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tubular spurs, much longer than the calyx. Stamens 30 — 

 40. Pistils 5, with slender styles. Follicles 5, erect, 

 many seeded. — Perennials, with '2-o-f<>rrtattly compound leaves, 

 the leaflets lobed, Flowers large and showy, terminating the 

 bran ch es, n odding. 



1. A. Canadensis, L. Wild Columbine. 



Smooth; divisions of the leaTee 3-parted. rather obtuse, ineisely dentate ; sepals 

 somewhat acute, a little longer than the petals; tpurs straight; longer than the 

 limb. Styles and slam* n$ exserted. 



A beautiful plant growing in rocky places; common. April — June. Stein 1 to 2 

 feet high, branched above. Flow rs terminal, nodding, scarlet without and j 

 within, 1 to 2 inches long. Fruit upright. More delicate and graceful than the 

 cultivated. -1. vulgaris of Europe. 



2. A. vulgaris. Common Garden Columbine. 



Stem 1 to 2 feet high, leafy, many flowered; leaves nearly smooth, glaucous, biter* 

 nate : spurs incurved. Flowers purple; becoming double by cultivation; and vary- 

 ing hi color, through all shades from purple to white. June. 



11. DELPHINUM. Linn. Larkspur, 



Gr. dolphin, a dolphin ; from the shape of the upper sepal. 



Sepals 5, irregular, colored; the upper one produced into 

 a spur at the base. Petals 4, irregular, the upper pair ter- 

 minating behind in a tubular, necteriferous spur, enclosed in 

 the spur of the calyx, the lower pair with short claws. Sta- 

 mens numerous. Pistils 1 — 5, mostly 3, forming many 

 seeded follicles in fruit. — Showy herbs with palmately cut or 

 divided leaves. Flowers in terminal racemes, blue, red, or 

 purple : never yellow. 



1. D. AZUREUM, Mich. Azure Larkspur. 



Pubescent or nearly smooth. Stem erect; leaves 3 to 5 parted, many cleft, lobes 

 linear; racemes erect ; petals shorter than the sepals, densely bearded at the apex; 

 f.nvcrs on short pedicels; spur ascending. 



Woods and uplands; rare. May. Per. Stem 1 to 2 feet high, slender, sometimes 

 softly pubescent. Flowers large, blue and whitish. 



2. D. exaltatum, Ait. Tall Larkspur. 



r Stem erect: leaves flat, 3 to 5 cleft beyond tbe middle ; lobes wedgeform, 8-cleft at 

 the apex acuminate; lateral ones often 2-lobed; raceme erect; spur straight, as 

 1 ing as the calyx ; capsules 3. 



Rich soil: Western parts of the State. June and July. Ter. Stt m 2 to 3 feet 

 high. Lover leaves ±to 5 inches broad. Flowersofa. brilliant purplish blue, borne 

 on panicled wand-like racemes; many-flowered. 



8. D. tricorne, Mich. Three-horned Larkspur. 



Leaves deeply 5-parted, divisions 3 to 5 cleft; segmetits linear, acutish : petals 

 shorter than the sepals, lower ones 2 cleft, densely bearded inside ; spur ascending, 

 straight, as long as the calyx ; carpels 3, spreading in fruit. 



