NIGELL A . DELPHINIEM. 
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Tribe II. Hellebore a. 
2. Nigell a L. 
1. N. damascena L. 
Anthers awnless; carpels 5, even, 2-celled, connected quite 
to their tips into an ovate-globose capsule ; floral inv. cleft like 
the 1. into many capillary segments ; sep. spreading ; seeds tri- 
angular transversely rugose. — BM. t. 22 ; Desf. 1. 428 ; Brot. ii. 
334 ; DC. 1. 49 ; Presl 25 ; WB. i. 3 ; Koch 22.— Herb. ann. Mad. 
reg. 1, 2 ; c. Cornfields and waste ground, general. Irregularly 
throughout the year. — Nearly or quite smooth. St. erect spa- 
ringly branched ; branches 6-12 in. long spreading or diffuse. 
L. dark gr. finely divided like Fennel : their segments flat linear 
acuminate. FI. bluish or grey. — The u Fitches ” (Ketzach, 
Hebr.) Is. xxviii. 25, 27, was probably the seed of an allied sp., 
N. sativa L., used, like Aniseed, Caraway or Coriander-seed, to 
flavour cakes or bread. 
3. Aquilegia L. 
Columbine. 
fl. A. VULGAItlS L. 
Spur of pet. incurved hooked at the tip, their limb very ob- 
tuse shorter than the stam. ; sep. oblong-ovate ; 1. twice temate, 
leaflets 3-lobed crenate. — Brot. ii. 333 ; EB. t. 297 ; DC. 1. 50 : 
Sm. E. Fl. iii. 33 ; Presl 24 ; WB. i. 4 ; Koch 23 ; Bab. 12. — 
Herb. per. Mad. reg. 2 ; r. Bib. de S ta Luzia, especially op- 
posite the Chao dos Tornos. May, June. — St. 2-3 ft. high and 
with the petioles, pedic. and follicles or carpels subglandulose- 
pubescent ; 1. slightly pub. and whitish or glaucous beneath, 
quite smooth above. Fl. pendulous large, dark bluish-violet. 
4. Delphinium L. 
Larkspur. 
* Consolida DC. Ov. 1. Pet. 4 united into a 1-petalous cor. ; 
spur internal 1-petalous. 
1. D. CONSOLIDA L. Branching Larkspur. 
More or less pubescent sparingly branched, branches forked 
spreading lax and straggling, fl. few together in short lax ter- 
minal rac., pedic. as long as or longer than the hr. ; follicles rather 
short smooth or pubescent. — Linn. ! Herb. ; Syst. (Ed. 12) ii. 
370 ; Clus. Bar. PI. Hist. p. ccvii ; Fl. Dan. t. 683 ; Brot. 2. 302 ; 
DC. Syst. 1. 343 ; Prod. 1. 51 ; Koch 24 ; BFG. 3. t. 66. f. 4669. 
/3. pubescens ; st. 1. and follicles pubescent. — WB. 1. 5. 1). 
Consolida EB. t. 1839; Sm. E. Fl. iii. 30; Bab. 12. — Herb. ann. 
Mad. reg. 1, 2 ; c. Cornfields everywhere ; PS. r. Apr.-Sept. 
