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especially in the inside, is a pretty bright blue. It 

 flowers from June to August. 



13. Gentianct Unclla much resembles the last in 

 form of growth, but the calyx is divided almost to its 

 base into 4 to 5 sepals, which are shorter than the throat 

 of the corolla. The corolla is pale blue and | inch long, 

 and consists of 4 to 5 petals. The white variety is rare. 

 It flowers in July and August. 



14. Aconitum septenti^ionale, belonging to the Eanun- 

 culacese. The upright hollow stem is from 4 to 6 feet 

 high, and covered with soft hairs. The leaves are 

 palmate with 5 to 7 divisions, and covered with soft hairs. 

 The divisions are narrower and entire at the base, but 

 divided at the upper end. The lower leaves are very 

 large and stalked, the upper ones are less deeply 

 divided and without stalks, the highest of all are narrow. 

 The numerous 5-cleft flowers are covered with soft 

 hairs, and grow in a terminal raceme on upright stalks 

 (which are also covered with soft hairs) of about the 

 length of the flowers. The follicle (seed-vessel) is 

 smooth. The flowers are dark blue in colour, rarely 

 white, and somewhat resemble those of the larkspur. 

 It flowers in July and August. 



FLOWERS RED. 



15. Gentianct purpurea. The whole plant is smooth. 

 The root is strong and thick, and of a very bitter taste. 

 The round upright stem is undivided, leafy, and from 

 1 to 1| feet high. The pointed, entire leaves are from 5 

 to G inches long and 1 J inches broad, and have five curved 



