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8073. Gn. 51, p. 385. R.H. 1896: 108. F.R.2:169. Gt. 

 33:84. G.C. 1873: 1501. F.M. 1873:88. Vick's 1: 33 f. 3. 

 F.S. 20: 2108. Var. flavescens, Hort. (A. aurea, Junk. 

 A. Canade"nsis, var. aurea, Roezl.). Fls. yellow, tinged 

 with red ; spurs incurved, and shorter than in the type. 

 Gt. 21:734. Var. alba-plena, Hort. (var. grandiflbra 

 Alba, Hort.). Fls. very pale yellow or nearly white, with 

 two or more whorls of petal-limbs. Int. 1889. Vick's 

 12:311. Var. nana, Hort. (A. leptoceras, var. lutea, 

 Hort.). Like the type, but plant always small, not ex- 

 ceeding 1>2 ft. Var. Jaeschkani, Hort. About the same 

 height as last : fls. large, yellow, with red spurs. Thought 

 to be a hybrid of A. chrysanthaXSkinneri, hence some- 

 times called A. Skinneri, var. hybrida, Hort. 



14. longissima, Gray. Tall, somewhat pubescent with 

 silky hairs, or smoothish : root-lvs. biternate, even in 

 the petioles ; Ifts. deeply lobed and cut, green above, 

 glaucous beneath ; st.-lvs. similar, petioled : fls. pale 

 yellow, sepals lanceolate, broadly spreading, 1 in. or 



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white or yellow. The true form of this is probably A . 

 cceruleaX A. chrysantha. Gn. 51, p. 385. R.H. 1896:108. 

 A. G. 15:315. Gn. 16:198. I. H. 43: 61 (1896). Var. f lore - 

 pleno, Hort. Fls. longer and very showy, more or less 

 doubled toward the center. 



BB. Spurs incurved and hardly longer tJian petal-limbs. 



16. alpina, Linn. (incl. var. s^lperba, Hort.). Fig. 126. 

 Stem nearly 1 ft. high, finely pubescent upwards, 2-5- 

 fld., bearing petioled, biternate Ivs.; partial-petioles of 

 basal-lvs. 1-2 in. long, with 3 nearly sessile divisions, 

 deeply lobed : expanded fl. 1K-2 in. across, blue, rarely 

 pale or white ; sepals 1% in. long, half as broad, acute ; 

 petal-limb half as long as sepals, often white ; spur 

 stout, incurved, same length as the limb ; head of sta- 

 mens not protruding : follicles pubescent, 1 in. long ; 

 style much shorter. May-June. Switzerland. L.B.C. 

 7:657. Gn.9:17. 



17. glandulosa, Fisch. Fig. 127. Stem 1-1% ft. high, 



127. Aquilegia glandulosa (X K) 



125. Aquilegia chrysantha (X 



more, the spatulate petals a little shorter, about equal- 

 ing the head of stamens ; spur with a narrow orifice, 4 

 in. long or more, always hanging. Distinguished from 

 A. chrysantha by its longer spur with contracted orifice, 

 by the narrow petals, and by the late season of flower- 

 ing. Late July to Oct. 1. Ravines S.W.Texas into Mex. 

 G.F. 1: 31. The seed must be obtained from wild plants, 

 as those cult, usually fail to produce seed ; hence not 

 much used. 



AAA. Sepals !%-!% or even 2 in. long : expanded fls. 

 2Yt-S in. in diam.; stamens not protruding. 



B. Spurs long and not incurved. 



15. caerulea, James (A. leptoceras, Nutt. A. ma- 

 crdntha, Hook. & Am.). Stem 1-1 % ft., finely pubescent 

 above, bearing several fls.; lower st.-lvs. large and bi- 

 ternate ; basal-lvs. with long 3-branched petioles ; Ifts. 

 3-lobed on secondary stalks : fls. 2 in. across, whitish, but 

 variously tinted with light blue and yellow; sepals often 

 blue, oblong, obtuse, twice as long as the petal-limb ; 

 spurs long, slender, knobbed at the end, rather straight, 

 but curving outward ; head of stamens equaling the 

 petals : follicles pubescent, 1 in. long ; style % in. Apr. 

 -July. Lower mt. regions, Montana to N. Mex. B.M. 

 4407. Gn. 16:198. Mn.6:61. Vick's 1: 33 f. 4. B.M. 

 5477. F.S. 5: 531. Var. alba, Hort. Fls. of same size but 

 entirely white. Int. 1883. Var. hybrida, Hort. Sepals 

 some shade of blue or pink, or mixed, and petals nearly 



glandular pubescent in the upper half, 1-3 fld. : partial- 

 petioles of root-lvs. 1-2 in. long, each with 3 distinct 

 divisions; Ift.-segments narrow and deep ; st.-lvs. few, 

 bract-like : fls. large, nodding ; sepals bright lilac-blue, 

 ovate, acute, about 1% in. long and half as broad; petal- 

 limb same color, but tipped and bordered with creamy 

 white, less than half the length of the sepals, very broad ; 

 spur very short, % in., stout, much incurved ; stamens 

 not protruding : follicles 1 in. long, 6-10 in number, 

 densely hairy, with short, falcate style. Allied to A. al- 

 pina, but a taller plant, with shorter spurs, larger fls., 

 and a greater number of follicles. May-June. Altai 

 Mts. of Siberia. B. 5 : 219. F. W. 1871 : 353. Gn. 15 : 174 ; 

 45, p. 193. Gt. 289 f. 1. One of the handsomest. 



Var. jucunda, Fisch. & Lall. Fls. rather smaller than 

 in the type ; petal-limb white, more truncate at the tip ; 

 stamens as long as limb. B.R.33:19. F.S. 5: 535. -A 

 fine variety, with some tendency to double. 



18. Stuarti, Hort. A recorded hybrid of A. glandu- 

 losa X A. vulgariSfVur. Olympica. Fls. very large and 

 beautiful. It very much resembles the latter in form of 

 sepals and petals, and the former in shape of spurs and 

 coloration. May-June. Int. 1891. Gn. 34:670. 



19. caryophylloides is a garden name given to some 

 very mixed forms, with a great variety of colors. Spe- 

 cial characters seem not to be well fixed. 



K. C. DAVIS. 



