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11. AQUILE'GIA Linn. Columbine. 



1. A. vulgdris (L.) ; spur of the pet. incurved, limb blunt 

 falling short of the stamens, 1. biternate, leaflets 3-lobed crenate. 

 E. B. 297. R. iv. 114. St. 23 feet high, slightly leafy. Caps, 

 cylindrical hairy. Inner stam. frequently imperfect. Woods 

 and thickets and heaths, not common. P. V. VI. E. I. 



12. DELPHIN'IUM Linn. Larkspur. 



*1. D. Ajdcis (Gay not R.) ; st. erect with spreading branches, 

 racemes 4 16-fL, pet. combined, ovary abruptly narrowed into 

 a subulate style, follicle downy obliquely acuminate, seeds with 

 transverse contiguous wavy ridges. D. ConsolidaSm. Sy. E. B. 

 47. St. loosely and sparingly branched, about a foot hisrh. Fl. 

 of a vivid and permanent blue, rarely red pink or white. L. 

 deeply multitid. Style equal to about \ of carpel. Sandy or 

 chalky corn-fields. Nearly extirpated. A. VI. VII. E. 



[D. Consol'ida (L.) ; st. erect with patent branches, racemes 

 few-flowered, pet. combined, ovary narrowed into style, follicle 

 glabrous truncate short, seeds with transverse interrupted ridges. 

 R. iv. 116. Much like D. Ajacis. Style lateral. Found once 

 in Jersey and in Cornwall. A. VI. VII.] 



13. ACONI'TUM Linn. Monk's-hood. 



tl. A. Napel'lus (L.) ; pet. horizontal upon curved stalks, 

 spurs bent down, fl. racemose, young carpels diverging. E. B. 

 S. 2730. R. iv. 92. Rootstock black, of 2 oblong knobs, very 

 poisonous. St. 1 2 ft. high. Fl. purple. Filaments slightly 

 hairy, with cuspidate wings. Pet. inflated above ; lip broad. 

 Helmet open, hemispherical. Pedicels erect, downy. Banks 

 of rivers and brooks, rare. P. VI. VII. E. 



Tribe V. Paoniece. 

 14. ACTJE'A Linn. Bane-berry. 



1. A. spicdta (L.) ; raceme simple elongate, pet. as long as 

 the stamens, berries oval. E. B. 918. R. iv. 121. L. stalked, 

 biternate ; Its. ovate, trih'd, deeply cut. St. 1 2 feet high. Fl. 

 white. Mountainous limestone tracts in the North. P. V. E. S. 



15. P^O'NIA Linn. Pa3ony. 



[* P. coral' Una (Retz.) ; 1. biternate, leaflets ovate entire 

 glaucous beneath, caps, downy recurved from the base. 2?. B. 



