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RANUNCULACEAE 
Sepals densely pubescent on the back; leaf-lobes short; chiefly west- 
central Cal.5. D. hesperium. 
Sepals lightly pubescent on the back; leaf-lobes long; chiefly S. 
Cal..6. D. parryi. 
1. D. cardinale Hook. Scarlet Larkspur. Stems stout, 8.6 to 17 dm. 
high; leaves deeply and sharply twice cut into mostly very narrow di¬ 
visions; raceme many-flowered, 1.4 to 4.3 dm. long; flower bright scarlet 
with yellow center.—-S. Cal. 
2. D. nudicaule T. & G. Red Larkspur. Stems 2.8 to 5.7 dm. high, 
rather slender; leaves somewhat succulent, mostly basal, 3 to 5-lobed or 
-divided into broad cleft or toothed divisions, each lobe with a short blunt 
cuspidation at apex; raceme about 2 to 12-flowered; flowers red.—Shady 
mountain sides. 
3. D. decorum F. & M. Almost glabrous; basal leaves somewhat suc¬ 
culent, roundish, 3 to 5-lobed or -parted into wedge-shaped lobed or nearly 
entire segments; petioles short; upper leaves divided into narrow lobes; 
racemes commonly many-flowered, the spreading pedicels 1.2 to 4.8 cm. 
long; sepals blue, 1.2 to 1.8 cm. long; pods erect (or the tips spreading).— 
Open woods. 
4. D. variegatum T. & G. Royal Larkspur. Stem simple or sometimes 
branching, 2.8 to 4.3 dm. high; leaves deeply cut into narrowly oblong 
diverging segments; raceme loosely 3 to 10-flowered, the pedicels ascend¬ 
ing or spreading; sepals deep blue, 1.2 to 2.4 cm. long, the spur often 
slightly curved at tip.—Low open foothills. 
5. D. hesperium Gray. Western Larkspur. Stem simple, 4.3 to 7.2 
dm. high; raceme rather dense, often wand-like, 1.4 to 2.8 dm. long, the 
pedicels strictly erect; sepals blue, white, or pink, 8 to 12 mm. long, the 
spur straight.—Plains and foothills. Var. recurvatum Jepson. Leaves, 
with narrower more acute divisions; flowers pink-lavender or lavender- 
white ; sepals recurving.—Low, alkaline lands. 
6. D. parryi Gray. Stems simple, 2.8 to 7.9 dm. high; leaves twice 
divided and redivided into narrowly linear lobes; racemes wand-like, often 
cylindric, 9.6 to 33.6 cm. long; flowers blue or light purplish, rarely white; 
angles of seed winged.—S. Cal. Var. maritimum Dav. Commonly 
branching, pedicels longer; flowers large; angles of seed not winged.— 
Coast region, S. Cal. 
5. ANEMONE L. Wind-Flower 
Stem simple, from a rootstock. Leaves basal except a single whorl (in¬ 
volucre) below the solitary or umbellate flowers. Sepals 5 or more, petal¬ 
like. Petals none. Stamens numerous. Achenes many, ours short- 
.pointed. (Greek anemos, wind, the flowers disturbed by the wind.) 
L A. quinquefolia L. var. grayi (Greene) Jepson. Stems slender, 
9.6 to 28.8 cm. high; involucral leaves with 3-(or sometimes 5-) toothed 
leaflets; basal leaf 1; flowers white, 1.2 to 1.8 cm. broad; sepals about 6.— 
Shady woods, Santa Cruz Co. to Siskiyou Co. 
6. THALICTRUM L. Meadow Rue 
Herbs with tall stems from a short rootstock bearing 2 or 3 times ter- 
nately compound leaves. Flowers many, small, in a terminal panicle, the 
staminate and pistillate on different plants. Sepals 4 to 7, more or less 
