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II. Delphinium {Larkspur) 

 I. D. ajiicis (Common Larkspur). — Flowers blue, pink, or white, 

 in racemes, easily distinguished from other flowers by their spurred 

 calyx. A not uncommon weed in cornfields, but not a nati\ e. 

 Height i-ij feet. Many very beautiful species are cultivated in 

 gardens. — Fl. June to August. 



Delphinium (Larkspur) 



Acon'itum (Monk's-hood) 



AcoNiTUM (Monk's-hood) 

 A. napellus (Common Monk's-hood, Wolf's-bane). — A com- 

 mon garden plant, 1-2 feet high, with handsome 

 dark blue flowers. The whole plant, especially 

 the root, is very poisonous, and derives its name, 

 Woolf's-bane, from being used to poison the 

 meat used as bait in wolf-traps. A doubtful 

 native in parts of England and Wales. — Fl. June, 

 July. Perennial. 



13. AcTrP.A (Bane-berry) 

 I. A.spicata (Bane-berr}?, Herb Chiistopher). 



A ,r. J, \ — The only British species. 5i'ew triangular, 1-2 



AcT/EA (Bane-berry) . . ,■ ,^ „ u-^ j -t 1 4- ui 1 



feet high ; flowers white ; frmt almost black. 



Poisonous. A rare plant, found only in a few 



limestone locahties in the north of England. 



Fl. May. Perennial. 



14. PvEONiA [Peony) 

 I. P. corallina (Entire-leaved Peony). — A 

 handsome, herbaceous plant, 1-2 feet high. 

 Flowers deep red ; seed-vessels downy. Not a 

 native of Britain, but naturalized on the slopes 

 of the Steep Holmes, an island in the Severn. 

 Many beautiful species and varieties are culti- 

 vated in gardens.~Fl. May, June. Perennial. p^^^^^ ^p^^^^j 



