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distincte liiiearibug ; folia media 1-2, aut nulla, brevissiuie petiolata, petiolo ad 

 vaginam reducto, lamina ant biternata efc laminis folii infimi subconformi ant ternata 

 et foliolis tripartitis v. trisectis, partitionibus aut integerrimis lanceolatis aut incisia 

 lacinulis lanceolato-linearibus subacntis ; folia summa 1-2 bracteiformia linearia 

 acuta 1-2 cm. longa, interdum nulla. 



Flores magni, suberecti v. nutantes. Sepala 32-45 mm. longa (rarissime bre- 

 viora), petalorum limbum 10-22 mm. superantia, late ovata, basi in unguem brevem 

 constricta, apice acuta v. obtusa cuneato-acutata aut breviter acuminata, latitudine- 

 fere f- longitudinis, caerulea rarius albida v. rubescentia apice saepissime vires- 

 centia. Petala campanulam efficientia, lamina late obovata apice truncato-rotundata 

 13-20 mm. longa, sepalis magis dilute caerulea ; calcar crassiuscule conicnm versus 

 apicem subcapitatum sensim attenuatum 10-25 mm. longum subrectum v. saepiua 

 incurvum rarissime fere uncinatum interdum lamina paullo brevius saejrius ea 1-6 

 mm. longius. sub apice saepe 15—2 mm. crassitudine. Stamina numerosa (40—50) 

 inaequilonga, longiora lamina petalorum 2-6 mm. breviora, glabra ; filamenta a basi 

 plus minus dilatata gradatim attenuata, longiora (6— j 8—12 mm. longa ; antherae 

 oblongae muticae fere 2 mm. longae fusco-virentes. Parastomones lanceolati undulati 

 apice acuti 7-10 mm. longi, ovaria superantes, interdum pistilla subaequantes, 

 Pistilla 5 erecta 10-13 mm. longa, stamina superantia v aequantia interdum iia 

 breviora ; ovaria subcylindrica 6—7 mm. longa dense hirta ; styli subulati infra hirti, 

 ovario paullo v. 3 mm. breviores, apice recti v. leviter recurvi. 



Folliculi 5, subparalleli, e basi ovoidea apicem versus attenuati, 25-30 mm. 

 longi, hirti v. pubescentes, stylo 5-8 mm. longo rostrati. 



Semina nigra, nitida, obovoidea. 



IV. Aquilegia Bertolonii', Schott (Aquilegia pyrenaica Bertoloni, 

 et Reichb., Ic. PL Germ. 4732 ; A. Bertolonii Schott ; A. Reuteri 

 Boiss.), 



foliis basilaribus saepissime biternatis, foliolis margine sese ob- 

 tegentibus, terminali late obtriangulari trilobo 12-20 mm. longo, 

 lobis crenatis crenis mediis rotundatis v. retusis, folio caulino in- 

 fimo (fere semper) basilaribus multo minore trifoliolato foliolis 

 lanceolatis integris v. fissis, inflorescentia 1-4-flora, floribus conco- 

 loribus, sepalis ovatis 24-30 mm. longis, petalis rotundatis v. sub- 

 truncatis, calcaribus conico-subulatis hamato-inciirvis, laminam 

 subaequantibus y. ea paullo longioribus, folliculis 12-15 mm. longis. 



Descriptio subspeciei. 



Rhizoma fusiforme collo, reliquiis foliorum plus minus tectum. Caulis erectus 

 simplex v. superne modice ramosus vix sulcatus 15-50 cm. altitudine subnudus, aufc 

 basim versus glabrescens aut totus tenuiter patentimque glandulosoqiubescens. 



Folia basilaria longissime petiolata ; petiolus basi in vaginam late lanceolatam 

 brevem dilatatus, 4—20 cm. longus, glaber v. villoso-pubescens ; lamina biternata, 

 rarius ternata, foliolis reuiformibus profunde trilobis v. trisectis ; petioluli primarii 

 saepe villosuli, intermedio 8-30 mm. longo, lateralibus fere f- terminalis longitudine ; 

 foliola sessilia v. breviter petiolata, textura subfirma, supra viridia et glabra, infra 

 pallidiora et glabra v. puberula, margine sese obtegentia, ad marginem interdum 



