RANUNCULACEAE 91 



1. I. biternatum (Raf.) T. & G. FALSE RUE-ANEMONE. An erect 

 perennial from tuberous thickened roots: leaves 2-3, ternately compound, 

 the leaflets 2-3-lobed. Abundant in moist woods. April- May. 



3. AQUILEGIA L. 



Leaves ternately decompound. Sepals 5, regular. Petals 5, produced 

 backward into hollow spurs. Stamens numerous. Pistils 5. 



1. A. Canadensis L. COLUMBINE. WILD HONEYSUCKLE. l-2$ 

 high. Flowers nodding, 1/-2' long, scarlet without, yellow within. 

 Abundant on rocky hillsides. May. 



4. DELPHINIUM L. LABKSPUK. 



Leaves palniately lobed. Flowers in terminal racemes. Sepals 5, 

 petal-like, the posterior one prolonged into a spur. Petals 2 or 4, the 

 two posterior ones spurred, the lower with short claws, if present. 



Annual : pistil solitary. 1. D. Ajacis. 

 Perennial : pistils three. 



Flowers nearly white. 2. D. camporum. 



Flowers bright blue. 3. D. tricorne. 



1. D. Ajacis L. Leaves dissected into narrow lobes : flowers panicu- 

 lately- racemose : pods pubescent. In waste places around Independence. 

 Sometimes abundantly escaped. June-July. 



2. D. camponim Greene. l-4 high : racemes strict, erect : follicles 

 erect. Rather common in barrens and rocky prairies. May-June. 



3. D. tricorne Michx. Roots tuberous, l-3 high : racemes- rather 

 few- flowered: follicles widely spreading. Moist prairies. Atherton, 

 Little Blue Tank to Greenwood, Dodson. Locally common. May. 



5. ANEMONE L. 



Perennial herbs with dissected leaves, those of the stem opposite or 

 verticillate. Sepals 4-20, petal-like. Achenes compressed, 1-ovuled, 

 hairy (in ours). 



Stems 3 / -10 / high from tubers. 1. A. Caroliniana. 

 Stems 1 or more high from rootstocks. 

 Stem leaves petioled. 



Head of fruit cyliudric, 1' long. 2. A. cylindrica. 



Head of fruit oblong, 9 // -12 // long. 3. A. Virgimana. 



. Stem leaves sessile. 4. A. Canadensis. 



1. A. Caroliniana Walt. Root leaves 3-divided, the lobes cleft : stern 

 leaves 3-cleft : sepals 10-20, narrow, light purple. Rocky woods and 

 prairies. Greenwood and north of Lee's Summit. Very local. April. 



2. A. cylindrica A. Gray. Silky-pubescent : leaves 3-5-parted, their 

 divisions cuneate-oblanceolate and cleft and toothed at the apex : sepals 

 5, greenish- white, obtuse. In dry woods south of Ray town along Jones' 

 Creek. June-July. 



