234 METASPERMAE OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY. 



DELPHINIUM LINN. Gen. 449 (1737). 



Delphiniastrum SPACH, Suit. Buff. VII, 336 (1839). 



Phlediiieum SPACH, 1. c. 337 (1839). 



Staphysagria SPACH, 1. c. 347 (1839). 



Acouitella SPACH, 1. c. 358 (1839). 



Consolida LINDL. Jour. Hort. Soc. VI, 55 (1851). 



Ceratosantlms SCHUR. Enum. Transsylv. 30 (1866). 



Aconitum LINN. Gen. 682 (1737). 



Nirbisia DON. Gen. Syst. I, 63 (1831). 



Baillon, Hist PL I, 85; Benth. and Hook., Gen. PL I, 9; Engler and 

 Prantl, Nat. Pflanz. 3, II, 59, 60; Durand, Ind. Gen. Plian. 2; Gray, III. 

 Gen. I, 41,43. 



Living species: 180 ; 58 (B. and H.); 90 (Durand); 

 temperate and mountainous regions of the northern hemisphere ; 

 Russia, 40; Europe 28 ; Russian Europe, 16; North Amer- 

 ica, 22-H; and Delphinium (excl. Aconitum) 5, Canada; Calif., 9; 

 E. Sts., 3; Rocky mts., 5; S. Sts., 3; PI. Wheel., 4; PL King, 4. 



Delphinium carolinianum WALT. Fl. Car. 155 (1788). 

 D. azureum MICHX. Fl. N. Am. I. 314 (1803). 

 D. virescens NUTT. Gen. II, 14 (1818). 

 D. vimineum DON. Sweet, Brit. Fl. I, 374 (1823). 

 D. simplex GRAY, PI. Wright. II, 8 (1852). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 46; Webb., Fl. Neb. 116; Coult., 

 Fl. Colo. 11; Chap., Fl. S. St. 10; Uphara, Fl. Minn. 20; Mac., Fl. Can. I, 26; 

 Coult., Fl. Tex. 9; Cov., PI. Ark. 163; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 12. 



North America: Man., Wis. and Minn.; S. toFla. ? 

 and S. and W. Tex. ; W. to Neb. sandhills, Colo, and Wyoming. 

 Minn, valley: Prairie region and sparingly in forest 

 openings; rich banks in sunny localities, especially S. 



HERB.: Oestlund 7 and 8, Minneapolis; Bollard 182, 

 Jordan, Scott Co.; Taylor 633, Minnesota lake; Sheldon 731, 

 Sleepy Eye; Sheldon 1404, Lake Benton; Sheldon 535, Waseca; 

 Bollard 385, Jordan, Scott Co.; Taylor 771, Glenwood; Herrick 

 18, Minneapolis; Kassube 16, Minneapolis; Holzinger 10, Winona 

 Co.; Hammond 3, Lake City; Herb. Sheld. 1783, Minneapolis; 

 Herb. Moyer. 21, Montevideo. 



Delphinium tricorne MICHX. FL N. Am. I, 314 (1803). 



Wats, and Coult., Gray's Man. 6 ed. 46: Chap., Fl. S. St. 10; Upham, 

 Fl. Minn. 20; Cov., Fl. Ark. 163; Wats., Bibl. Ind. I, 14; Webb., Appx. 

 Neb. 30. 



North America: Same range as D. exaltatum Ait. 



Minn, valley: High, dry prairies S. and far S. W. in 

 some localities. Rare. 



Delphinium exaltatum AIT. Hort. Kew. II, 244 (1789). 

 D. urceolatum JACQ. Icon. Rar. I, 101 (1781). 

 D. tridactylum MICHX. Fl. N. Am. I, 314 (1803). 



