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− | A. coronopifolia, Fisch. 1-3 ft.: radical lvs. petiolate, ovate-rotund, cordate, crenately toothed, hairy; upper lvs. sessile, entire or nearly so, glabrous, and linear lanceolate: fls. racemose, 3-10 in a cluster, blue, each fl. on a slender pedicel. June. Dahuria. —A. denticulata, Fisch. (A. tricuspidata, DC.). 1 1/2-2 ft.: upper lvs. sessile, ovate-lanceolate, the lower and radical ones petioled and more or less orbicular: fls. small, blue, pedicillate, in a terminal, loose raceme. July. Dahuria.—A. Gmelinii, Fisch. 1-2 1/2 ft.: lvs., or at least the upper ones, linear, narrow, entire or nearly so, and quite glabrous: fls. blue, 3-10 in a second racemose cluster which is axillary near the upper part of the st. Dahuria.—Suitable for dry and stony places.—A. intermedia, Ledeb., not Sweet (A. coronata, DC.). Plant 2-3 1/2 ft.: radical lvs. petiolate, cordate, toothed: upper lvs. acutish at base, serrate, crowded: fls. pale blue, racemose, small. May. Siberia.—A. periplocaefolia, DC. A dwarf (3 in.) perennial suitable for rockeries, with ascending st.: lvs. petiolate, ovate, acute at the apex, slightly cordate at the base, crenately serrate: fls. usually solitary and scapose, pale blue. June. Siberia.—A. stylosa, Fisch. 1-2 ft., erect: Lvs. petiolate, the lower obovate and sinuate, the upper ovate, acuminate, quite glabrous: fls. few, racemose, the raceme naked, and lax. May. E. Eu.—A. verticillata, Fisch. 2-3 ft.: st. simple: lvs. whorled, serrate, the upper ovate-lanceolate, the lower petiolate, sub-orbicular: fls. pale blue, small, arranged in irregular clusters near the top of the St., some, along the lower part of the st., in whorls. June. Dahuria. N. Taylor.
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