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bright yellow. Pet. ligdate. St. 1—21 feet high.— Damp 

 mountain pastures. P. VI. VII. E. S. 1. 



9. Ekan'this Salish. Winter Aconite. 



l*K hyenuttis (Salisb.) ; Sep. 6—8 oblong.— J?, iv. 101. Hel- 

 hbortis Linn. — Radical 1. upon long stalks, 5 — Z-parted, deeply 

 cut into linear-oblong segments. St. 4 — 6 in. high, with an 

 invol. of 3 sessile leaflets just below the solitary yellow fl. 

 Rhizome tuberous. Naturalized in thickets. P. 11. III.] E. S. ? 



10. Helleb'obus Linn. Hellebore. 



1. H. vir'idis (L.) ; radical I. digitate stsikeA, stem.-l. sessile 

 at the ramifications, st. few-flowered, calyx spreading. — R. iv. 

 105. — Veins of the 1. prominent beneath. Stigma erect. St 1 

 foot high, annual. Fl. greenish yellow. — Thickets on a cal- 

 careous soil. P. m. IV. Green Hellebore. Bear'sfoot. E. 



2. H.fcet'idus (L.) ; /. pedate stalked, St. leafy many-flowered, 

 caly.T convei-ging. — it. iv. 103. — L. successively contracting up- 

 wards into bracts. St. 2 feet hio;h. Fl. globose, drooping, 

 greenish tipped with purple. — Thickets in chalky districts. P. 

 in. IV. Stinking Hellebore. Setterwart. E. 



11. AauiLE'siA Linii. Columbine. 



1. A. vulgaris (L.) ; spur of the pet. incurved, limb blunt 

 falling short of the stamens, 1. bitemate, leaflets 3-lobed crenate. 

 — R. iv. 114. — St. 2 — 3 feet high, slightly leafy. Oaps. hairy. 

 Inner stam. frequently imperfect. — Woods and thickets and 

 heaths, not common. P. V. VI. E. I. 



12. DELPHiN'ruir Linn. Larkspur. 



*1. -D. Ajdcis (Gay) ; St. erect with spreading branches, 

 racemes 4 — 16-ii., pet. combined, ovary abmptly narrowed into 

 a style, foUicle downy obliquely acuminate, seeds with trans- 

 verse contiguous war}' ridges. — D. Cmuolida Sm. — About a 

 foot high. Fl. of a vivid and permanent blue, rarely red pink 

 or white. L. deeply multifid. Style equal to about A- of carpel. 

 —Sandy or chalky corn fields. A. VT. VU. E. 



[Z). ConsoVida (L.) ; st. erect with patent branches, racemes 

 few-fiowered, pet. combined, ovary narrowed into style, follicle 

 glahroiis ti'uncate short, seeds with ti-ansverse iuteiTupted ridges. 

 —R. iv. 116.— Much Hke B. AJacis. Style i — i as long as 

 carpel. Cultivated land in Jersey. A. ^'I. "\ II.] 



