194 SYSTEMATIC BOTANY. 



1. D. CONSOLIDA (Larkspur}, Stem erect, smooth ; leaves palmately 

 divided into fine segments ; flowers few, in loose racemes, but from blue to 

 white, often double ; pedicels longer than the bracts ; carpels smooth. Cul- 

 tivated in gardens. July- August. 



2. D. EXALTATUM (Tall Larkspur). Stem erect, glabrous below, pu- 

 bescent near the summit ; leaves deeply 3-5 parted, lobes cuneiform, 3-cleft ; 

 petioles not dilated at base ; racemes straight ; flowers large, of a rich pur- 

 plish blue. Native, and common in cultivation. June-August. 



10. Aconitum. Sepals 5, petaloid, upper one large, vaulted. 

 Petals 2 the 3 lower ones minute, expanded into a sac, or short spur 

 at the summit, y. 



i. A. NAPELLUS (Monk's-Hood). Stem straight, erect ; leaves deeply 

 5-cleft ; leaflets pinnatifid ; upper sepal arched at the back, somewhat re- 

 sembling a monk's cowl ; ovaries smooth ; flowers large, blue, in long 

 racemes. Plant 4 feet high in gardens. August. 



11. Actaea. Sepals 4-5, roundish, deciduous. Petals 4-8, spatu- 

 late. Stamens indefinite. Anthers 2-lobed. Stigma capitate, sessile. 

 Berry globose, i-celled. Seeds many, compressed. y. 



i. A. SPICATA, var. RUBRA (Red Baneberry). Stem erect, smooth ; 

 leaves ternately decompound ; leaflets ovate, serrate, smooth ; flowers small, 

 white, in a dense hemispherical raceme, pedicellate, followed by red berries. 

 Quite common in rocky woods, 1-2 feet high. May. 



12. Paeonia. Sepals 5, unequal, leafy, persistent. Petals 5. Sta- 

 mens numerous. Ovaries 2-5. Stigmas sessile, double, persistent. 

 Follicles many-seeded, opening above, y. 



i. P. OFFICINALIS (Peony). Stem erect, herbaceous, smooth ; lower 

 leaves bipinnately divided, coriaceous ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, incised ; 

 fruit downy, nearly straight. Flowers 2'-3' in diameter, generally double, 

 and varying from red to rose-color and white. May-June. 



Order II. MAGNOLIACE.E (Magnolia family). 



Trees or shrubs with the leaf- buds covered with stipules. 

 Flowers large, solitary, polypetalous, hypogenous. Pistils many, 

 closely covering the long receptacle. Seeds 1-2 in each carpel ; 

 embryo minute. 



Sepals 5 Magnolia. 



Sepals 3 Liriodendron. 



I. Magnolia. Sepals 3. Petals 6-9. Carpels i-2-seeded, forming a 

 strobile-like fruit. Seeds baccate, suspended by a long funiculus. Trees. 



i. M. GLAUCA (Small Magnolia). Leaves oval, entire, obtuse, glaucous 

 beneath ; flowers solitary, 2' in diameter, fragrant ; sepals 3 ; petals obovate, 

 concave, narrowed at base, erect. July. 



