DE8PHINUM. 7 



t. D. TRKxm.vi. Tvoo/ tuberous. .Srt7n S to 12 in. high, glabrous. Leaves 

 5-partf(' "'!'' ;>'•- divisions ^5 cleft. rctioUs slightly dilated at the hate, 2 

 to 4 111 KS lobes linear, acute. Fiou^rs in loot>e lernunal racemes, 



large,*"' - i>-n'»st red, hairy on ihe outside, ^pur siroi::ht, as long as the 

 calyx. Otrpels 3, ovate. 



Blue. ^2- Mountains. May. 



3. I). ATuiTum. Stim 3 to 5 feet high, pubescent. Leaves on short pe- 

 tioles, 3 to 5-paried, many cleft, segments linear, pubescent. Ficwers in long 

 racemes, on short peduncles, petals bearded at the apex, shorter than the 

 sepals, lower ones deeply 2-clclt, claw hispid on one side, the other with 

 a spur like pr(.>cess at its base. 



Blue, large, h. Middle Geo. May 



4. D. ExALTATUM. Stem 2 to 4 feet high, pubescent towards the summit, 

 branching. Ltaves flat 3 to 5 cleft below the middle, lobes wedge-shaped, 

 3-cleft at the summit, acuminate. Lateral ones often 2-Iobed. Racemes 

 erect, petals pubescent, on the outer surface, the lower petals fringed. Spur 

 siraiirhf, as long as the calyx. 



iBright blue. ^. Mountains. 



5. D. ^'lUEsciLvs. Stem 8 to 12 inches high, pubescent. Leaves 3 to 5- 



f)arted, the middle divi.^ion generally entire, lateral lobes 2-3-cIeft ; lobes 

 anceolaro, i)eiioles slightly dilated. Flvuers in a loose few-flowered ra- 

 ceme, s!i_'litiy pubescent, pedicles longer than the flowers. Sipals oblong or 

 lar.<"'^ • . marked with a spot near the ape.\, longer than the petal ; lower 

 pt' ly 2-cleft, densely bearded, capsules 3. 



i- mwtrs large, yellowish or greenish white. 1^. June. 



6. D. ViMixiUM. Petioles scarcely dilated at the base. Leaves flat, 3-part- 

 ec'. 1 is cunieform, obtuse, 3-lobed, mucronaie, uppermost ones linear, 



ui. - or 3-parted, racemes loose, velvety, limbs of the inferior petals bifid 



at tiic summit, spur straight, as long as the sepal, ovary silky— Torrey &, 

 Gray. 



Azure. Texas. 



r-. — \ T1U9 wiih pvery variety of hue through the blue series ; 



nv - fliiwer. Th^• D. consolida ha« leen used in medicine. 



TI. ', ' d in lualiiiiiiWounds. A'tinciure of 



*: useful i:i asihma, and dropsy ; len 



dru]'?' 1 u ^' • 1 II'- iLT-ii j'^JOOCS^t■^ '.il'.' ^a^;i>.■ ^ ji 'jt-fUefl. 



Gents X. ACONITUM. 



Sepals petaloid, irregular, deciduous, upper one concave, 

 shield. like. Petals 5, three lower ones minute, often wanting, 

 the two upper on long claws, concealed under the upper sepal. 

 Follicles 3 to 5, many-seeded. 



1. A. L'.NciXATc^. Stem twining, branching, slender, pubescent when 

 ▼oung. Leaves 3 to 5-lobed, coriaceous, coarsely toothed, truncate at the 

 base. Lnhes 3-ribbed, la'cral segments, often 2-lol)ed. Flcniers in a loose 

 paonicle, galea larije, tapering to an obtuse beak, srpur thick, inclined. 



Blue. T;. Mountams. "2 ft. Monk's Hood. 



Remnri:- — The saiiif powerful, v.'.atiln Drinrii.lf noticed under Ranunculus exists 

 in ih<- ' n in a Slate of mil u. Anuiher principle <>f a nar- 



cotic • is f tinr! in th^- ' r^^nus mllpd Aconatin. The 



leaver ht bun. . nc in large doses 



Uie u» lis. In .- or two irrainsof 



the J. J in rhuii.a'.iiu), un which il has pn.M!ucfd 



ni<*i ^ • r, ice. It acta most j-iowerfully on the ner- 



vou» B*-v« 111. jr Biuimj u< iiriiiiii m uvf.r aoats. The A. unciaaiuni is cultivated aa an 

 omuMnt of the flower ganien. 



