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St. 1 foot high, annual. Fl. greenish-yellow. — Thickets on a 
calcareous soil. P. III. IV. Green Hellebore. E. I. 
f2. H.fatidus (L.); I. pedate stalked, upper 1. gradually be- 
coming ovate bracts, St. leafy many-flowered, calyx converging. — 
E.B. 613. R. 4715. — Upper 1. gradually contracting and their 
petioles widening until they become bracts. St. 2 feet high. 
Fl. globose, drooping, greenish tipped with purple.- — Thickets on 
a calcareous soil, but usually near houses. P. III. IV. Stinking 
Hellebore. E. S. 
II. Aquilegia Linn. 
1. A. vulgaris (L.) ; spur of the pet. incurved, limb obtuse 
rather shorter than the stamens, 1. biternate, leaflets 3-lobed 
crenate.— E. B. 297- R- 4729-— St. 2—3 feet high, slightly 
leafy. Caps, hairy. Inner stam. frequently imperfect. — Woods 
and thickets. P. V. VI. Columbine. 
12. Delphinium Linn, 
fl. D.Consolida (L.); st. erect branched, racemes few-flowered, 
spur longer than the calyx, pet. combined. — E. B. 1839- R- 4669. 
— Pedicels usually longer than the bracts. Caps, downy. Fl. of 
a vivid and permanent blue, rarely red, pink or white. L. deeply 
multifid. — Sandy or chalky corn-fields ; not noticed by Rav. A. 
VI. VII. Field Larkspur. ' E. S. 
13. Aconitum Linn. 
fl . A. Napellus (L.) ; nectaries horizontal upon curved stalks : 
spurs bent down, fl. racemose, young carpels diverging. — E. B. 
S. 2730. R. 4700. — Filaments slightly hairy, with cuspidate 
wings. Nectary inflated above, its lip broad. Helmet open, 
hemispherical. Pedicels erect, downy. I have had great diffi- 
culty in determining the identity of our plant with that of Reich- 
enbach, but believe them to be the same. — Banks of rivers and 
brooks, rare. VI. VII. Monk's-hood. E. S. 
Tribe V. Peeonieee. 
14. ActjEA Linn. 
1. A. spicaia (L.); raceme simple elongated, pet. as long as 
the stamens, berries oval. — E. B. 918. R. 4739- — L. stalked, 2- 
ternate : leaflets ovate, trifid, deeply cut. St. 1 — 2 feet high. — 
Mountainous limestone tracts in the north. P. V. E. S. 
15. P^onia Linn. 
fl. P. corallina (Retz.) ; 1. 2-ternate, leaflets ovate entire 
glaucous beneath, caps, downy recurved from the base. — E. B. 
1513. R. 4745.— Root fleshy, knobbed. Herb 2 feet high. Fl. 
large, crimson with yellow anthers. — On the Steep Holmes Island 
in the Severn. P. V. VI. E. 
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