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AQUILEGIA VULGARIS. 



Common Columbine. 



ClassXlll. PoLYANDiiiA. — Order l\. Pentagynia. 



Nat. Ord. RanunculacEjE. 



Gen. Char. Calyx of five, coloured, deciduous sepals. 

 Petals five, terminating below in a long, nectareous, 

 horn-shaped spur. Capsules five, distinct. 



Spec. Char. Spur incurved. Capsules hairy. Stem 

 leafy, many-flowered. Leaves nearly smooth. Styles 

 not longer than the stamens. 



SYNONYM ES. 



Latin 



Aquilegia sylvestris. Bauh, Pin. 144. 



Aquilegia coerulea. Ger. Em. 1093. 



Aquileia. Dod. 181.- 



Aquilina, Lob. Obs. 440. 



Aquilegia vulgaris. Lin. Sp. PL 752. 

 French.... Ancolie ; Ancolie vulgaire ; Colombine; Aiglantiue. 

 Italian .... Aquilegia ; Aquileia. 

 Spanish .... Paxarilla ; Aquilena. 

 German.... Akelei ; Ackeley. 



Dutch Wilde Aguieley ; Akkeley. 



Swedish .... Orlik. 

 Polish .... Aker-lilia. 



Russ Kolokoltschiki. 



Japanese . . Odamaki. 



Description. — The root is tuberous, branched, fibrous, and 

 of a whitish colour. The stem is erect, cylindrical, branched, 

 leafy, slightly hairy, of a reddish tinge at the base, and rising to 

 the height of two or three feet. The radical leaves are large, 

 thrice ternate, with rounded three-lobed, crenated leaflets, and 

 stand on very long footstalks ; those of the stem gradually de- 



