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9. Eean'this Salisb. Winter Aconite. 



[•£. hyemdlis (Salisb.) ; sep. 6—8 oblong.— %. E. B. 4.3. H. 

 iv. lOl.^Radical 1. on long stalks, 5 — 7-paa'ted, deeply cut 

 into linear-oblong segments. St. 4 — 6 in. high; invol. of 3 

 sessile leaflets i ust below the solitary yellow fl. Rhizome tube- 

 rous.— Naturalized in thickets. P. II. III.] E, S. ? 



10. Helleb'oeus Linn. Hellebore. 



1. S. vir'idis (L.) ; radical I. digitate stalked, stem-l. sessile 

 at the ramifications, st. few-flowered, calyx spreading. — E. B. 

 200.— Veins of the 1. prominent beneath. Stigma erect. St. 1 

 foot high, annual. Fi. greenish-yeUow. — Thickets on a cal- 

 careous soil. P. III. IV. Oreen Sellebore. Bear'sfoot. E. 



2. H.faet'idus (L.) ; l.pedate stalked, st. leafy many-flowered, 

 calyx converging. — E. B. 613.— L. successively contracting up- 

 wards into bracts. St. 2 feet high, perennial. Fl. globose, 

 drooping, greenish tipped with purple. — Thickets in chalkv 

 districts. P. III. IV. Stinking Hellebore. Setterwort. '£,. 



11. AaiTiLE'oiA Linn. Columbine. 



1. A. vulgaris (L.) ; spur of the pet. incurved, limb blunt 

 falling short of the stamens, 1. bitemate, leaflets 3-lobed crenate. 

 ~E. B. 297. R. iv. 114.— St. 2—3 feet high, slightly leafy. Caps, 

 hairy. Inner stam. frequently imperfect. — Woods and thickets 

 and heaths, not common. P. V. VI. E. I. 



12. DEtPHUf'itTM Linn. Larkspur. 



•1. -D. Ajdcis (Gay) ; st. erect with spreading branches, 

 racemes 4— 16-fl., pet. combined, ovary abruptly narrowed into 

 a subulate style, follicle downy obliquely acuminate, seeds with 

 transverse contiguous wavy ridges. — JD. Consolida Sm. Sy. E. B. 

 47. — St. loosely and sparingly branched, about a foot high. Fl. 

 of a vivid and permanent blue, rarely red pink or white. L. 

 deeply multifid. Style equal to about | of carpel. — Sandy or 

 chalk"y corn-fields. A. VI. VII. E. 



[Z). Consul'ida (L.) ; st. erect with patent branches, racemes 

 few-flowered, pet. combined, ovary narrowed into style, follicle 

 glabrous truncate short, seeds with transverse interrupted ridges. 

 — Jt. iv. 116. — Much like E. Aj'acis. Style lateral. — Found once 

 in Jersey. A. VI. VII.] 



13. Aconi'titm Linn. Monk's-hood. 



tl. A. Napel'lus (L.) ; pet. horizontal upon curved stalks, 



