10 l. RANUNCULACEE. 
9. Eranruts Salish. Winter Aconite. 
[*1. E. hyemalis (Salisb.) ; sep.6—8 oblong.—R. iv. 101. Hel- 
leborus Limn.—Radical 1. upon long stalks, 5—7-parted, deeply 
cut into linear-oblong segments. St.4—6 in. high, with 2 op- 
posite sessile 1. just below the solitary yellow fl. Root (rhizoma) 
tuberous.—Naturalized in thickets. P. II. TI.] E. S.? 
10. Hetiesorvus Linn. 
1. H. viridis (L.); radical J. digitate stalked, stem-l. sessile at 
the ramifications, st. few-flowered, calyx spreading.—E. B. 200. 
R. iv. 105.—Veins of the 1. prominent beneath. Stigma erect. 
St. 1 foot high, annual. Fi. greenish-yellow.—Thickets on a 
caleareous soil. P. III. IV. Green Hellebore. E. 1. 
2. H. fetidus (L.); 1. pedate stalked, st. leafy many-flowered, 
calyx converging.—E. B. 613. R. iv. 103.—Upper 1. gradually 
contracting and their petioles widening until they become bracts. 
St. 2 feet high. Fl. globose, drooping, greenish tipped with 
purple.—Thickets in chalky districts. P. III. IV. Stinking 
Hellebore. E. 8. 
11. AauiLeGia Linn. Columbine. 
1. A. vulgaris (L.); spur of the pet. mcurved, limb obtuse 
falling short of the stamens, 1. biternate, 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. 
P. V. VI. 
12. Devpuinium Linn. Larkspur. 
+1. D. Consolida (L.); st. erect branched, racemes few-flowered, 
spur longer than the calyx, pet. combined.—E. B. 1839—Pedicels 
usually longer than the bracts. Caps. downy. FI. of a vivid and 
permanent blue, rarely red, pmk or white. L. deeply multifid. 
— Sandy or chalky corn-fields. A. VI. VII. E. 8. 
13. Acontrum Linn. 
tl. A. Napedlus (L.); nectaries horizontal upon curved stalks, 
spurs bent down, fl. racemose, young carpels diverging.—E. B. 
S. 2730. R. iv. 92.—Filaments slightly hairy, with cuspidate 
wings. Nectary inflated above, its lip broad. Uelmet open, 
hemispherical. Pedicels erect, downy.—Banks of rivers and 
brooks, rare. VI. VII. Monk’s-hood. E.S. 
