Obdbb 1.— RANUNCULAOK-ffi. 211 



blue, and when viewed at a little distance the stamens and bearded petals re- 

 semble a bee nestling within the calyx, f Siberia. 



7 D. grandiflorum L. Lvs. palmately 5 — 1 -parted, lobes lineaij distant; 

 sessile, 3-cleft pedicels longer than bract ; petals shorter than calyx. — A superb 

 perennial. Fla. double or single, in racemes, of brilliant dark blue, with a tinge 

 of purple, f Siberia. 



Observation. — A few other species may, perhaps, be found in gardens. All are 

 riiowy plants, of the easiest culture. 



i8. ACONITUM, Tourn. Wolfsbane. Fig. 283. (Gr. a/coi-iro?, with- 

 out dust ; because the plants grow on dry rocks.) Sepals 5, irregular, 

 colored, upper one vaulted ; petals 5, the 3 lower minute, the 2 upper 

 on long claws, concealed beneath the upper sepal, recurved and nectar- 

 iferous at the apex; styles 3 — 5; follicles 3 — 5. — i( Lvs. digitate or 

 palmate. Fls. in terminal spikes. 



1 A. wncinatum L. Stem flexuous ; pan. rather loose, with divorgeilt branches ; 

 lvs. palmate, 3 — 5-parted, with rliomboidaUlaiiceolate, cut-dentate divisions ; helmet 

 (upper sepal) exactly conical, short-beaked in front ; ova. villous. — A cultivated, 

 poisonous plant, also native, N. Y. to Ga. St. 2f high. Lvs. coriaceous, dark 

 green, 4 — 5' wide. Fls. large, purple, 3 or 4 near the summit oC eaoli branch. 

 Jl., Aug. 



2 A. reclin^tum Gray. St. trailing (3 — 8f long) ; lvs. deeply 3 — 7 -cleft, peti- 

 olate, divisious crenate, incised or lobed ; fls. while, in very loose panicles ; hd- 

 met soon horimntal, elongated conical, with a straight ieak in front. — Alleghany 

 Mts, Va. and Southward. Aug. 



3 A. Napellus L. Monkshood. St. straight, erect ; lvs. deeply 5-cleft aU 

 into linear segmerats, furrowed above ; uppen sep. arched at the hack, lateral ones 

 hairy inside ; ova. smootli. — A poisonous plant cultivated among flowers. It is 

 a tall, rank perennial, making quite a consequential appearance. St. 4f high, 

 vrith a long spicate inflorescence at its tei-mination. Fls. dark blue, surmounted 

 by tlie vaulted upper sepal, as if hooded in a monk's cowl. Aug. There are 

 varieties with flowers white, rose-colored, etc. 



19. CIMICIFUGA, L. Bugbane. (Lat dmex, a bug, fugo, to drive 

 away; alluding to its offensive odor.) Sepals 4 or 5, caducous; petals 

 stamen-like, 1 — 8, small, clawed, 2-horned at apex ; sta. numerous, with 

 slender white filaments ; follicles 1 — 8, dry, dehiscent. — H Lvs. ternately 

 decompound. Flowers white, in long, slender racemes. 



§ MAnEOTVs. Pi.stil 1, with a broad stigma, and seeds in two rows No. 1 



§ CiMiFUQA proper. Pistils 2 — 8, witli a minute stigma, seeds in one row Noa. 2, 8 



1 C. raoemosa Ell. Black Snakeeoot. Lfts. ovate-oblong, ineisely serrate ; 

 rac. very long ; caps, follicular, ovoid, sessile. — Plant resembling a tall Act^a, 

 found in upland woods Can. to Ga. St. 4 — 8f high, with long, panicled racemes 

 of white-sepaled and monogynous flowers. Petals 4 — 6, small. Sta. about 100 

 to each flower, giving the raceme the appearance of a long and slender plume. 

 Fls. very fetid. Jn., Jl. (Aotsea, L. Macrotys, Raf ) 



2 C. Americana Mx. Glabrous ; lvs. triternate, segm. ovate, terminal one sunei- 

 form at base, 3-parted or 3-cleft, and incised; petals concave, sessile, 2-lobed, 

 nectariferous at base; ova. 2 — 5, stiped, obovate and pod-shaped in fruit; sds. 

 6 — 8, flattened vertically. — Mts Penn. to N. Car. and Tenn. St. 3— 6f high. Lfts. 

 2 — 4' long, with coarse, unequal, mucronate serratures. Fls. smaller than in 0. 

 racemosa, in along panicle of racemes. Aug. (C. podooarpa EU. Actsea podo- 

 oarpa DC.) 



3 C. oordifolia Ph. Lvs. bilernaie ; lfts. broadly cordate, 3 — 5-lobed ; ova. 1 — 3 ; 

 foUicles sessile, 8 — 1 0-seeded. — Mts. Carolina. St. 3 — 5f high, terminating in a long 

 glabrous panicle of racemes. Sep. 6, roundish, petals spathulate, bifid, few or 

 wanting. 



