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D. Ajacis, Linn. Rocket L. More showy in gardens, and with simi- 

 lar flowers crowded in a long close raceme, and downy pods ; spur shorter ; 

 some marks on the front of the united petals were fancied to read AIAI 

 = Ajax. Eu. 



* * Perennials, with 4 separate petals and 2-6, mostly 3, pistils. 



*- Flowers deep blue to white ; cultivated. 



D. grand ifldrum, Linn. Geeat-fl L. (Known also as D. Chinense and 

 D. Sinense). l°-2°high, leayes cut into narrow linear divisions ; flowers 

 1£' or more across ; sepals ample, oval ; the 2 lower petals rounded and en- 

 tire. Various in color, also double-flowered ; summer. Siberia and China. 



D. cheildnthum, Fischer, commonly still larger-flowered, with lower 

 petals also entire or nearly so ; the mostly downy leaves have fewer and 

 lanceolate or wedge-lanceolate divisions ; is now much modified by culti- 

 vation. D. formSsum, Showy L., is one of the various garden forms. 

 Summer. Siberia. 



D. elatum, Linn. Bee Larkspuk, from Eu., is very tall and somewhat 

 pubescent, with leaves 6-7-cleft, and the long divisions lobed or toothed ; 

 flowers many in a long wand-like raceme, the lower petals 2-cleft and 

 yellowish bearded ; spur curved. 



■i- ■*- Flowers deep blue to white ; indigenous. 



D. exaltatum, Ait. Tall Wild L. 2°-5° high ; leaves deeply 3-5- 

 cleft, the divisions narrow, wedge-form, or wedge-oblong, diverging 

 3-cleft at apex ; flowers and panicled racemes hoary or downy ; spur 

 straight ; pods erect ; summer. Penn., W. and S. 



D. azureum, Michx. Azure L. Often downy, l°-3 high , with narrow 

 linear divisions to the leaves, and a spike-like raceme of rather small 

 flowers in spring ; sepals and 2-cleft lower petals oblong ; spurs curved 

 up; pods erect. Var. with full double flowers in gardens; summer. 

 Wis. to Dak. and S. 



D. trio6me, Michx. Dwarf Wild L. 6'-3° high, from a branched 

 tuberous root ; leaves with broadly linear lobes and a loose raceme of few 

 or several rather large showy flowers in spring ; sepals and cleft Jower 

 petals oblong ; pods strongly diverging. Open woods from Perm., W! #nd S. 



■t- ■»- -i- Flowers scarlet and, yellow.;, eulWfmmOsMifortoia..,. 



D. nudicaule, Torr. & Gray., l°-2°bigh, few-leaved, leaves. deeply, cleft 

 into obovateor wedge-shaped divisions; racemes loose ; pedicels 2'-4'long. 



IB. ACpNITTTM, ACONITE, ' WOLFSBANE, MONKSHOOD. '(An- 

 cient name.) % Root thick, tuberous, or turnip-shaped, a virulent 

 poison, and used as medicine. Leaves palmately divided or cleft and 

 out-lobed. Flowers showy. The large upper sepal from its shape is 

 called the hood or helmet. ' Under it are two long-stalked, queer little 

 bodies which answer for petals, (Lessons, Figs. 242-244.) Flowers 



l! ' UI * Leaves deeply cleft into 3-7 lobes, 



A. uncinatum, Linn.' Wild A. or Monkshood. Stem slender, 3°-6°, 

 erect, but weak and inclined to climb; leaves cleft or parted into 3-6 

 ovate or wedge-lanceolate, cut-toothed lobes ; flowers, loosely panicled, 

 blue ; the roundish helmet nearly as broad as high,' its pointed 1 visor 

 turned down.. Low grounds from Penn., S. and W. ■ ^ 



A. reclinatum, Gray. Trailing Wolfsbane. Smooth, steins trailing ; 

 leaves deeply 3-7-cleft ; flowers wnite ; helmet soon horizontal, elongated 

 conical. Alleghany Mountains, S. 



