striatus, glaber, superne bifidus, bifloras. Bractea sctacea, plerumque ad basin pcdicellorum. Flores parvi,
albidi. Calycis sepala 5, lineari-lanceolata, glabra, reflexa. Petala 5, longissima, angusta, filiformia, medium
versus dilatata, et ibi concava, cucullata. Stamina subdecem. Filamenta breviuscula, flexuosa. Antherai
subglobosse, compressse, connectivo lato, loculis subreniformibus oppositis. Pistilla 8-10, sessilia: Germen
oblongum, curvatum, stylo attenuatum: Stigma lineare, recurvum, papillosum. Capsules 6-10, longe
stipitafee, stipitibus subpubescentibus, oblongo-ovatae, styli basi brevi persistente acuminate, membranacese,
inflate, supra planse, binerves, nervo centrali duplici, nervis lateralibus non ad apicem attingentibus, inferne
gibbosse, nervo medio longitudinali; superne ad apicem rima longitudinali debiscentes, polysperma. Semina
receptaculis suturalibus, parte superiore capsuke inserta, pendentes, 8- 10, oblongse, fuscse.
Hab. North-West coast of America. Menzies. Douglas. Observatory Inlet. Scouler.—There can be no
question of the correctness of Mr Salisbury in referring this curious plant to the genus Coptic. It has
altogether the same habit, and its fruit is equally elevated upon long stalks. The shape of the fruit in both
species is, indeed, not unlike that of Buxbaumia aphylla. In the present individual, however, there are,
besides the superior sutural double nerve, and the lower dorsal one, two lateral nerves, not reaching to the
point, and they constitute the margin of the upper or plane surface. The flowers are very different in the
two; the calyx in C. asplenioides being much smaller than in C. trifolia, and always reflexed. The petals
are exceedingly long and slender, very different in shape and texture from those of the other species.
Tab. XI. Fig. 1, Plant in flower; fig. 2, Plant in fruitx—nat. size; fig. 3, Single flower; fig. 4, Anther;
fig. 5, Pistil; figs. 6, 7, Capsules; fig. 8, Section of a capsule:—magnified. .
11. AQUILEGIA. Linn.
Cal. 5-sepalus, deciduus, colorato-petaloideus. Petala 5, superne hiantia, bilabiata, labio
exteriore magno piano, interiore minimo, deorsum producta in calcaria totidem cava,
apice callosa inter sepala exserta. Ovaria 5. Capsules totidem, erectse, polyspermae, stylis
acuminates. DC.
1. A. brevistyla; subpubescens, calcaribus incurvis limbo brevioribus, stylis brevibus,
inclusis, staminibus corolla subbrevioribus.— A. vulgaris ? Rich, in Frankl. ls£ Journ. ed.
2. App. p . 21.
Caulis foliaque fere omnino ut in A. vulgare. Flores duplo minores, cserulei, plerumque pubescentes.
Calycis sepala ovato-lanceolata. Petalorum Calcar apice solummodo incurvum, clavatum, limbo brevius.
Stamina corolla subbreviora, exteriora basi membrana aucta, interiora omnino membranacea, lineari-oblonga,
acuta, antberis destituta. Pistilla 5. Germina lineari-cylindracea, pubescentia, in stylis apice leniter recurvis
sensim attenuata, staminibus brevioribus. Capsules 5, unciam longse, stylo brevi vix duas lineas longo
terminate.
H ab. Western parts of Canada. Drummond. As far north as Bear Lake. Dr. Richardson.—Well distinguished
from A. vulgaris, which is its nearest affinity, by the smaller flowers and much shorter styles;
and from the A. ccerulea of Dr. Torrey, in his account of Plants from the Rocky Mountains, by its shorter
spurs to the corolla, which are curved at the apex. It was detected by Dr. Richardson during the first
Expedition, and doubtfully referred to A. vulgaris.
2. A. canadensis; glabra, calcaribus rectis limbo longioribus, staminibus exsertis, stylis
setaceis longitudine staminum.—Linn.—Pursh, FI. Am. v. 2. p. 372. Bigel. FI. Bost. ed. 2.
p. 219. B e Cand Prodr. v. 1. p. 50. Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 246. EUiott, Carol, v. 2. p. 20.
/$. hybrida ; calcaribus apice incurvis, stylis brevioribus, floribus plerumque purpureis.
