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Enemion triternatum, the capsules are only two or three in number, rcflexed, broadly ovate, with two or three
oblique veins, two- or at most ihree-sec.Icd, tapering gradually into a long recurved slylê. This also seems
to be the structure of the fruit of hop. thalictroides, judging from Jacquin’s figure {Fl. Austr. t. 105), for
my own specimens of that species do not possess the fructification.
1. Aqnilfgia caruka ; calcare stricto subiilato limbum duplo su p e ran te apice clavato.
( T a b . L X X I I . )— J b i v - et Gr. Fl. l.p . SO.—A , leptocera. Nutt.
H a ., Sm te cmntry. between Henry's and Fish Rivers. lT o lm ie .)-T h e flowers will at once disliognish
tliis from all the other A q u ikg ix . for they ate nearly three inches in diameter, and the long subulate slender
str.iglit spur is also neatly three inches long. The oolonr is probably blue in the recent stale, nearly white
when dry.
T a b . LX X II. Aquilcgia macrantha :—nat. size.
1. Delpluniiim {Delpliinastram, pet. inf. limbo integro) grandflorvm. L .S im s , Bot.
Mag. t. I6S6. De Cand. Prod. v. I. p. 5 3 .— variegatum. D . variegatum. Torr. et Gr.
FL \ .p . 32.
In the Californian plant, which is, I think, identical as to species with the £>. grandiflorum of Siberia and
China, the upper petals are yellow, the lower ones with the yellow spot less distinct than in the variety of
the Old World, and the leaves have shorter and thicker segments. In one of our specimens, the whole ot the
petals are variegated, dingy yellow and blue.
2. D . (Delpliinastrum, pet. inf. limbo bifido) azureum— Mx. Fl. Am. v. 1. p. 314.
Delessert, Ic. Select, v. l . p . 60. De Cand. Prod. v. 1. p. 54. Torr. et Gr. Fl. 1. p. 32.
3. D. (Delpldnastfum, Fi. N. Am. 1. p. 32. pet. inf. liibbo bifido) Menziesii.—De
Cand. Prod. v. \.p . 64. Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. v. 1. p. 25. Bot. Beg. t. 1102. Torr. et Gr.
Ft. l . p . 31.
Very similar in the sirnctnre of the flowers to the preceding, bot these flowers are larger and more harry.
—From the coast, Douglas, to the Snake Country. {Tolmie.)
4. D. {Delpliinastrum) simplex.—Dougl. in Hook. FL Bor. Am. v. 1. p. calcare
calycem suliæqtiaute.
Of this varlciv, which differs from Mr Douglas' in no essential particular, except in the shorter spur, there
are two states in the colleclion ; one wiih the stem and leaves downy, the other quite glabrous. In all, the
form aud'relative size of the petals are the same ; and I cannot agree witl. those botanists who have multiplied
the species of the Genera Delphi,ihim and Aconitum upon the slightest possible grounds. Perhaps indeed
Messrs Torrey aud Gray are right in referring tliis to D . Menziesii.
6. D. (Delpliinastniin) exaltalnm. Ait.—De Cand. Prod. v. 1. p . 54. Hook. Fl. Bor.
Am. V. 1. p . 35. D. Californicum. Torr. et Gr. Fl. \ . p . 31.
These are verv fine specimens, with their densely flowered racemes sometimes a foot in length. In other
respects, this plant entirely agrees with my specimens from the eastern side of North America. Messrs
Torrey and Gray consider it a distinct species.
6. D. (Delpliinastrum) sarcophylhim; petiolis basi dilatatis, foliis carnosis sub-peltatis
trip a rtitis inferiorum segmentis obcordatis crenato-lobatis superioriim oblongis in te g e n i