoNs6LiDA. Petals united into one piece. Style and follicle 1. Nos. 4, 5 



DELPHINASTRUM. Pet. 4, distinct. Pistils and follicles 25, mostly 3. 11 . . .(a) 



a Species indigenous, Penn., South and West, often cultivated Nos. 1 3 



a Species exotic, cultivated, natives of Siberia and California Nos. 6 9 



1 D. trlcorne MX. Low (612'); leaf-lobes linear; raceme few-flwd., loose : spur 



ascending, straight ; pods recurved. Uplands. Fls. 612, blue, white. April, May. 



2 D. azureum MX. Erect (1 2f ) ; leaf-lobes all narrow-linear ; raceme strict; spur 



ascending; pods erect. Wis. to Ark. Flowers 00, azure, or light blue. May, June. 



3 D. exaltaliim L. Tall (2 4f) ; leaf -lobes wedge-lanceolate ; rac. strict, 00-flow- 



ered ; spur straight ; pods erect. Mich, to Car. Rac. panicled ; fls. purp.-blue. July. 



4 I>. Consolida L. Field L. Branching ; Ivs. finely cut ; fls. loosely racemed. scat- 



tered ; pod smooth. Fields, gardens. 3 4f. Fls. blue, variable. Aug., Sept. Eur. 



5 D. AJACIS. fiocket L. Subsimple ; leaves finely cut ; flowers many, in crowded ra- 



cemes ; pod pubescent. Alps. 1 2f. Flowers pink, rose, white, often double. 



6 D. ELATUM. Bee L. Pubescent, tall (5 6f ) ; leaf-segments 5, cuneate, cut-trifid ; rac. 



long ; spur curved downward ; petals hairy, resembling a bee inside the flower. Blue. 



7 D. GRANDIFLORUM. Lvs. 5-7-parted, segm. 3-cleft, linear, distant ; petals shorter than 



the calyx. Stem 2f. Flowers large, dark or purplish blue, often double. 



8 1>. CHILANTHUM. Leaf-lobes 3 or 5, oblong, acuminate ; pods pubescent ; sep. shorter 



than the calyx ; spur decurved. Siberia. 2f. Dark blue. Var. FORMOSUM is very 

 beautiful, blooming from July to Nov., the large flowers light blue, white at centre. 



9 I>. CARDINALE. Glabrous ; Ivs. 3-parted, segm. cleft into long acute lobes ; fls. scarlet, 



large ; spur longer than the sepals. California. 1 2f. Splendid, but not hardy. 



18. ACONITUM, Tourn. WOLFBANE. MONK'S-HOOD. Sep. 5, irreg- 

 ular, colored, upper one (helmet) vaulted. Petals 2 (the 3 lower minute or 

 0), spurred at apex, on long claws, concealed beneath the helmet. Sty. and 

 pods 3 5. 2| Lvs. palmate. Fls. racemed or panicled. Poisonous. Fig. 29. 



