12 1. RANUNCULACEJE. 



10. HELLEBORUS Linn. Hellebore. 



1. H. viridis (L.) ; radical Z. digitate stalked, stem-1. sessile at 

 the ramifications, st. few-flowered, calyx spreading. E. B. 200, 

 R. iv. 105. Veins of the 1. prominent beneath. Stigma erect. 

 St. 1 foot high, annual. Fl. greenish-yellow. Thickets on a 

 calcareous soil. P. III. IV. Green Hellebore. E. I. 



2. H.fcetidus (L.) ; L pedate stalked, st. leafy many-flowered, 

 calyx converging. E. B. 613. R. iv. 103. L. successively con- 

 tracting upwards into bracts. St. 2 feet high. Fl. globose, 

 drooping, greenish tipped with purple. Thickets in chalky di- 

 stricts. P. III. IV. Stinking Hellebore. E. S. 



1 1 . AQUILEGIA Linn. Columbine. 



1. A. vulgaris (L.); spur of the pet. incurved, limb obtuse 

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

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

 hairv. Inner stara. frequently imperfect. Woods and thickets. 

 P. V. VI. 



12. DELPHINIUM Linn. Larkspur. 



fl . D. Consolida(Ij.}; st. erect branched, racemes few-flowered, 

 spur longer than the calyx, pet. combined. E. B. 1839. Pedi- 

 cels usually longer than the bracts. Caps, downy. Fl. of a vivid 

 and permanent blue, rarely red, pink or white. L. deeply mul- 

 tifid. Sandy or chalky corn-fields. A. VI. VII. E. S. 



13. ACONITUM Linn. Monk's-hood. 



fl. A. Napellus (L.) ; nectaries horizontal upon curved stalks, 

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

 S. 2730. R. iv. 92. Filaments slightly hairy, with cuspidate 

 wings. Nectary inflated above, its lip broad. Helmet open, 

 hemispherical. Pedicels erect, downy. Banks of rivers and 

 brooks, rare. VI. VII. E. S. 



Tribe V. Pceoniets. 

 14. ACT.EA Linn. Bane-berry. 



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

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

 biternate ; leaflets ovate, trifid, deeply cut. St. 1 2 feet high. 

 Mountainous limestone tracts in the north. P. V. E. S. 



