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■4-v ♦+ Petals always much longer than the calyx. Dry ground, except No. 8. 



7. Eaklt C. Low, 4' to 9' high; root-leaves nearly pinnate; petals narrow. Fl. spring. R. fascicularis. 



8. CREEnsG C. Stems reclining, making long runners in summer; leaves variously divided ; petals 



obovate. Wet places. M. repens. 



9. Bulbous C, or Eakly Butteecup. A solid bulb at the base of the upright stem; leaves divided 



and cut; petals round, large, and bright yellow. Naturalized, E. in meadows. Fl. spring. 



R. buWosus. 



10. Tall C, or Latek Buttekcup. Stem upright, 2° or 3° high, no bulb at the bottom; leaves di- 

 vided and cut; petals obovate, not so large and bright-colored as the last. Fl. summer. R. acris. 



Globe-flower. Trdllius. 

 Appears like a large Crowfoot or Buttercup, but the yellow leaves of the blossom are sepals ; within 

 are the petals, small, and of peculiar shape, appearing like larger stamens. And the nine or more pistils 

 make several-seeded pods. 



1. European G. Sepals 10 to 15. golden-yellow, converging, and so making a rather globe-shaped 



flower; petals longer tlian the stamens. Cult, in gardens; fl. spring. T. Europhus. 



2. American G. Sepals 5 or 6, spreading, pale greenish-yellow; petals shorter than the stamens, and 



liable to be overlooked. Swamps, N. T. Americanus. 



Columbine. Aquilegia. 

 Sepals 5, petal-like, all similar. Petals B, in the form of large hollow spurs. Pistils 5, making many- 

 seeded pods. — Leaves twice or thrice compound; leaflets in threes. (Fig. 247.) 



1. Wild C. Flowers scarlet, yellow inside, nodding ; spurs hooked. Rocks. A. Canadensis. 



2. Garden C. Flowers blue, purple, or white; spurs straight. In all gardens. A vulgaris. 



Ijarkspur* Delphinium. 

 Sepals 5, petal-like, dissimilar, the upper one prolonged behind into a hollow spur. Petals 4, small ; 

 the upper pair with hardly any claws, but with long spurs which run back into the spur of the calyx; 

 the lower pair with short claws and no spur ; in some species all the petals grow together into one 

 body. Pistils and pods 1 to 5, many-seeded. — Flowers showy, in racemes or panicles, mostly white, 

 blue, or purple. (Fig. 251, 262.) 



# Garden annuals: leaves finely cut: petals united into one body (Fig. 253): pistil only one. 



1. Common or Field Larkspur. Flowers scattered on spreading branches ; pods smooth. D. Consdlida. 



2. Rocket or A jax L. Flowers crowded in a long and close raceme ; pods hairy. D. Ajacis. 



* * Garden perennials : pistils 2 to 5 : the four petals separate. Many varieties are cultivated, 



mostly of the two following species. 



3. Great-Flowered L. Leaves cut into linear distant lobes ; pods downy. D. grandijibrnm. 



4. Bee L. Leaves cleft into 3 to 7 wedge-shaped and cut-toothed lobes ; petals bearded. D. elatum. 

 * * * Wild species at the West and South: perennials, with 4 separate petals and 3 to 5 pods. 



5. Tall Wild L. Stem 2° to 5° high; leaves parted into 3 or 5 narrow wedge-shaped pointed divis- 



ions; flowers many in a long raceme, blue-purple, in summer. D. exaltatum. 



6. Dwarf L. Stem 1" high or less ; the 5 divisions of the leaves cleft into linear lobes ; flowers few, 



loose, and large, purpit^blue, in spring; pods spreading. I), tricdrne. 



