AQUILEGIA

(Lat.), n. f. _ A?k(a*k)-wi?1-e(a)ji*(gi®)-a3, From aquila, an eagle, on account of the spurred petals. A genus of ranunculaceous plants of the tribe Helleboreæ, distinguished by having 5 equal, ovate, spreading, colored sepals, and 5 equal, tubular, s8 urreä petals larger than the sepals. [B, 34.]— A, alpina. A juropean species with larger flowers and shorter spurs than A. vul- (2g [B, 19], to which it is sometimes referred. [B, 7.]—A. cærule a. The Rocky Mountain long-spurred columbine; a species found in the western United States. [B, 75.1—A. can a dens is [Linnæus]. The American eolumbine; found throughout the United States, having flowers of a bright scarlet without, yellow within, See ALOES and with straight spurs; supposed to have similar medicinal properties to those of A. vulgar is, [J. U. and C. G. Lloyd, “ Drugs and Med. of N. Am.,” Sept., 1885, p. 211.J—A. communis. See A, vulgar is — À. slive str is. See À. vulgar is.—A. vulgar is (Lin-