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1. RAXUlfCULACILS. 
9. ERiu'THis Salisb. Winter Aconite. 
'*E. hyemdUs (Salisb.) ; sep. 6—8 oblong.— i2. iv. 101. Sel- 
leborus Linn. — Radical 1. upon long stalks, 5 — 7 -parted, deeply 
cut into linear-oblong segments. St. 4 — 6 in. bigh, witb 2 op- 
posite sessile 1. just below tbe solitary yellow fl. Root (jinzome) 
tuberous.— Naturalized in thickets. " iP. 11. III.] E. S. ? 
10. Helleb'oetjs Linn. Hellebore. 
1. H. vir'idis (L.) ; radical 1. digitate stalked, stem-1. sessile at 
the ramifications, st. few-flowered, cah/r spreading. — E. B. 200. 
R. iv. 105. — Veins of the 1. prominent beneath. Stigma erect. 
St. 1 foot high, annual. Fl. greenish yellow. — Thickets on a 
calcareous soil. P. III. IV. Green Hellebore. Bear'sfoot. E. 
2. U.fce'tidm (L.) ; /. joerfa^e stalked, st. leafy many-flowered, 
calyx converging. — E. B. 613. R. w. 103. — L. successively con- 
tracting upwards into bracts. St. 2 feet high. Fl. globose, 
drooping, greenish tipped with purple. — Thickets in chalky di- 
stricts. P. ni. IV. Stinking HvUebore. Settericort. E. 
11. Aqtjile'gia Linn. Columbine. 
1. A. vulgaris (L.) ; spur of the pet included, limb blunt 
falling short of the stamens, 1. bitemate, leaflets 3-lobed crenate. 
—E. B. 297. R. iv. 114.— St. 2— 3 feet high, slightly leafy. Caps, 
hairy. Inner stam. fi-equen'tly imperfect. — Woods and thickets 
and heaths, not common. P. V. VI. E. I. 
12. Delphxn'ium Linn. Larkspur. 
*1. 2). Consol'ida (L.) ; st. erect with spreading branches, 
racemes few-flowered, spiu* longer than the calyx, pet. combined. 
— E. B. 18;39. — About 1 ft. high. Pedicels usually longer than 
the bracts. Caps, do-svny. Fl. of a vivid and permanent blue, 
rarely red, pink, or white. L. deeply multifid. Although the 
caps." are downy, our plant is not D. Ajacis. — Sandy or chaUiY 
corn-fields, a'. VI. YTl. ' E. 
13. AcoNi'Ttrsi Linyi. Monk's-hood. 
+1. A. Napd'his (L.) ; pet. horizontal upon curved stalks, 
spurs bent down, fl. racemose, young carpels diverging. — E. B. 
S. 2730. R. iv. 92.— St. 1—2 ti high. Fl. pmyle. Filaments 
slightly hairy, with cu-^pidate wings. Pet. infliited above ; lip 
broad. Helmet open, hemispherical. Pedicels erect, downy. — 
Banks of rivers and brooks, rare. P. VI. VII. E. 
