1. A. Napellus; floribus dense spicatis vet laxe paniculatis, galea semicifcnlari rare
naviculari, saeeo cueuHorum subconico, calcare brevi crasso inclinato, alls sfaminttm
cuspidatis vel evanescentibus, foliorum lobis cuneatis pinnatiseetis, ovariis 3 raro 5 glabris
vel pilosis, DC.—Linn. Sp. P i p . 751. Seringe, Mus. Helv. 1. p. 162. t. 15. f . 41, 42, 50.
De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p . 62.
p. delphinifolium. A. delphimfoliim, x. americantm. De Cand. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 380.
Reichenb. Monogr. Aeon. t. 9. f 1, 2, 3. Ejusd. Illustr. t. 42.
H ab. /3. Sledge Island, on tlie North-West coast of America. Nelson. Menzies. About Behring’s Straits,
as far north as lat. 66° 13'. Chamisso. Cape Mulgyave and Kotzebue’s Sound. Capt. Beeckey’s Collection.
Moist mountain prairies, in the Rocky Mountains, between lat. 32° and 56°. Drummond.—This is one of
the innumerable varieties mentioned' by M. Seringe in De Candolle’s Frodromus, and which are figured by
Reichenbach as so many distinct species. Our plant from the Rocky Mountains is certainly identical with
that found by Nelson in Sledge Island, and is principally distinguished by the raceme of flowers being more
lax and flaccid than in the common states of A. Napellus. A. Chamissonianum and A. semigaleatum of
Reichenbach, do not seem to differ from this state of the plant, which in some points approaches closely to
A. biflorum of Fischer, in which, however, the upper part or bag' of the nectary or cucnllus is very different,
being large, round', very obtuse, and without a spur.
2. A. nasutum; nectariis erectis, calcare arcuato, galea conica prona, rostro demisso,
racemis subpaniculatisj foliorum Iaciniis latiusculis. Spreng.—Fischer, MSS'. Reichenb.
RXustr. Ac. t. 9, 10.—A. Cammarum. ((Bieb. FI. Taur. Cauc. v. 2. p. 15, v. S', p. 373.”—
A . Fischeri. Reichenb. Illustr. Ac. t. 22.
Hab. Near the source of the Wallawrall&h River, a branch of the Columbia, which rises in'the Blue
Mountains of North-West America. Douglas.—The figures above referred; to- are' very characteristic-of Mr-.
Douglas’s plant, especially the A. Fischeri of Reichenbach. This species is found in Kamtschatka, as-well
as in Siberia and the South of Europe.
14'. ACTiEA. Linn.
Cal. deciduus, 4-sepalus. Petala 4. Carpella polysperma.
1. A. cimicifuga; ovariis 4 subsessilibus villosissimis, racemis paniculatis, foliis tema-
tim biternatimve sectis, segmentis ovato-lanceolatis inciso-dentatis, carpellis siccis cfefiis-
centibus. DC.—Linn. Amcm. v. 2. p. 354. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p . 64.— Cimicifuga
foetid a. Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 12. p. 659. Pursh, FI. Am. v. 2. p. 373. Gmel. Sibi v. 4; t. 70.
Hab. On the North-West coast of America. Pursh.—I have seen no American specimen of'this plant,
which is very common in Siberia, where its foetid smell has recommended it, as the name implies; for
driving away bugs.
2. A. palmata; ovariis 12-15 in capitulum subrotundum collectis, racemis dichotome
subpaniculatis, foliis palmatifidis, carpellis siccis dehiscentibus.—De Cand. Syst. Veget. v.
1. p. 383, Prodr. v. 1. p. 64.— Cimicifuga palmata. Mich. Am. v. 1. p. 316. Pursh,- FI.
Am. v. 2. p. 373. Elliott, Carol, v. 2. p. 17. Rot. Mag. t. 1630.
H ab. North-West coast of America. Menzies in Herb, noslr.-—Stem two or three feet high, with few
and'distant palmated and serrated leaves, upper ones sessile. Flowers almost corymbose. In habit' and in
its simple leaves, very different from the other species of the genus, and Nuttall doubts if it may not prove
a distinct genus.
8. f racemis composte longissimis, carpellis siccis dehiscenti-
DUS, loins biternatls foliolis inciso-semte.—L im . Sp. PI. p . 723. D e Cand. Prodr v 1
p . 64— Cimicifuga racemosa. B art. PM . v. 2. p . 13. Elliott, Carol, v. 2. p . 16— Cimicifuga
serpen taria. Pursh, FI. Am. v. 3. p . 873.
^ - -R e m a r k a b l e for it, tall, erect raceme of white Sowers. Smell disagreeable,
fursh says It is commonly known by the name of Black Snake-Root.
M m m S B B m racem°f™ pK c ih em isp hæ ric o , petails staminibus brevioribus
acutis, pedicellis fructus baccati indehiscentis g ra c ilib u s f ^ T O H Em m . p . 560. Bigel PI
B0St H H B brachypetala. D e Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p . 65. (e n d . var. 3.) Rich.
' . J * “’1? 1' X stJ a u n - B 2 'm 21— A- americana, ß. baccis rubris. Pursh, FI. Am. v. 2. p
867— A. spicata, «. ru b ra . Mich. Am. ». 1 . p . 308.
Hab Canada : from Hudson’s Bay to the Rocky Mountains, as far north as lat. 60», in woods. Hr Todd,
f l ? W k r ' f -D’~ ‘* - D'stineA h 'iä b f ks roundish or almost hemispherical head of flowers, short
r S l e m e S ^ °f * * “ d by the natives as a
j . A . a lia ; B B R vacemo simplici oblongo, petalis stamina æquantibus tmncätis,
p Acelbs fru ctu s baccati indehiscentis msigniter incrassatis— Bigel, FI. Bast. ed. 2 . p . 211.
U M ? CaWi- i P S Mi 6S- A' america^ ‘ ba° - H i Pursh,
2 2pP\ f ' ~ A ' ?P‘Cata* * alba‘ MiCh' "• l ' p - 3Q8— A- pachypoda. Elliott,
Hab. Canada. Mick. About Lake Huron. Dr. Todd.-WAl distinguished as a species first bv Dr
S n c t e T ' f Z bra' The PSdiCelS rem!lrIïahly thickened, as’ lange L the
1 “ ~ »! both
15. FÆONÏA. Linn.
I h H H B h 5-10, suborbiculata. Siam, plnrima. Discus
^arnosus ovana cingens. CarpeUa 2-5, grosse, stigmatibns bilameliatfc c ,assis instruct“
m follicnlos capsulares conversa. Semina subglobosa, pitida— Radices fasciculate, ■ folia
caulma h te rm tm secta; flores ampli, albi aut purpurascentes. DC.
n W S Ê W m m herbacea> cacPellis 5 glaberrimis erectis, foliis utrinque glabris biter-
atis, foholis ternatim dmsis pmnatifidisve laciniatis, lacinns oblongis foliorum inferiomm
pjæcipue obtusis.—Douglas, MSS. um inienornm
t e e r t e S “ ‘he SUb,1PiM KnSe °f Nor,h-Wrtt
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