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

 semble a bee nestling within the calyx, f Siberia. 



7 D. grauclifldruin L. Lvs. palmately 5 — 1-parted, lobes linear, distant; 

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

 perennial. Pis. 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 

 showy .plants, of the easiest culture. 



18. ACONlTUffl, Tourn. Wolfsbane. Fig. 283. (Gr. (f/coviTO?-, 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. — If Lvs. digitate or 

 palmate. Fls. in terminal spikes. 



1 A. unoinatum L. Stem flexuous ; pan. rather loose, with divergent branches ; 

 lvs. palmate, 3 — 5-parted, with rhomboidalrlanceolate, cut-dentate divisions ; liehnet 

 (upper sepal) exacUy 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, purplej 3 or 4 near the summit of each branch. 

 Jl., Aug. 



2 A. reclinatum . Gray. St. irailing {3 — 8f long) ; lvs. deeply 3 — 7 -cleft, peti- 

 olate, divisions crenate, incised or lobed ; Jls, white, in very loose panicles ; hel- 

 met soon horizontal,, elongated conical^ with a straight beak in /roni— 'Alleghany 

 Mts., Va. and Southward. Aug. 



3 A. Nap^lliis L. Monkshood. St. straight, erect ; lvs. deeply 5-oleft cut 

 into linear segments, fim'owed above ; vpper sep. arched at the back, lateral ones 

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

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

 with a long- spicate inflorescence at its termination. Fls. dark blue, surmounted 

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

 varieties with flowers white, rose-colored, etc. 



19. CIMICIFUGA, L. Bugbanb. (Lat. cimex, 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. — 'U Lvs. ternately 

 decompound. Flowers white, in long, slender racemes. 



§ Maceotvs. Pistil 1, -with Jl broad stigma, and seeds in two rows Ko. 1 



§ OlMiFUGA proper. Pistils 2 — S, witb a minute stigma, seeds in ono row iN'os. 2, 3 



1 C. racemoaa Ell. Black Snakeroot. Lfts. ovate-oblong, incisely serrate ; 

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

 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. (Acteea, L. Macrotys, Eaf) 



2 C. Americiaa Mx. Glabrous ; lvs. triternate, segm. ovate, terminal one cunei- 

 forhi at base, 3-parted or 3-cIeft, and incised; petals concave, sessile, 2-lobed, 

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

 6 — 8, flattened vertically. — Mts Penn. toK Car. andTenn.' St. 3— efhigh. Lfts. 

 2 — 4' long, with coarse, unequal, muoronate serratures. Fls. smaller than in C. 

 racemosa, in a long panicle of racemes. Aug. (C. podocarpa Ell. Actasa podo- 

 oarpa DO.) 



3 C. oordifolia Ph. Z/os. biiernate ; lfts. broadly cordate, 3 — 5-lobed; ova.l — 3; 

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

 glabrous panicle of racemes. Sep. 5, roundish, petals spathulate, bifid, few or 

 wanting. 