Hab. Throughout Canada, from Hudson’s Bay to the Rocky Mountains. Abundant at the mouth of the
Columbia, especially about Fort Vancouver. Douglas. Scouler.- fh. Among the Rocky Mountains,■ between
lat. 52° and 55°. Drummond.—The stem, which is branched upwards, and the leaves, are quite glabrous,
glaucous; flic radical leaves bitemate, leaflets rotuudato-crenate, tbree-lobed, the segments generally bifid
and obtuse; those of the stem gradually becoming more simple upward, at length only trilid. Flowers
externally of a bnght red colour, more or less.yellow at the extremities of the petals. The spur is liable to
some variation in its relative length and thickness. ' As the A. hybrida of Sims (Bot. Mag. t. 1221,) is
justly considered to be the offspring of A. vulgaris and A. canadensis, so is the présent of A: breoistyla’tmi
canadensis; partaking, however, more of the nature of the latter in the general shape and large size of the
flower, and comparative length of the spur, and showing its affinity with the former in its pubescent leaves
and stem, and in the colour of its inflorescence.
. . 12. DELPHINIUM. Linn.
Cat. decidnus, petaloideus, irregularis,’ sepalo nempe superiore in calcar deorsum pro-
ducto. Petala 4 ; 2 superiora basi in appendicibus intra calcar contends producta. DC.
1. D. éxaltatum ; petiolis basi non' dilatatis, foliis ultra medium 3 -5 -7 fidis, lobis cuneiformibus
3-fidis laciniatisve acumihatis, racemo stricto, calcare recto longitudine calycis__
Ait. Hort. Kew.ed. 1. ». 2. p. 244. Pursh, PI. Am,v. 2. p. 371. De Cand. Prodr. ». 1. ».
54. EUiott, Carol. ». £ p. 19.—D. tridactyluml Mich. Am. ». 1. p. 314.—D. urceolatum.
Jacq. Coll. ». 1. p. 153. Ic. Bar. ». 1. t. 101.—D. intermedium.? Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1.
». 2. p. 243.—D. alpinum. JValdst. et Kit. v. 3. t. 246.
Han. Hooky Mountains, between lat. 52° and ,56°.' Drummond— I think: the above synonyms may with
safety be referred to this species. The plant varies sometimes with white flowers, according to Mr. Drummond.
, 2- D - implex; petiolis basi dilatatis, foliis 3-partitis profonde laciniatis laciniis lineari-
bus cauleque pnbescentibns, racemo stricto, subsimplici, petalis barbatis, calcare limbo
longiore recto.—Douglas, MSS.
Cauhs erectus, 3-pedalis et ultra, vix ramosus, pubeseens. Folia valde pubescentia, tripartito-multiflda
laciniis lineanbus acutis, foliorum superiorum angustioribus. Petiolm 2 -3 nncias longus, basi dilatatns
membranaceus, smcitate sulcatus. Macarns longus, strictus, erectus, rachi pedicellisque velutino-pubescen-
bbns Flores intense cmrulci. Sepala extus dorso linen longltndinaU pilosa. Calcar lengum, rectum
subulatum, pubeseens, sepalis duplo longius.
H ab. On the subalpine range, west of the Rocky Mountains, near the Columbia; plentiful. Douglas —
Allied to D. azureum, Mich., but that has the leaves glabrous, the spikes shorter, and the flowers with a
much smaller spur, which is curved upwards.
3.^ D. Menziesii; petiolis, basi vix dilatatis, foliis , 5-partitis, lobis trifidis linearibus in-
tegris,. bracteis 3-fidis, radice grumosa.—De Cand. Syst. Veget. ». 1. p. 355, Prodr. ». 1
p. 54. Bot. Beg. t. 1192.—D. tuberosum. Menz. MSS.
Hab. North-West coast of America. Menzies. Kotzebue’s Sound. Capt. Beechey's. Collection. Common
under the shade of solitary pine trees, at Puget Sound, the Columbia River, and in California. Douglas—
M. De Candolle well observes how nearly this species approaches to D. pmtagymm, a native of the
South of Spain and North of Africa ; scarcely differing hut in its tuberous roots. To me also it appeara to
resemble too much the D. tricorne. 1 1
13. ACONITUM. Linn.
Cal. petaloideus, irregularis, deciduns y e l marcescens, sepalo nempe superiore concavo
cassidaeformi. Petala 2 superiora (euculli, nectaria,) longe unguiculata, apice in saccum
expansa, sub galea recondita— Folia palmatisecta. DC.