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before the flowers are produced, it is considered sufficiently pois- 

 onous to cause death.* 



ACONITE FALSE LARKSPUR. 



{Aconitum Columbianum, Nutt.) 



This plant is often confused with and mistaken for the tall 

 larkspur. It is usually found in rather moist, shady places, and 

 never in great abundance. The leaves resemble the tall larkspur,, 

 but the flowers are fewer, of a different shape and arranged on 

 the stem at some distance from one another. It grows about four 

 feet high. No information was obtained as to its poisonous 

 properties, and it did not occur in sufficient quantities to be 

 considered dangerous. 



GERANIUM FAMILY, 



(Geranialeae.} 



FILAR EK. 

 {Er odium cicutarium, L/Her.) 



This plant goes by many different names in different parts 

 of the country, among which are alfilaria, stork's bill, pin clover, 

 pin grass, pin weed, but the most commonly used name in this 

 vicinity is "filaree," probably a corruption of alfilaria. It has 

 been introduced to a greater or less extent along the line of the 

 railroads, where it is everywhere regarded as a nutritious forage 

 plant for sheep. The young plants spring up during the late 

 fall and winter, and grow very rapidly in the spring. It seems 

 to be very hardy, as well as drought-resistant, as it is common on 

 the dry sagebrush hills around Reno, and to some extent wher- 

 ever the sheep go, except in the very~high mountains. The seed 

 is spread by means of the seed vessel or capsule clinging to the 

 wool of the sheep. In some places it forms a dense mat of 

 succulent forage, and is considered by the herders the best of the 

 early spring forage plants. It is well worthy of cultivation, if a 

 method for collecting the seed could be devised. The main diffi- 



*Bulletin 26, Division of Botany, U. S. Department of Agriculture, p. 79. 



