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RAN U^CU LACE Ji. Anuilaj,\i. 



follicles in fruit.— Olubi-ous peiennial branching herbs, with 2 - 3-ternately eoiu- 

 puunJ loaves, the lealiiits lobetl. Flowerd .sliowy, terminating the branches. 



Muiiy species have bcfii descrilMHl, wliicli some aiillioiiliis now reiliice to hall' a doiicii or less. 

 They belong mostly to the cooler parta ot the northern iieuiisphere. 



1. A. truncata. l-'isch. & iMey. Stems 1 to 2 feet high : lluwera 1 to 2i inclies 

 in diameter, red tinged with mango or yellow : sepals spreading or relle.Kod : petals 

 truncate, the very short limb not at all proiluced ; spurs thick and blunt, G to 9 

 lines long. — Ind. Seni. Petrop. 1843, 8. Kegel, Sert. Petrop. 1852, t. & fol. 11. 

 A. Canadensis, Torr. Pacif. K. Rep. iv. G2. -1. Call/ornica, Lindl. ; (Jray, Proc. 

 Am, Acad. vii. 328. A. exiviia, Van lloutte, PI. Serrea, 1857, t. 1188. 



Shaily places by streams. Very varuible as to size, foliage, and color of llowers. A variety 

 near New lilria has silvery margins to the leaves. 



A. KDitMosA, Fisch., of Oregon and eastward, is very sindlar, bnt has tho limb uf the petals 

 longer and pnKUued miward on the outer side. 



2. A. caerulea, James. Stems 1 to 2 feet high, sparingly branched : leallets 

 usually sessile : llowers blue or white, very large, the sepals si)reading 2 to 3 inches : 

 petals U)nger than the stamens and style ; spurs slender, and U to 2 inches long. — 

 Long's Exped. ii. 15. A. leptocera, Nutt. Jour. Acad. Phil vii. 'J. A. macnintha, 

 Hook. & Arn. 13ot. Beechey, 317, t. 72. 



On wooded slopes m tlie Sii'rra Nevada at 8,000 to 12,000 feet {Brewer, Bolandcr), rare in 

 this State, to the Uocky Mountains, where it is very abundant. 



9. DELPHINIUM, Tourn. LAiiKsiuii. 

 Sepals 5, coloreel and petal-like, very irregular, the upper one prolonged back- 

 wards at the base into a long spur. Petals 2 to -i, irregular ; when 4 the upper 2 

 developed backwards into a spur which is enclosed in the spurs of tho caly.x;. Sta- 

 mens many. Pistils 1 to 5. Pruit of 1 to 5 dehiscent, many-seeded follicles. — 

 Erect herbs, with paluiaLely-cleft, lobed, or dissected leaves, and riicemoso llowers. 



The speeios of this genus are variable in so numy directions that it is dillicult to satisfactorily 

 limit or dclino them. Accordingly, some authors recogni/,e 100 or more s|iccics, others 10 or less. 

 They all belong to the north temperate zone. Uui- sj)ecies are all perennials, with showy llowers, 

 some of great beauty. 



* Flowers blue, purple, or violet, or at least not red. 

 +- Mostly low : roots a cluster of thick fleshy fibres or tubercles. 



1. D. simplex, Dougl. Canescent tliroughout with a fine short somewhat 

 woolly pubescfuee, rarely nearly glabrous; stem stout and strict, rather tall, I to 2A 

 feet high, leafy : leaves all much dissected, with linear obtuse lobes, on stout erect 

 petioles : racemes usually dense and many-lloweretl, the pedicels often short and 

 nearly erect : llowers small, blue, varying to nearly white or yellowish ; sepals 4 to 5 

 lines long, usually ab(nit equalling tlie stout straight spur, rarely much spreading : 

 ovaries and capsule pubescent. — Hook. El. i. 25. 



In the Coast Ranges from San Diego northward to Washington Territory and Idaho ; Knight's 

 Ferry, Bif/elow. Much resembling f). azurcum of the eastern plains, which diifers in its less strict 

 habit, and looser rucenies of larger and more open llowers. 



2. D. variegatum, Torr. i^ ("! ray. Pubescent with straight .spreading or ol'UiU 

 rellexed hairs, the [lubcscence above souu'liuies tomentose or rarely nearly want- 

 ing, sometimes tomentose throughout or short and ajipressed : stems 1 to 2 feet 

 high, sparingly leafy: leaves all dissected with oblong or linear, obtuse or acutish 

 lobes : flowers large, on long j)eilice]s in a short o[)en raceme, deep blue or rarely 

 white; sepals broad, spreading, G to 10 lines long; the sjjur usually comparatively 

 short and stout ; upper petals not jjurple-veini-'d (in dried specimens) : ovary and 

 capsule pubescent. — 11. i. 32. 



