BANUNCULACE.E. (CROWFOOT FAMILY.^ 11 



♦ Not glandular pubescent. 



1. D. azureum, Michx. Stem slender, branching, ojlen slightly puhes- 

 rent: leaves tleejily 3 to 5-parted, //te divisions 2 to 3 times cleft, the lobes all 

 narrowlij linear: Jiowers skj-blue or whitish, in a strict not dense raceme: spur 

 ascending, usually curved upwards. — Colorado, Wyoming, and eastward 

 across the plains. 



2. D. Menziesli, DC. Glabrous below, at least at the very liase, jiultes- 

 rent above wil/i sjirrdding hairs, especially the iuflore.scence : leaves 5-parted, 

 tlii'isions 2 to 3-rlej} : Jiowers large, dcej)-blue, in a loosely few- to rnany-Jiowered 

 sim})le raceme : upper petals veined with purple : spur long and slender : ovaries 

 somewhat fomeyifosf. — Wyoming, Montana, and northwestward. 



3. D. bicolor, Nutt. Very similar, but the whole plant glabrous through- 

 out, including the ovaries, or occasionally somewhat tomentose-pubescont ; and 

 the flowers are uniformly smaller. — The P. Menziesii of Fl. Colorado and 

 D. Menzirsii, var. Utahensr, of Bot King's Rep. 12. Foothills of Colorado 

 and northward. Closely resembles the eastern D. trirorne. 



4. D. SCOpulorum, Gray. Pubescent with a fine hoary tomentum or 

 glabrous : stem leafy : leaves orbicular in outline, 3 to 5-parted, the divisions 

 deeply 2 to 3-cleft, the segments many-lobed or laciniate: flowers sparingly pilose 

 without, in a many-flowered strict raceme : spur longer than the sepals : pods 

 pubescent, on stout pedicels. — PI. Wright, ii. 9. Rocky Mountains from 

 New Mexico to British America. 



* * Glandular pubescent. 



5. D. OCCidentale, Watson. Known by the stiff glandular spreading 

 pubescence, whicli extends rarely to the ovaries and fruit : flowers numerous, 

 dull or dark blue, very variable in size, often in compound racemes : seeds 

 light colored and somewhat spongy. — D. elatuin, var. (1) occidentale, Watson. 

 Alpine orsubalpine, from Colorado to Oregon. 



10. ACONITUM, L. Aconite. Monkshood. Wolfshane. 



Sepals 5, petal-like. Petals 2 to 5 ; the ujijier 2 witli long claws and irregu- 

 lar spur-like ])lades concealed within the hood ; the lower 3 very minute or 

 obsolete. Pods many-seeded. — Herbs with jialmately lobed leaves. 



1. A. Columbianum, Nutt. Stem stout, 3 to 6 feet high : more or loss 

 pubescent above with short spreading yellowish viscid hairs: divisions of the 

 leaves broadly cuneate and laciniately toothed or lobed : flowers purj)le or 

 white in a loose terminal raceme : the hood varying much in breadth ami in 

 length of beak. — Torr. & Gray, Fl. i. 34. A. nasutum. Hook. A. Fisrhrri 

 of Bot. Calif, i. 12. Colorado, Wyoming, and westward to the Sierra 

 Nevada. 



11. ACTJEA, L. RVNEBERRY. 



Sepals 4 to 6, petal-like. Petals 4 to 10. Stigma sessile. 2-li>bod. Berr> 

 with many seeds, which are ])acked horizontally in 2 rows. — Perennial herlwj 

 with 2 to 3 teniatcly compound loaves. 



1. A. spicata, L..var. arguta, Torr. Smooth. 1 to 2 feet hich : le.afleta 

 larger and more serrated than in the next: petals oblong, obtu.>«e : berries 



