Davis : A synonymic conspectus of ac^jilegias. 341 



A. pubescens Coville Contr. Nat. Herb. 4: 56,7^/. /. 1893. 



Allied to A. chrysantha. Caudex scaly; flowers a very 

 clear yellow ; spurs shorter, only i to i ^ inches ; petal-limbs a 

 third as long as sepals. July. High altitudes Tulare Co., Calif. 



A. clirysantha Gray in Gard. Chron. 1335 and i5oi,y. jo^. 



1873. 



A. leftoceras var. chrysantha Hook. f. Bot. Mag. 6073. 



1873. 

 A. lej)toceras var. ilava Gray PI. Wright 2 : 9. ,1852. 



Height 3-4 feet; root-leaves with twice 3-branched petioles, 



leaflets biternate ; stem-leaves several, petioled ; flowers many 



on the plant ; 2-3 inches across ; sepals pale yellow, tinted 



claret, spreading horizontally ; petal-limbs deep yellow, shorter 



than the sepals and nearly as long as the head of stamens ; 



spur rather straight, very slender, divergent, about 2 inches 



long, descending when flower is mature ; follicles glabrous, i 



inch long : style half as long. May-Aug. New Mex. and 



Ariz. Introduced 1891. Revue Hort. 1896: 108. Flor. des 



Serr. 20; 2108. Floral Mag. 1873 : 88. Diet. d. Bot. i : 243. 



Vicks' i: 33'/ J- 

 Var. aurea n. var. 

 A. aurea JvNKA. in Oestr. Bot. Zeitschr. 22: 174. 1872. 

 A. Canadensis var. aurea Roezl., Gartenflora 258, L J34. 

 1872. 

 Flowers yellow and tinged with red, spurs incurved and 

 shorter than in the type. Gartenflora 21 : 734. 



Var. alba-plena Hort. Var. grandijlora-alba Hort. Flowers 

 very pale vellow or nearlv white, with two or more whorls of 

 petal-limbs. Introduced. 1889. Vicks' 12 : 311. 



Var. nana Hort. A. leptoceras \^.r lutea Hort. Like the 

 type, but plant always small, not exceeding i y^ feet. 



Var. Jaeschkani Hort. Alx)ut the same height as the last : 

 flowers large, yellow with red spurs. Thought to be a hybrid of 

 A. chrysantha and A. Skinner i., hence sometimes called A. 

 Skinfiert var. hybrida Hort. 



A. longissima Gray ex Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 17: 317. 

 1881-2. 



Tall, somewhat pubescent with silky hairs, or smoothish : 

 root-leaves biternate even in the petioles, leaflets deeply lobed 

 and cut, green above, glaucous beneath; stem-leaves similar, 



