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in Pseonia). Lvs. radical or alt., rarely opp. (Clematis), simple or 

 compound, petiole often dilated or amplexicaul ; rarely with stipule- 

 like appendages. Juice acrid; watery. Herbs, rarely Shrubs or 

 shrubby climbers. 5 Tribes : 



Tribe 1. Sep. 5, imb. , unequal, leafy, persist. Pet. 5, large. Sta. 

 00, usually changed to pet. in cultivation. Ova. 2-5, oo-ovuled ; girt 

 below with a fleshy disk. Stig. sessile. Pollicles leathery, oe-seeded. 

 Lvs. large, pinnatisect or decompound. Only gen. Pseonia, PjEONy. 

 Herbs ; rhiz. Q|., fusiform ; one spec, a shrab. 4 spec, N. hemisphere. 

 P. Moutdn, Tkee P. Shrub 3°-4° high. Carpels 5, encircled by the 

 disk. Fls. 6' wide, white or rose, fragrant. China. P. albiflora, Q|., 

 3° high ; stem with sev. fls. white or rose, fragrant ; N. Asia. P. 

 officinalis, Common P. Q|., stems l-flowered, fl. very large, red, white, 

 rose Bur. P. Brbwnii, QJ., fls. brown-purple, Nevada. Tribe 2. Pis. 

 reg. or irreg. Sep. imb., petaloid. Pet. small; or irreg. , spurred ; orO. 

 Carpels sev.-ovuled. Follicle, berry, boll. 17 gen., 133spec., both worlds. 

 1. Xanthorrhiza apiifolia, Yellow-root ; monotypic. Sep. 5, decid. 

 Pet. 5, small, 2-lobed, clawed. Sta. 5-10. Carpels 5-10, 2-3-ovuled. 

 PoUicles usually 1-seed. Pis. small, dark purple, panicled ; appearing 

 with lvs. ; often (^ ij 9 • I'^s. long-petioled ; Ifts. 5, 2'-3' long, den- 

 tate. Low shrub ; juice yellow, bitter. River-banks, N. Y. to Gulf 

 States. 2, Cimicifuga, Btjgbaste. Sep. 4-5, decid. Pet. small, 1-8, 

 clawed, or 0. Sta. oo, white. Follicles 1-8. Lvs. decompound. 

 Fls. white; racemes 1°— 3° long. Q|., 8 spec, Eur., Asia, N. Am. C. 

 cordifdlia, S°-5° high, racemes panicled. Mts., N. C C. americana, 

 3°-6° high; racemes long-panicled. Mts., Penn. to Tenn., N. C. C. 

 racerribsa, 6°-8° high, racemes in a plume-like panicle. Can. to Ga. 

 3. Actaea, Baneberry. Near Cimicifuga, but carpel 1, becoming a 

 berry ; raceme small. 2 spec. A. alba, 2° high, raceme oblong, ber- 

 ries white. Can. to Ga. A. spiedta, raceme short, berries red. 2° 

 high, Can. to Penn. W. to Rocky Mts. 4. Aconitum, Monks- 

 hood, Aconite. Sep. 5, unequal ; posterior large, hooded, covering 

 2 of the petals ; the other petals being minute or 0. Carpels 3-5 ; 

 follicles oo-seeded. Lvs. palmilobed or -sect. Fls. blue, purple, yel- 

 low, white, -racemed, panicled. Herbs; % rhiz. 18 spec, N. hemi- 

 sphere. Showy, but poisonous. A. Napellus, 4° high, fls. blue; Eur., 

 Asia. A. Li/eoctonum, Wolfsbane ; 3° high, fls. purple. Styria. 

 Sd., Fig. 9, 2. A. reelindtum, trailing, stems 4°-8° long, fls. white. 

 Va., mts., S. A. uncindtum, slender, erect, but weak; 2° high, fls. 

 large, purple. N. Y. to Ga., rats. 5. Delphinium, Larkspur. Sep. 

 5, unequal; posterior spurred. Pet. 2-4, small; 2 upper spurred, cu- 

 cullate, included in sepal-spur; 2 lower often 0. Follicles 1-5, oo- 

 seeded. Lvs. palmatilobed or dissected. Q|., ; fls. showy, racemed. 

 40 spec, N. hemisphere. Am. %: D. az-Ureun, l°-2°high; D. 

 tricome, 3° high ; D. exaltdtum, 4°-5° high ; all fls. blue. Widely 

 spread, U. S. D. cardindle, 2° high, fls. scarlet, Cal. Foreign: D. 

 grandiflbrum, D. sinense, D. sibiricum, 2° high ; D. eldtum, 6° high, 

 are Bee Larkspur ; fls. blue, petals with yellow hairs on inner sui^ 

 face, simulating a bee : Q(., Asia. D. SfajoAisajfria, Stavbsacrk. @, 

 2° high, fls. azure. S. Eur. D. Consolida, fls. blue ; D. Ajdcis, fls. 

 pink; Q, l°-2° high. Eur. D. pinnaiifidum, Asia,; hairs. Fig. 106, 

 1. 6. Aquil^gia, Columbine. Sep. 5, reg., decid. Pet. 5, equal, 

 li ke a horn or hood, spurred ; attached by margin of limb. Follicles 



