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AQUILE'GIA* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Polya'ndria f, Pentagy'nia. 
Natural Order. Ranuncula'cea: +, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 231. — 
Sm. Gram, of Bot. p. 136. — Lindl. Syn. p. 7. ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. 
of Bot. p. 6. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 465. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 495. ; 
Mag. of Nat. Hist. v. i. p. 137. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and 
Bot. v. i. p. 2. — Rosales ; sect. Ranunculina: ; subsect. Ranun- 
CUHANA3; type, Ranunculace.e ; subty. Hellebores ; Burn. 
Outl. of Bot. v. ii. p. 614, 828, 832, 837, & 839. — Multisili- 
qus, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Calyx ( Corolla of Linn.) inferior, of 5 egg-shaped, 
mostly pointed, nearly flat, equal, spreading, coloured, petal-like, 
deciduous sepals (fig. 1). Corolla (Nectary of Linn.) of 5 petals 
(fig. 2.), gaping upwards, 2-lipped, their upper lip large and flat, 
their lower very small ; each petal elongated downwards into a 
hollow, horn-shaped spur, which is callous at the apex, and pro- 
truding between the sepals. Filaments (fig. 3.) numerous, 30 or 40, 
awl-shaped, upright ; the outer ones shortest, innermost abortive, 
dilated and corrugated (wrinkled or shrivelled), closely enfolding 
the germens. Anthers terminal, heart-shaped, upright. Germens 
(figs. 4 & 5) 5, superior, egg-oblong, terminating in awl-shaped, 
upright styles, which are longer than the stamens. Stigmas simple. 
Capsules ( follicles ) (figs. 6 & 7.) 5, upright, cylindrical, pointed, 
parallel, straight, of 1 valve, bursting at the inner side downwards. 
Seeds (figs. 9 & 10.) numerous, egg-shaped, smooth, keeled, ad- 
hering to the edges of the capsule. 
The calyx of 5 deciduous, coloured sepals ; and the corolla of 
5 petals, each terminating below in a horn-shaped spur, or nectary ; 
will distinguish this from other genera in the same class and order. 
One species British. 
AQUILE'GIA VULGA'RIS. Common Columbine |(. 
Spec. Char. Spur of the petals incurved. Capsules hairy. 
Stem leafy, many-flowered ; leaves nearly smooth. Styles as long 
as the stamens. 
Engl. Bot. t. 297. — Curt. Brit. Entom. v. ix. t. 392. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 752. — 
Iluds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p.235. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. ii. p.578. Engl. FI. v. iii. p. 
33. — With. (7th ed.) v. iii. p. 666.— Cray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 712. — Lindl. Syn. 
p. 13. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 261.— Light. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 284. — Sibth. FI. Oxon. 
p. 169.— Abb. FI. Bedf. p. 118.— Davies’ Welsh Bot. p. 54.— 1‘urt. Midi. FI. 
v. i. p.255; and v. iii. p. 362. — Relh. FI. Cant. (3rd ed.) p.217. — Hook. FI. 
Scot. p. 170. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 121. — Rev. G. E. Smith s PI. of S. Kent, p. 
30.— FI. Devon, pp. 91 fc 194. — Winch’s FI. of Northumb. & Durh. p.37. — 
Walk. FI. of Oxf. p. 152. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. i. p. 49. — 
Perry’s PI. Varvic. Selecta:, p. 45.— Bab. FI. Bath. p. 2. —Mack. Catal. of PI. 
of Irel. p. 52.; FI. Hibern. pt. i. p. 10. — Aquilegia flore simplici, Ray’s Syn. 
p.273. — Aquilegia ccerulea, Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 1093. 
F'ig. 1. A Sepal. — Fig. 2. A Petal. — Fig. 3. Stamens and Pistils. — Fig. 4. 
Germens and Pistils. — Fig. 5. A separate Germen. — Fig. 6. Capsules. — Fig. 7. 
A separate Capsule. — Figs. 8 & 9. Seeds. 
* From aquila, an eagle ; whose claws the nectaries, or spurs of the petals, 
represent. -f See fol. 43, note t- t See fol. 129, a. 
|| From columbus, a pigeon ; from the form of each petal, sepaiated with two 
sepals attached to it. 
