AQUILE GIA GLANDULO'SA 
n 
GLANDULAR COLUMBINE. 
EXOGENS 
OR 
DICOTyLEDONES. 
Natural ilivisiou 
to which 
this Plant belongs. 
NATURAL ORDER, RANUNCULACEA: 
THALAMIFLOES 
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DECANDOLLE. 
Artificial divisions 
to which 
this Plant belongs. 
POLFANDRIA, 
FENTAGYNIA 
OF LINNEUS. 
No. 219 
GENUS, Aquilegia. Linn^us. Calyx quinque sepalis cleciduis colo- 
rato-petaloideis. Petala quiuque siiperne liiantia, bilabiata, labio exteriore 
magno piano, interiore minimo, deorsum producta in calcaria totidem cava in¬ 
ter sepala exserta. Stamina plurima, in phalanges quinqne ad decern disposi- 
ta, interiora, ananthera, filamentis dilatatis membranaceis oblongis. Ovaria 
quinque. Capsuls totidem, erectae, polyspermEe, st}lis aeuminatae. Herb^ 
perennes ereetse, radice fibrosa. Folia pleraque radicalia, longe peliolata, bi- 
triternatim secta. Flores terminales. Decandolle. 
SPECIES. Aquilegia glandulosa (Fischer) Foliis biternatis, segmen- 
tis profunde incisis crenatisque obtusis, sepalis OAatis, corolla multo longiori- 
bus, petalorum calcaribus arcualis staminibusque lamina obtusa brevioribus, 
ovariis sex pluribusve. 
Character oe the Genus, Aquilegia. Calyx of five decidu¬ 
ous coloured petaloid sepals. Petals five, two-lipped and gaping at 
top, the outer lip large and flat, the inner very small, produced down¬ 
wards into as many spurs projecting between the sepals. Stamens 
many, arranged in five or ten bundles, the inner ones without anthers 
and with broad membranous filaments. Ovaries five. Capsules 
as many, erect, many-seeded, pointed by the styles. 
Description of the Species, Aquilegia Glandulosa. Stem 
usually about a foot to eighteen inches high, not much branched, nearly 
smooth in the lower part, more or less pubescent and glandular in the 
upper part. Leaves chiefly radical, or proceeding from near the base 
of the stem, with long slender footstalks divided above the middle into 
three, each bearing three nearly sessile segments, which are rounded 
somewhat cuneate, and divided to about the middle into three lobes, 
which are themselves crenated or obtusely lobed ; these leaves are 
smooth and somewhat glaucous underneath ; the few upper leaves are 
much smaller and often consist of a few linear segments only. Flow¬ 
ers solitary on the peduncles, large, nodding. Sepals oval, oblong, 
rather pointed, of a deep blue, smooth. Petals not half so long as 
the sepals, the lamina obovate, blunt, of a pale yellowish colour, spurs 
