14 1. IlAlf0NCiri.ACEiE. 



drooping, greenisli tipped with purple. — Thickets in chalky 

 distncts. P. in. IV. Stinking Hellehore. Setterwort. E _ 



11. Aqtjile'gia Linn. Columbine. 



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

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

 ~E. 5.297. R. iv. 114.— St. 2— S feet high, slightly leafy. Caps, 

 hairy. Inner stam. freq^uently imperfect. — Woods and thickets 

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



12. Delphdt'ium Linn. Larkspur. 



*1. D. AjddaiGs.jnoi'R.') ; st. erect with spreading branches, 

 racemes 4 — 16-fl., pet. combined, ovary abruptly narrowed into 

 a subulate style, follicle downy obliquely acuminate, seeds with 

 transverse contiguous wavy ridges. — D. Consolida Sm. Sy. E. B. 

 47. — St. loosely and sparingly branched, about a foot high. El. 

 of a vivid and permanent blue, rarely red pink or white. L. 

 deeply multifid. Style equal to about \ of carpel. — Sandy or 

 chalky com-fields. A. VI. VII. E. 



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

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

 glabrous truncate short, seeds with transverse interrupted ridges. 

 — 2i. iv. 116.— Much like D. Ajacis. Style lateral. — Found once 

 in Jersey and in Cornwall. A. VI. VII.] 



13. Aconi'ttjm Linn. Monk's-liood. 



tl. A. Napel'lus (L.) ; pet. horizontal iipon curved stalks, 

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

 S. 2730. B. iv. 92.— Rootstock black, of 2 oblong knobs. St. 

 1 — 2 ft. high. Fl. purple. Filaments slightly hairy, with 

 cuspidate wings. Pet. inflated above ; lip broad. Helmet open, 

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

 brooks, rare. P. VI. VII. E. 



Tribe V. Paonieee. 



14. Act.«;'a Linn. Bane-berry. 



1. A. spicdta (L.) ; raceme simple elongate, pet. as long as 

 the stamens, berries oval. — K B. 918. B. iv. 121. — ^L. statted, 

 biternate ; Its. ovate, trifid, deeply cut. St. 1 — 2 feet high. Fl. 

 white. — Mountainous limestone tracts in the North. P. V. E. S. 



