POPULAR FLORA. 115 
++ 4+ Petals always much longer than the calyx. Dry ground, except No. 8. 
7. Earty C. Low, 4’ to 9/high; root-leaves nearly pinnate; petals narrow. Fl.spring. R. fascicularis. 
8. CREEPING C. Stems reclining, making long runners in summer; leaves variously divided; petals 
obovate. Wet places. BR. repens. 
9. Bunzous C., or Earty Burrercur. A solid bulb at the base of the upright stem; leaves divided 
and cut; petals round, large, and bright yellow. Naturalized, E. in meadows. FI. spring. 
' BR. bulbosus. 
10. Tati C., or Later Burrercup. Stem upright, 2° or 8° high, no bulb at the bottom; leaves di- 
vided and cut; petals obovate, not so large and bright-colored as the last. Fl.summer. A. acris. 
‘ Globe-flower. Trdilius. 
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 severul-seeded pods. 
1. European G. Sepals 10 to 15. golden-yellow, converging, and so making a rather globe-shaped 
flower; petals longer than the stamens. Cult. in gardens; fl. spring. T. Europeus. 
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. <Aqguilégia. 
Sepals 5, petal-like, all similar. Petals 5, in the form of large hollowspurs. Pistils 5, making many- 
seeded pods. — Leaves twice or thrice compound; leaflets in threes. (Fig. 247.) 
1. Witp C. Flowers scarlet, yellow inside, nodding ; spurs hooked. Rocks. A. Canadensis. 
2. GarpEN C. Flowers blue, purple, or white; spurs straight. In all gardens. A. vulgaris. 
Larkspur. 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, 252.) 
* Garden annuals: leaves finely cut: petals united into one body (Fig. 258): pistil only one. 
1. Common or Frzip Larkspur. Flowers scattered on spreading branches; pods smooth. D. Consdlida. 
Rocket or Agax L. Flowers crowded in along and close ‘raceme; pods hairy. D. Ajacis. 
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* Garden perennials: pistils 2 to 5: the four petals separate. Many varieties are cultivated, 
. mostly of the two following species. 
8. GREAT-FLOWERED L. Leaves cut into linear distant lobes; pods downy. D. grandiflorum, 
4. Bez 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 8 to 5 pods.: 
5. Tati Witp I. Stem 2° to 5° high; leaves parted into 8 or 5 narrow wedge-shaped pointed divis- 
ions; flowers many in a long raceme, blue-purple, in summer. D. exaltatum. 
. Dwarr L. Stem 1° high or less; the 5 divisions of the leaves cleft into linear lobes; flowers few, 
loose, and large, purple-blue, in spring; pods spreading. D. tricérne. 
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