146 1. RANUNCULACE^E. ACT^A. 



blue. It is deservedly esteemed in the flower-garden, and is of the easiest cul- 

 ture. Jl. Aug.-}- 



3. D. TRICORNE. Michx. Three-fruited Larkspur. 



Petioles slightly dilated at base ; lvs. 5-parted, divisions 3 5-cleft, lobes 

 linear, acutish , ^t. shorter than the sepals, lower ones 2-cleit, densely bearded 

 inside ; spur ascending, straight, 33 long as the calyx ; carpels 3, spreading in 

 fruit. Uplands, Penn. to Mo. and Ark. Plant 618' high, nearly smooth, 

 Leaves roundish in outline, on long petioles. Flowers 68, light "blue, in a 

 rather loose panicle. 



4. D. A/URKUM. Michx. Azure Larkspur. 



Pubescent or nearly smooth; st. erect; Ivs. 3- -5-parted, many-cleft, with 

 linear lobes ; petioles some dilated at base ; me. strict ; pel. shorter, than sepals, 

 lower one densely bearded, Deleft; spur ascending. Native in Wis. and Ark. 

 A very variable species, cultivated in gardens. Stem 2 4 f. high. Flowers 

 azure-colored.f 



5. D. GRANDIFLORUM. Large Blue. Larkspur. Lvs. palmate, many-parted, 

 lobes linear, distant ; pedicels longer than bract ; pet. shorter than calyx. A 

 sujx'rb perennial species, from Siberia. Flowers double or single, in racemes, 

 of brilliant dark blue, with a tinge of purple.f 



6. D. BI.ATUM. Bee Larkspur. Lvs. downy, 5-lobed, lobes cuneate at base, 

 trifid, cut-dentate; spur inflexed. Native of Siberia. Stem 5 or (if high. 

 Flowers blue, and when viewed at a little distance, resembling the bee in fbrin/f 



Observation. A few other species may perhaps he found in gardens. All ure showy plants, of the 

 easiest culture. 



13. ACONlTUM. 

 Gr. anoviros, without dust; became the planu grow on dry rocks. 



Sepals 5, irregular, colored, upper one vaulted ; petals 5, the 3 

 lower minute, the 4 upper on long claws, concealed beneath the upper 

 sepal, recurved and nectariferous at the apex ; styles 3 5 ; follicles 

 35. TJ. Lvs. digitate or palmate. Pis. in terminal spikes. 

 I. A. UNCINATUM. Amerif-an Wolf's- ttane. 



St. flexuose; panicle rather loose," with divergent branches; Ivs. palmate, 

 3 5-parted, with rhomhoidal-lanceolate, cut-dentate divisions; paJta (upper 

 sepalj exactly conical, rostrate; spur im-line/l, somewhat spiral ; m~a. villoiis. 

 A cultivated, poisonous plant, also native N. Y. to Ga. Stem 21 high. 

 Leaves coriaceous, dark green, 4 5' wide. Flowers large, purple,-3 or 4 neai 

 the summit of each branch. Jl. Aug. 



2. A. NAPEI.I.US. (A. delphinitolia. DC.) Monk's-Hood. St.. straight, erect; 

 Ivs. deeply 5-cleft, cut into linear segments, furrowed above ; upper sep. arched 

 at ihe back, Lateral ones hairy inside; ova. smooth. A poisonous plant, culti- 

 vated among flowers. It is a tall, rank perennial, making quite a consequen- 

 tial appearance. Stem 4f high, with a long spicate inflorescence at its termi- 

 nation. Flowers dark blue, surmounted by the vaulted upper sepal, as if 

 hooded in a monk's cowl. Aug. There are varieties with flowers white rose- 

 colored, &c. 



14. ACT^EA. 



Gr. dKTri, the elder ; which plant these fferbs resemble in foliage. 



Calyx inferior, of 4 roundish, deciduous sepals ; corolla of 4 8 

 spatulate, unguiculate petals; filaments about 30, dilated above' 

 anthers 2-lobed, introrse ; stigmas sessile ; ovary ovoid ; berry glo' 

 bose, with a lateral furrow, 1 -celled; seeds many, smooth, com- 

 pressed. TJ. with ternately divided Ivs. Fls. white. 



1. A. RUBRA. Bigelow. (A. Americana. PA.") Red Bane-berry. 



Lvs. twice and thrice ternate ; roc. hemispherical ; pet. acute ; pedicels of the 

 fruit slender; berries red, ovoid-oblong. Not uncommon in rocky woods, Penn. 

 tu Lab. W. to Rocky Mts. Stem 1J 2f high, dividing into 2 branches, one 

 uf which usually bears leaves only, the other leaves and a cluster of flowers. 



