12 1. RANUNCTJLACEa;. 



10. IIellebortjs imra. Hellebore. 



1. H. viridis (L.) ; radical I. digitate stalked, stem-l. sessile at 

 the ramifications, st. few-flowered, calyx spreading. — E. B. 200. 

 R. iv. 105. — Veins of the 1. prominent beneath. Stigma erect. 

 St. 1 foot high, annual. Fl. greenish-yellow.— Thickets on a 

 calcareous soil. P. III. IV. Green Hellebore. E. I. 



2. H.fcetidus{L.)i Z. ;)edafe stalked, st. leafy many-flowered, 

 calyx converging. — E. B. 613. R. iv. 103. — L. successively con- 

 tracting upwards into bracts. St. 2 feet high. Fl. globose, 

 drooping, greenish tipped with purple. — Thickets in chalky di- 

 stricts. P. III. IV. Stinking Hellebore. E. S. 



11. Aquilegia ii'nw. Columbine. 



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

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

 —E. B. 297. R. iv. 1 14.— St. 2—3 feet high, slightly leafy. Caps, 

 hairv. Inner stam. frequently imperfect.^ — Woods and thickets. 

 P. V. VI. 



12. Delphinium Linn. Larkspur. 



tl. T).Consolida(\j.); st. erect branched, racemes few-flowered, 

 spur longer than the calyx, pet. combined. — E. B. 1839. — Pedi- 

 cels usually longer than the bracts. Caps, downy. Fl. of a vivid 

 and permanent blue, rarely red, pink or white. L. deeply mul- 

 tifid.— Sandy or chalky coin-fields. A. VI. VII. E. S. 



13. AcoNiTUM Linn. Monk's-hood. 



tl. A. NapeZZns (L.); nectaries horizontal upon curved stalks, 

 spurs bent down, fl. racemose, young carpels diverging. — E. B. 

 S. 2730. R. iv. 92. — Filaments slightlj hairy, with cuspidate 

 wings. Nectary inflated above, its lip broad. Helmet open, 

 hemispherical. Pedicels erect, downy. — Banks of rivers and 

 brooks, rare. VI. VII. E. S. 



Tribe V. Paonieee. 

 14. AcTiEA Linn. Bane-berry. 



\. A. spieata (L.); raceme simple elongate, pet. as long as 

 the stamens, berries oval. — E. B. 918. R. iv. 121. — L. stalked 

 biternate ; leaflets ovate, trifid, deeply out. St. 1 — 2 feet high. 

 — Mountainous limestone tracts in the north. P. V. E. S, 



