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fleshy disc, o-ovulate; stigmas sessile. Fruit 
of few follicles, coriaceous, o-seeded. 
1. P. Brownu Dougl. Petals dark red.—2,. 
Marin County. Summer. 
2. Actea L. BANEBERLY. 
Sepals 4, equal, caducous. Petals 4. Ovary 
but 1, 1-celled with ventral placenta, ovules 
2-seriate; stigma sessile. Fruit baccate, 0- 
seeded.—2¢. Flowers white. 
1. A. spicata L. Berry red.—Redwood 
Peak. Tamalpais. Nicasio. Spring. 
Narcotic poison. 
3. Delphinium Tourn. Lanxsrvr. 
Sepals 5, petaloid; upper one calcavrate. 
Corolla irregular; upper petal 0; 2 lateral pet- 
als projecting by their appendices into the 
calyx-spur. Ovaries not more than 5, o-ovu- 
late. Fruit several follicles. 
1. D. nupicaute Torr. & Gray. Leaves 
almost all radical, 3-5-lobed, segments broad, 
obtuse, mucronulate; flowers in lax racemes, 
scarlet.—©. Contra Costa Range. Marin 
County. Summer. 
2. D. Catirornicum Torr. & Gray. Stem 
smooth, foliose; leaves 3-5-cleft, divisions 
lobed; flowers in strict, dense racemes; pedi- 
cels and flowers velvety, pale, sometimes tinged 
with violet.—2¢. Saucelito. Mission Dolores, 
Summer, 
