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 102nd meridian ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 RANUNCULACEAE. 7. Delphinium tricome ilichx. Dwarf Larkspur. Fig. 1876. Del thin 1803. Fl. Bor. . Stout, glabrous or pubescent, simple, i°-3° high. Leaves slender-petioled, deeply 5-7-cleft or divided, the divisions linear or obovate, obtuse, entire, or again cleft and toothed raceme loose, 4-5' long, mostly several-flowered flowers I'-
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 102nd meridian ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 RANUNCULACEAE. 7. Delphinium tricome ilichx. Dwarf Larkspur. Fig. 1876. Del thin 1803. Fl. Bor. . Stout, glabrous or pubescent, simple, i°-3° high. Leaves slender-petioled, deeply 5-7-cleft or divided, the divisions linear or obovate, obtuse, entire, or again cleft and toothed raceme loose, 4-5' long, mostly several-flowered flowers I'-i}' long, blue or white; spur generally slightly bent, ascending, io'-i5' long; follicles 3, widely spreading, s'-6' long, tipped with a short beak; seed-coat smooth, dark. Pennsylvania to the mountains of Georgia, west to Minnesota, Nebraska and Arkansas. Roots tuberous. .•\pril-June. 13. ACONITUM [Tourn.] L. Sp. PI. 532. [753- Tall or long, erect ascending or trailing perennial herbs, with palmately lobed or divided leaves, and large irregular showy flowers. Sepals 5, the posterior (upper) one larger, hooded or helmet-shaped. Petals 2-5, small, the two superior ones hooded, clawed, concealed in the helmet, the three posterior ones, when present, minute. Stamens numerous. Carpels 3-5, sessile, many-ovuled, forming follicles at maturity. [Ancient Greek name for these plants.] A genus of beautiful plants including some 70 species, mostly natives of mountainous regions in the north temperate zone. Besides the following, several others are found in the Rocky Mountains and on the Pacific Coast. Roots poisonous, as are also the flowers of some species. Type species: Flowers blue ; roots tuberous-thickened. Helmet arched, tipped with a descending beak. Helmet conic, slightly beaked. Flowers white; stem trailing; helmet elongated-conic. 1. 2. A. uncinatum, 3. A. reclinatum. I. Aconitum noveboracense A. Gray. New York Monksliood. Fig. 1877. Aconitum noveboracense A
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