POLYANDRIA DI — PENTAGYNIA. 
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Root perennial. Stem 3 — 5 feet high and probably more, pubescent. 
Leaves on short petioles, pubescent, very much dissected, the segments 
all linear, j Flowers in long terminal racemes, on short pubescent pedun- 
cles, pale blue, rather smaller than in the preceding species, the three up- 
per petals, sprinkled with hair, particularly along the margins, the two 
lower, as described by Walter, spotted with yeljow and very villous. 
Grows in the middle districts of Carolina, 
Flowers May, June. 
3. Exaltatum. 
D. petiolis basi non 
dilatatis; foliis piaiiis 
ultra medium 3-fidis, 
lobis cuneiformibus,a- 
pice trifidis, acumina- 
tis, lateraiibus saspe 
bilobis; racemo stric- 
to; caicare recto Ion- 
gitudine corollae. 
Petioles not dilated 
at base; leaves flat, 3- 
cleft below the middle, 
lobes wedge shaped, 
3 cleft at the summit, 
and acuminate, the la- 
teral ones often 2-Io- 
bed; racemes straight; 
spur straight, as long 
as the corolla. 
Sp. pi. 2. p. 1230. Pursh. 2. p. 3?1- De Candolle 1. p. 357* 
D. tridactylum. Mich 1. p. 314. 
Stem 2 — 4 feet high, branching, pubescent towards the summit. Peti- 
oles 2 — 5 inches long, pubescent when young, lower leaves divided into .3 
— 5 segments, segments generally tripartite, upper leaves tripartite, seg- 
ments lanceolate or entire, all pubescent. Corolla bright blue, pubescent 
on the outer surface, the lower petals fringed. Spur straight, horizontal, 
as long as the calyx. Capsules 3, straight and pubescent. 
Grows among the mountains of Carolina. 
Flowers June to August, 
ACONITUM. 
Calyx 0. Petala 5,. 
supremo fornicato. — 
Nectar ia 2, peduncu- 
lata, recurva. Cap- 
sulae 3 sen 5. 
Gen. Pr,. 
Calyx 0. Petals 5, 
the upper one vaulted. 
Nectaries 2, on pedun- 
cles, recurved. Cap- 
sules 3 or 5. 
