21G POLYANDUIA — POLYGYNIA, [IVialictium. 



follicles downy recurved, leaves biternate glabrous, segments 

 ovate entire. E. JBot. t. 1513. 



On tilt" isl;iii(l called Steep-Holmes, in the Severn. Said to have 

 been found near Gravesend. Fl. May, June. If. 



12. Delphinium. Linn. Larkspur. 



1. T).*Cons6liJa, L. (^ Field La rltspur); stem erect branched, 

 flowers in lax racemes, petals combined, inner spur of one piece, 

 j)edicels shorter than the bracteas, capsule glabrous. £J. Hot. 

 t. 1839. 



Sandy or chalky fields ; Suttblk, Kent. "About Cambridg^e, at Quay, 

 the hills are quite blue w itli it ; it also occurs red, pink, and white, and 

 yet Hay does not mention it." Hendow. Fl. June, July. . 



13. AcoNiTUM. Linn. \)^oirs-bane. 



1. A. *NapcUus, L. (common Wolf's-bane or Monlis-hood;') 

 upper leaflet of the calyx arched at the back, spur of the nec- 

 tary nearly conical bent down, wings of the stamens cuspidate 

 or none, lobes of the leaves cuneate pinnatifid, gerniens 3 — 6 

 glabrous or liairj'. DC. — Forst. in E. Bot. Suppl. t. 2730. 



Teuie, Herefordshire. Below Stavcrton Bridge, Devon. West of 

 Somerset. J/;- T/iomas Clark. About Mylor-bridge, Cornwall, most 

 abundant. Miss Warren. " Undoubtedly wild," in several places in 

 Denbighshire. J. F. Bowman, Fsq. Fl. June, July. If. 



\4, Aquileoia. Linn. Columbine. 



1. A. vulgaris, L. (common Columbine); spur of the petals 

 incHi'ved, capsules hairy, stem leafy many-flowered, leaves nearly 

 glabrous, styles as long as the stamens. E. Bot. t. Q7. 



Woods and coppices, in several places. Fl. June. If. — Inner stamens 

 frequently imperfect. 



15. Stratiotes. Linn. Water- Soldier. 



1. S. aloides, L. (Water- Soldier'); leaves sword-shaped trian- 

 gular aculeato-serrate. E. Bot. t. 379. 



Lakes and ditches, particularly in the fenny parts of Norfolk and 

 Lincolnshire. Rare in the north : planted in the Lochs of Duddiiigston, 

 Forfar, and Cluny, Scotland. Fl. July. If.- — A singular plant, with 

 numerous radical leaves thrown up from creeping runners, wliich pene- 

 trate far into the mud. Scape 4 — 6 inches long, compressed, '2-cdgcd. 

 Flowers white, from a compressed '2-lcaved spatha. Sometimes the 

 Jlowers are dioecious, and sometimes the stamens are on the same flow er, 

 with 5 — 6 cleft styles. 



POLYANDRI A— POLYGYNIA. 



16. TiiALiCTRUM. Li7m. JNIeadow-llue. 



1. T. alpinum, L. (alpine 3Ieadoiv-jRue); stem simple nearly 

 leafless, raceme simple terminal, flowers drooping. E. Bot. t. 2G2. 



Mountains in the north of England, Wales, and in Scotland, frequent. 

 Fl. July. If. — Root-leaves upon long stalks, biternate ; Icajkts roundi»ii, 

 crenatforlobedjdurk-grecn. Stam.lO — 12. Gcrmensi — 4. Fluwerskw. 



