234 POLYANDRIA PEXTAGYNIA. [cL. XIII 



nual : flowers in June and July: grows in corn-fields in England : 

 rare : Cambridge, Suffolk, Kent. Eng. Bot. vol. xxvi. pi. 1839. Eng. 

 FL vol. iii. p. 30. 814. 



11. ACONI'TUM. MONK'S-HOOD. 



Calyx none. Petals five, inferior, unequal, four of them in 

 pairs, opposite ; the upper one hooded, or tubular, inverted, the 

 convex part being uppermost, the deflected point recurved ; two 

 lateral ones roundish, opposite, converging ; two lowermost ob- 

 long, deflected. Nectaries two, within the hollow of the upper 

 petal, on long, awl-shaped stalks, tubular, oblique at the orifice, 

 Filaments numerous, broad at the base, awl -shaped, short ; 

 anthers roundish, erect. Germen superior, from three to five, 

 oblong. Styles terminal, awl-shaped, spreading; stigmas 

 simple, acute. Follicles straight, oblong, one-valved. Seeds 

 numerous, angular, arranged at the edges of the capsule. 

 Name doubtful. 268. 



1. A. Napellus. Common Wolf's-bane, or Monk's-hood. Upper 

 petal arched at the back ; lateral ones hairy at the inner side ; ger- 

 mens three, smooth; leaves deeply five-cleft, cut, with linear seg- 

 ments, furrowed above. Stem erect, leafy, simple, terminating 



in a cluster of dark-blue flowers. Perennial : flowers in June and 

 July : found in several places in England, but is not truly native. 

 Eng. FL voL iii. p. 31. 815. 



12. AQUILE'GIA. COLUMBINE. 



Calyx none, petals five, inferior, egg-shaped, equal, spread- 

 ing. Nectaries five, equal, alternate with the petals, tubular, 

 dilated upwards, oblique at the mouth, the outer margin as- 

 cending, the inner attached to the receptacle ; their lower portion 

 extended into a long tapering spur, obtuse at the end. Filaments 

 from thirty to forty, awl-shaped, the outer shorter, the inner 

 abortive, dilated, clasping the germens ; anthers heart-shaped, 

 erect. Germens five, superior, oblong, each tapering into an 

 awl-shaped, erect style ; stigmas simple. Follicles five, cylin- 

 drical, pointed, straight, one-valved. Seeds numerous, egg- 

 shaped, smooth, arranged along the edges of the follicle. 

 Name, from aquila, an eagle. 269. 



1. A. vulgdris. Common Columbine. Nectaries about the length 

 of the petals, their spur incurved ; leaves and stem smooth ; cap- 

 sules hairy. Root tuberous : stem erect, two or three feet high, 



round, generally branched, and bearing several flowers : root-leaves 

 twice tern ate, on long stalks : stem-leaves ternate, nearly sessile . 

 flowers pendulous, purple. Perennial: flowers in June : grows in 

 meadows, pastures and thickets : frequent, but seldom wild. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. v. pi. 297. Eng. FL vol. iii. p. 33. 816. 



13. STRATIO'TES. WATER-SOLDIER. 



Calyx superior, of one leaf, tubular, erect, with three deep 

 marginal segments. Petals three, twice as long as the calyx, 

 inversely egg-shaped. Filaments about twenty, thread-like, 

 shorter than the calyx ; anthers awl- shaped, erect. Germen 

 elliptical, obtuse, three-cornered. Styles six, deeply cleft, as 

 long as the stamens; stigmas simple. Berry egg-shaped, six- 



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