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5, oo-seeded. Pis. showy, blue, yellow, scarlet, particolored, sol. or 

 panieled. Q|., erect, branched; Ivs. very decompound. 6 spec, rocks, 

 N. hemisphere. Am., spur straight: A. ccsruiea, 2° high, fls. 3' long, 

 sep. blue, pet. white, spur, 2' long ; Eocky Mts. A. canadensis, 18' 

 high, fls. 2' long, scarlet and orange; Can. to Gulf. A. Skinneri, 

 similar, 2° high, fls. 3' long; Mex. Foreign, spur liooked or curved: 

 A. vulgaris, l°-3° high, fls. large, blue. Eur. Fig. 154; follicle, 

 petal. Fig. 9. A. glandulbsa, A. sibirica, fls. deep blue, pet. tipped 

 with white. 2° high. N. Asia. 7. Nigella, Fennel-Flower. Sep. 

 5, reg., decid. Pet. 5, clawed; blade small, 2-fid. Fls. white, blue, 

 yellow. Follicles 3-10, c»-seeded, more or less coherent ; sds. spicy. 

 Lvs. finely pinnatiseot. 0, (2), rarely Q|.; l°-2° high. 10 spec, 

 Medit. States, W. Asia. N. sativa, Q, fls. yellow. S. Eur., Levant, 

 Egypt. Called Toute-epice, Quaire-epices, Nutmeg-Flower ; the Fitches 

 of Isaiah. N. Damascena, Q, fls. pale blue, veiled by a large pinnati- 

 seot Involucral If. Common names (which the cynic may term syno- 

 nymes) Love-in-a-mist, Ragged-Lady, Devil-in-the-bush. Levant. 8. 

 Anemonopsis macroph^lla, monotypic. Sep. 9. Pet. 10. Fls. like 

 Anemone. Follicles 3-5. Lvs. like Actaea. Erect herb, handsome ; 

 Japan. 9. Isopyrum. Sep. 5-6, reg., decid. Pet. 6, very sh"ort or 0. 

 Fls. sol. or panieled, white. Follicles 2-3-6-20, 2-3- oo -seeded. Lvs. 

 decompound. Q|., slender, low ; 7 spec, N. hemisphere. I. biterndtum, 

 pet. 0; sep. 5. Ohio, Ky., W. I. thalicir aides, S. Eur. Sev. in 

 Asia. 10. Coptis, Gold-Thread. Sep. 5-6, decid. Pet. 5-6, small, 

 yellow. Carpels od, stipitate, distinct. Follicles oo-seeded. Fls. 

 (sep.) white. Scape naked, 1-3-flowered. Lvs. 1-2-ternate, rad. 

 Ehiz. Q|., thread-like, yellow, bitter. 6 spec, N. Eur., N. Asia, N. 

 Am. C. trifolidia, bogs, Can. to Va., W. to Oregon ; N. Eur. 11. 

 Eranthis. Sep. 5-8, reg., decid. Pet. small. Follicles oo, stipitate, 

 oo-seeded. Low ; rhiz. Ql, tuberous. Lvs. palmatisect, rad. ; 1 

 cauline, involucral below tne sol. yellow fl. 2 spec. E. hyemdlis, 

 Winter Aconite, sep. 6-8 ; blooming at close of winter. Cent, and 

 S. Eur. E. sibirica, sep. 5. E. Siberia. 12. Helleborus, Hellebore. 

 Sep. 5, reg., sometimes sub-herbaceous, usually persist Pet. small. 

 Follicles 00, oo-seeded, distinct or coherent at base. Ei-ect-; rhiz. Q|.. 

 Lvs. rad., large, palmatisect or -lobed, or digitate; cauline lvs. few, 

 involucriform. Fls. (sep.) large, white, green, yellow, or livid; sol. 

 or panieled. Poisonous. 11 spec, Eur., W. Asia. H. m^rer, Black 

 H. ; i-hiz. dark ; fl.-stalk 1-2-flowered, fls. white'or pink ; blooming in 

 winter, and called Christmas Rose. Greece, Asia Minor. H.foetidus, 

 Bear's-poot. Fls. green, sep. pink-edged; panieled. W.Eur. H. 

 viridis, Grbbn H., fls. yellowish-green, few. Eur. Nat. in N. At- 

 lantic States, U. S. 13. Trbllius, Globe Flower. Sep. 5-oo, reg., 

 decid. Pet. 5-8, small. Follicles oa, oo-seeded. Erect; rhiz. %. 

 Lvs. palmatilobed or -sect. Fls. sol. or few, large, usually globular ; 

 yellow or lilac. 9 spec, Eur., Asia, N. Am. T. europaeus. Bur., fls. 

 yellow. T. asiaticus, Asia ; fls. dark orange ; both globular. T. 

 laxus, sep. pale-greenish-yellow, spreading, not showy. Swamps, 

 N. H. to Del., W. to Mich. 14. Hydrastis camnrfemsis, ' Yellow 

 Puccoon; monotypic Sep. 3, reg., decid. Pet. 0. Carpels 12 or 

 more, baccate, 1-2-seeded, forming a crimson blackberry-like fr. Fl. 

 sol., small, white. Lvs. palmatilobed or dissected. Ehiz. %, thick, 

 yellow 1 rad. leaf; stem 1° high; lvs. 2; fl. term. Eich woods. 



