lianrmculaceos .~\ 



CALIFORNIA.— SUPPLEMENT. 



317 



Enemion triternutum, the capsules are only two or three in number, reflexed, broadly ovate, with two or three 

 oblique veins, two- or at most three-seeded, tapering gradually into a long recurved style. This also seems 

 to be the structure of the fruit of Isop. thalictroides, judging from Jacquin's figure (FL Austr. t. 105), for 

 my own specimens of that species do not possess the fructification. 



1. Aquilegia ceerulea ; calcare stricto subulato limbnm duplo superante apice clavato. 

 (Tab. LXXII.) — Torr. et Gr. FL I. p. 30. — A. leptocera. Nutt, 



Hab. Snake country, between Henry's and Fish Rivers. (Tolmie.) — The flowers will at once distinguish 

 this from all the other Aquilegice, for they are nearly three inches in diameter, and the long subulate slender 

 straight spur is also nearly three inches long. The colour is probably blue in the recent state, nearly white 

 when dry. 



Tab. LXXII. Aquiiegia macrantha: — nat. size. 



1. Delphinium (Delphinastrum, pet. inf. limbo integro) grandiflorvm. L. — Sims, Bot. 

 Mag. t. 1686. De Cand. Prod. v. 1. p. 53. — (3. variegatum. D. variegatum. Torr. et Gr. 

 Fl. I. p. 32. 



In the Californian plant, which is, I think, identical as to species with the D. grandiflorum of Siberia and 

 China, the upper petals are yellow, the lower ones with the yellow spot less distinct than in the variety of 

 the Old World, and the leaves have shorter and thicker segments. In one of our specimens, the whole of the 

 petals are variegated, dingy yellow and blue. 



2. D. (Delphinastrum, pet. inf. limbo bifklo) azureum Mx. FL Am. v. 1. p. 314. 



Delessert, Ic. Select, v. I. p. 60. De Cand. Prod. v. 1. p. 54. Torr. et Gr. Fl. 1. p. 32. 



3. D. (Delphinastrum, Fl. N. Am. 1. p. 32. pet. inf. limbo bifklo) Menziesii De 



Cand. Prod. v. 1. p. 51. Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. v. 1. p. 25. Bot. Reg. t. 1 192. Torr. et Gr. 

 Fl. I. p. 31. 



Very similar in the structure of the flowers to the preceding, but these flowers are larger and more hairy. 

 — From the coast, Douglas, to the Snake Country. (Tolmie.) 



4. D. (Delphinastrum) simplex. — Dougl. in Hook. FL Bor. Am. v. 1. p. 25. — (3. calcare 

 calycem subaequante. 



Of this variety, which differs from Mr Douglas' in no essential particular, except in the shorter spur, there 

 are two states in the collection ; one with the stem and leaves downy, the other quite glabrous. In all, the 

 form and relative size of the petals are the same ; and I cannot agree with those botanists who have multiplied 

 the species of (lie Genera Delphinium and Aconitum upon the slightest possible grounds. Perhaps indeed 

 Messrs Torrey and Gray are right in referring this to D. Menziesii. 



5. D. (Delphinastrum) exaltalum. Ait. — De Cand. Prod. v. 1. p. 54. Hook. Fl. Bor. 

 Am. v. 1. p. 25. — D. Californicum. Torr. et Gr. FL I. p. 31. 



These are very fine specimens, with their densely flowered racemes sometimes a foot in length. In other 

 respects, this plant entirely agrees with my specimens from the eastern side of North America. Messrs 

 Torrey and Gray consider it a distinct species. 



6. D. (Delphinastrum) sarcophyllum ; petiolis basi dilatatis, foliis carnosis sub-peltatis 

 tripartitis inferiomm segmentis obcordatis crenato-lobatis superiorum oblongis integerri- 



