AQUILEGIA alpina.
Alpine Columbine.
Naturai Order. R a n u n c u l a c e a ; . DC. reg. veg. syst. 1. p. 127.
Tribus IV . He l l e iìOREJE. iEstivatio calycis et coroll® imbri-
cata. Pétala nunc O, nunc irregularia bilabiata neotarifera. Calyx
petaloideus. Carpella capsularia intùs debiscentia polysperma. DC.
prodr. 1. p. 44.
A Q U IL E G IA . Calyx 5-sepalus deciduus colorato-petaloideus.
Pelala 5 supernè liiantia bilabiata, labio exteriore magno plana, interiore
minimo, deorsùm producta in calcaria totidem cava apice
callosa inter sépala exserta. Stamina numerosa in phalanges 5-10
disposila, interiora abortiva antheris nullis filamentis dilatatis mem-
branaceis oblongis. Ovaria 5. Capsula totidem erect® polysperm®
stylis acuminat®.—Herb® perennes ereetce; raAices, fibrosa; folia
radiealia aut inferiora longè petiolata, petiolo trifido biternatìm seeta,
segmentis trifìdis dentatis sapius obtusis; supcriora in lobos lineares
partita aut seeta; flores terminales, earulei, albi, rosei aut purpurei,
rarissimi sordide fiaveseentes. DC. reg. veg. syst. 1. p. 333.
A. alpina, calcaribus rectis apice subincurvis limbo petalorum dimidio
brevioribus,' caule 2-3-floro folioso, foliorum segmentis in
lobos lineares profundé multifidis. DC. syst. 1. p. 336-337. Prodr.
I .p . 50.
Aquilegia alpina. Linn, spec, 752. D C .fl.fr . 4. p. 912. Deless. ic.
sel. t. 48. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 657. Spreng. syst. 2. ». 630. Swt. hort.
brit. p. 6.
Root perennial, herbaceous. Stem about a foot high,
slightly flexuose, clothed with a short pubescence, bearing
from 3 to 5 leaves, and 2 or 3 flowers. Leaves slightly glaucous:
lower ones on long foot-stalks, twice ternate, the leaflets
deeply 3-lobed or 3-parted, broadly cuneate, divided
into numerous short broadish linear blunt segments, reticulately
veined, lightest underneath; those higher up ternate,
the leaflets petiolate, 3-parted; upper ones 3-lobed or entire,
linear, acute. Petioles dilated at the base, nearly cylindrical,
or slightly flattened on the upper side, thickly
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