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Californicum, T. & G. Dull blue flowers velvety; raceme close, 

 glaucum, Watson. Glaueoua: pale blue flowers: raceme narrow, 

 trollifolium, Gray. Smooth: leaves shining: flowers large, 

 nudicaiile, T. & G. Follicles narrowed at base: 6 to 12 lines long, 

 cardinale, Hooker. Follicles broader at base, shorter: flowers larger. 



12. ACONITUM, Toumefort. 

 I. A. Coltunbianum, Xutt. Blue flowers or rarely white: hood beaked. 



13. ACT.^A, Linnaeus. 

 I. A. spicata, var. arguta, Torrey. Leaves 2-3-temate: berries red. 



14. PiEONIA, Linn. 

 1. P. Brownii, Dougl. Leathery sepals persistent: seeds 6 or (I line* long. 



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Low shrubs with spiny -toothed pinnate leaves : flowers yellow ...<.. 1 



Herb : leaves radical, temately compound : flowers nodding, white .....„., 3 



Herb: radical 3-foliolate leaf solitary: sepals and petals wanting. >...... 8 



1. BEB.BEBIS, Linneeus. 



1. B. repens, Lindley. Leaflets 3 to 7, ovate, not shiny: not a foot high. > 



2. B. Aquifolium, Pursh. Leaflets 7 or more, shiny: berries globose. 



3. B. pinnata, Lag. Petiole short or leaflets at the base: fmit long-ovoid. 



4. B. nervosa, Pursh. Leaflets palmately nerved, 11 to 17. 



3. VANCOTJVERIA, Morren & Decaisne. 

 1. V. hezandra, M. & D. Panicle of white flowers on a scape. 

 Var. aurea. Flowers yellow, larger. S. W. Or. ( V. aurea, Greene.) 



3. ACHLYS, De Candolle. 

 1. A. tripliylla, DO. Scape ending in a slender spike of minnte flowenh 



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Leaves elliptic-peltate, floating: stems jelly-coated ^ ...„,^, 1 



Leaves oblong-cordate, large: flowers large, globose, yellow S 



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