I. R, ANUN CUL ACEiE 
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2 or 3 narrow segments, entire, or the tip lobed or toothed. 
Flowers \ in. diam., petals pale yellow. Achenes in globose 
heads, flattened, spinous. 
Simla, in cornfields ; March, April. — W. Himalaya, 4-000-7000 ft. — N. Asia, 
Europe (Britain, Corn Buttercup). 
6. CALTHA. From the Greek calathos , a cup, referring to the 
shape of the flower in the common species. — -N. and S. temperate 
regions. 
Caltha palustris, Linn . ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 21. A glabrous, perennial 
herb. Rootstock thick, creeping. Stems 6-18 in., often tufted, 
erect, robust. Leaves shining, chiefly radical, 2-5 in. across, long- 
stalked, orbicular or kidney-shaped, deeply cordate ; teeth small, 
close, regular. Stem-leaves alternate, smaller, the upper sessile, 
embracing the stem like an involucre. Flowers regular, few, 
1-2 in. diam., terminal. Sepals 5 or 6, petal-like, bright yellow, 
oval or oblong-obtuse, imbricate. Petals none. Stamens many. 
Carpels many, sessile, many-ovuled, style short, curved. Fruit a 
head of narrow, flattened, many-seeded follicles beaked with the 
persistent styles. 
The Chor on marshy ground, perhaps on Huttoo ; June. — W. Himalaya, 
8000-10,000 ft. — N. Asia, N. America, Europe (Britain, Marsh Marigold). 
7. AQUILEGIA. From the Latin aquila, an eagle, referring 
to the claw-like spurs — -N. temperate regions. 
Aquilegia pubiflora, Wall. ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 24, under A. vulgaris. 
A perennial, thinly hairy or pubescent herb. Stems leafy, 1-2 ft., 
sometimes taller, erect, branched. Leaves glaucous ; lower long- 
stalked, pinnate, pinnules with 3 leaflets ; upper alternate, shortly 
stalked, leaflets 3, deeply 3 -lobed, segments coarsely crenate. 
Flowers drooping, nearly 1 in. diam., in a loose panicle bearing at 
the forks a few sessile leaves much less divided than the lower 
ones. Sepals 5, flat, ovate-lanceolate, soon falling off. Petals 5, 
yellow-green, nearly white or pale purple, the base of each pro- 
duced into an obtuse, hooked spur projecting between the calyx- 
lobes. Stamens numerous, inner ones reduced to scales. Carpels 
5, sessile, style long thread-like, ovules many. Follicles tipped 
with the persistent styles, many-seeded. 
Simla, common ; May, June. — W. Himalaya, 5000-10,000 ft. — Afghanistan. 
Closely allied to the British Columbine (A. vulgaris). 
Honey is secreted in the point of the spurs ; the flowers are visited by 
humble bees. 
8. DELPHINIUM. From the Greek delphin, a dolphin, 
referring to the form of the flowers. — N. temperate regions 
including Britain (Larkspur). 
