YELLOW 

 COLUMBINE. 



Aquikijia h'ptoceras. 



NCE move wo meet with flowers 

 closely allied in one genus, but 

 comprising all the primary colours 

 as well as their secondary and 

 tertiary shades. We have colum- 

 bines red, blue^ and yellow, as we 

 have tropseolums, leschenaultias, 

 and primulas. The beautiful 

 Aquileijia leptoceras, also known 

 as Aqtiilegia clirysmitha, is a native 

 of New Mexico and Arizona. Pro- 

 fessor Gray is not in accord with 

 Sir J. D. Hooker as regards the 

 technical botany of the plant. 

 The former regards A. chryuuitlia 

 as a species, the latter regards it 

 as a variety of A. leptoceras. The last-named is commonly 

 met with blue and white, but Nuttall, its discoverer, 

 calls it ochroleucous. It is figured in the " Botanical 

 Magazine," t. 4407, and the plant before us is figured as 

 A. L. chrysantha in the same work, t. 6073. A comparison 

 of the figures justifies the view of Sir J. D. Hooker, the 

 main difference between the two being that our present 



