. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Aquilegia brevislyla Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. i : .'4. Slender, erect, sparingly pubescent, branching, 6'-i8' high. Basal leaves 2-5' broad, long-petioled, biternate, the ultimate leaflets nearly sessile, broadly obovate, lobed and crenate; leaves of the stem few, nearly ses- sile, lobed or divided; flowers small, nodding, about as broad as long (8"), blu
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Aquilegia brevislyla Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. i : .'4. Slender, erect, sparingly pubescent, branching, 6'-i8' high. Basal leaves 2-5' broad, long-petioled, biternate, the ultimate leaflets nearly sessile, broadly obovate, lobed and crenate; leaves of the stem few, nearly ses- sile, lobed or divided; flowers small, nodding, about as broad as long (8"), blue or purple; spurs short, in- curved, about 2" long; stamens and short styles barely exserted; head of fruit erect; follicles slightly spread- ing, 8" long, pubescent, tipped with a subulate beak about 2" long. South Dakota to Alaska and British Columbia. June-July. 3. Aquilegia vulgaris L. European Colum- bine. Culverwort. Fig. 1869. Aquilegia vulgaris L. Sp. PI. 533. 1753. Stout, erect, pubescent or nearly glabrous, i''-2° high, branching above. Basal and lower leaves 4'-6' broad, petioled, 2-3-^rnate, the lateral divisions broadly obovate, obtuse, lobed and crenate, glaucous beneath, dark green above; the upper few, lobed or divided; flower iJ'-2' broad and about as long, showy, blue, purple or white; spurs 3"-4" long, stout, strongly hooked; sepals spreading; stamens and styles hardly exserted. Escaped from gardens into woods and fields, frequent in the Eastern and Middle States, in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Adventive or naturalized from Europe. Blue-bells. Lady's-shoes. Capon's-tail. Cock's-foot. Snapdragon. May-July. 12. DELPHINIUM L. Sp. PI. 530. 1753. Annual or perennial erect branching herbs, with racemose or paniculate showy flowers. Leaves palmately lobed or divided. Sepals 5, the posterior one prolonged into a spur. Petals 2 or 4, small, the two posterior ones spurred, the lateral, when present, small. Carpels few, sessile, many-ovuled
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