Generic Character.

Cal. 0. Petala 5. Nectaria 5 corniculata, inter petala. Caps. 5 distinctæ.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

AQUILEGIA canadensis nectariis rectis, staminibus corolla longioribus. Linn. Syst. Veg. ed. 14. Murr. p. 535. Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 248.

AQUILEGIA pumila praæox canadensis. Corn. Canad. 60.

AQUILEGIA præcox canadensis; flore externe rubicundo, medio luteo. Moris. Hist. 111. p. 457. t. 2. f. 4.

AQUILEGIA Virginiania flore rubescente præcox.

The early red Columbine of Virginia. Park. Th. p. 1367.

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