20 TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



ISOPVRUM, L. IsopTRtJM. 



I. biternatiim. Torr. & Gray. False Rue- Anemone. 



Frequent, or common, throughout the south half of the state ; extending north at 

 least to Fergus Falls. Leonard 



CALrTHA, L. Mabsh Marigold. 



C . palustris, L . Marsh Marigold. "Cowslip." 



Abundant, or common, throughout most «£ the state ; less frequent westward. 



COPTIS, Salisb. Goldthread. 



C- trifolia, Salisb. Three-leaved Goldthread. 



Common northward ; extending south to Minneapolis, Boherts, and Lake City 

 (rare), Mi)<s Maiming. 



AQUILEGIA, Tourn. Columbine. 



A, Canadensis, L. Wild Columbine. "Honeysuckle." 



Common, or frequent, throughout the state. 



Found, according to .Mt'ss Ba7j7^i((, with white flowers during several years in the 

 south edge of the village of Little Falls, Morrison county, not associated at that local- 

 ity with the usual type ; also some with flowers clear white, others cream-colored, and 

 yet others of the ordinary kind, all growing together west of the Mississippi river, op- 

 posite to Little Falls, and likewise near Fort Ripley, in the same county. 



A. brevistyla, Hook.* Short-styled Columbine. 

 In the Red river valley at Pembina, Chickering . West. 



DELPHIXIUM, Tourn. LiRKSPUR. 



D. exaltatiim, Ait. Tall Larkspur. 



Frequent through the south half of the state ; extending north to the upper Missis- 

 sippi river, Oarriison, and Fergus Falls, Leonard. 



T>. tricorne, Michx. Dwarf Larkspur. 



St. Paul, Miss Cathcart; Pipestone county, Mrs. Bennett. Infrequent. South. 



D. azureum, Michx. Azure Larkspur. 



Common southward ; extending north to the upper Mississippi river, Garrison, and 

 Manitoba, Macoun. 



D. Consolida, L. Field Lirkspur. 



Rarely adventive. Minneapolis, J.. W.Jones. 



HYDRASTIS, L. Orange-root. 



H. Canadensis, L. Orange-root. Yellow Puccoon. 

 Stearns county. Garrison, Rare. Southeast. 



♦AQUILEGIA BREViSTVLA, Hook. Stem? low, 6 to 8 inches high, spreading ; leaves 

 bi-tiruate; leaflets 3-lobed, crenate, C to 9 lines [twelfths of an inch] long, crenatures 

 ovate, rotund ; floweis small, blue, about 6 lines long, including the spur ; sepals oblong, 

 ovate ; petals a little exceeding the stamens ; spurs hooked at the tip ; styles shorter, 

 included. Porter and Coulter's Flora of Colorado. 



