POPULAR FLORA. 
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++ ++ Petals always much longer than the calyx. Dry ground, except No. 8. 
7. Early C. Low, 4 ' to 9' high; root-leaves nearly pinnate; petals narrow. FI. spring. R. fascicular is. 
8. Creeping C. Stems reclining, making long runners in summer; leaves variously divided; petals 
obovate. Wet places. R ■ repew. 
9. Bulbous C., or Early Buttercup. A solid bulb at the base of the upright stem ; leaves divided 
and cut; petals round, large, and bright yellow. Naturalized, E. in meadows. FI. spring. 
R. bulbosus. 
10. Tall C., or Later Buttercup. Stem upright, 2° or 3° high, no bulb at the bottom; leaves di- 
vided and cut; petals obovate, not so large and bright-colored as the last. FI. summer. R. acris. 
Globe-flower. TrolUus. 
Appears like a large Crowfoot or Buttercup, but the yellow leaves of the blossom are sepals ; within 
are the petals, small, and of peculiar shape, appearing like larger stamens. And the nine or more pistils 
make several-seeded pods. 
1. European G. Sepals 10 to 15. golden-yellow, converging, and so making a rather globe-shaped 
flower; petals longer than the stamens. Cult, in gardens; fl. spring. T. Europ'c&us. 
2. American G. Sepals 5 or 6, spreading, pale greenish-yellow; petals shorter than the stamens, and 
liable to be overlooked. Swamps, N. T. Americdnus. 
Columbine. Aquilegia. 
Sepals 5, petal-like, all similar. Petals 5, in the form of large hollow spurs. Pistils 5, making many 
seeded pods. — Leaves twice or thrice compound; leaflets in threes. (Fig. 247.) 
1. Wild C. Flowers scarlet, yellow inside, nodding ; spurs hooked. Rocks. A. Canadensis. 
2. Garden C. Flowers blue, purple, or white; spurs straight. In all gardens. A. vulgaris. 
Larkspur. Delphinium. 
Sepals 5, petal-like, dissimilar, the upper one prolonged behind into a hollow spur. Petals 4, small; 
the upper pair with hardly any claws, but with long spurs which run back into the spur of the calyx: 
the lower pair with short claws and no spur ; in some species all the petals grow together into one 
body. Pistils and pods 1 to 5, many-seeded. — Flowers showy, in racemes or panicles, mostly white, 
blue, or purple. (Fig. 251, 252.) 
Garden annuals: leaves finely cut: petals united into one body (Fig. 253): pistil only one. 
1. Common or Field Larkspur. Flowers scattered on spreading branches ; pods smooth. D. Consolida. 
2. Rocket or Ajax L. Flowers crowded in along and close raceme; pods hairy. D. Ajacis. 
*• * Garden perennials : pistils 2 to 5 : the four petals separate. Many varieties are cultivated, 
mostly of the two following species. 
3. Great-Flowered L. Leaves cut into linear distant lobes ; pods downy. D. grandiflbrum. 
4. Bee L. Leaves cleft into 3 to 7 wedge-shaped and cut-toothed lobes; petals bearded. D. datum. 
* * * Wild species at the West and South: perennials, with 4 separate petals and 3 to 5 pods. 
5. Tall Wild L. Stem 2° to 5° high; leaves parted into 3 or 5 narrow wedge-shaped pointed divis- 
ions; flowers many in a long raceme, blue-purple, in summer. D. exaltatum. 
6. Dwarf L. Stem high or less ; the 5 divisions of the leaves cleft into linear lobes; flowers few 
loose, and large, purpib-blue, in spring; pods spreading. D. tricorne. 
