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DELPHINIUM cuneatum- 

 Wolga Larkspur. 



POLYANDRIA TRTGYNIJ, 



NaLord. Ranunculace-t:. Becmid. syst naL 1. 129. Div, L Ra- 

 nunculaceae Verse. Tribus IV. Helleboreas, 



DELPHINIUM. C^//. coloratus 5-phyllus, foliolo superiore boAi in 

 calcar cavum producto. Pet, 4, interdOm inter se coalita, 2 sup. basi in 

 appendices intra calcar contentas (caJear internum) producta. Germ. J-5, 

 saepius 3. Capss. totidem distinctBB 1-vaIv. foNicuIares. Sem. indefiiiita 

 aridohaccata. Herb^ radice annua esilz atit perenni subjascictdata donaim; 

 caules erecii rnmosi; foU peiiolata cauiha palnuitim muUifida; Gom race* 

 mosiy swpiils ccemlei aut albi rosei et variantes purpurei, in I specie^vi; 

 bracte^e 3 ad shgulum pedicellum^ 1 sub basi (bractea), ^ secus pediceUum 

 (bracteoJa;) stepius oppodtte^ nunc ad basin ui in D, Staphisagnfi, nunc in 

 medio pedkeUi ut in D. Requienii, nunc circa apicem ut in Delphinastris. 

 Dec- 1. c, 340. 



Sect. IIL Delphinastruni- Subd. % Pelalorum inferiorvm Uinbo l-jiJo. 

 D. cuneatum^ petiolipS basi oon dilatatis^ foliis basi cuneatis 5*7-IobatiSy lobiff 

 incisis acutis^ racemo laxo raraoso, bracteolfs calycibusque glabris, cap- 

 sulis subpubescenttbus. I>ec. I. c. 359. 

 Delphinium cuneatum. jSV^. diss. ined. &veet hort. land. 231. rn add* 

 Delphinium azureum. Hort.paris. (non Michauxii). 

 Delphinium elatum fi. Lamarck enc^c. 2. 265. 

 Delphinium hybridum. Herb, Linn, (non aliorum}. 

 (jS) pubiRorum. Dec- /- c, in add. 546. 



Planta etata S'4f-pedaiis ; caulis erectus apice ramoso-panimlatus, fol. 

 pctiolain, petiolo basi non dilatato^ Wmho ban cuneifor mi- attenuato irreguia'^ 

 Titer ultra medium ^-S-lofjato, lobis oblongis acuminatis incisis ^ssisve ; racemi 

 longi laxi ramosi; bract, sitbulatm tenuissima glabra pedicellis bremoress 

 bracteolfle glabne Jlori adpressa: cal'. glabri pdchri cartdei; calcar hori^ 

 zontale rectum calycis longitudine; petjltsca, 2 sup. glabra apice Integra^ 

 2 inf, "^'Jida pilis jlavis barbata; gernira. glabra aut puis raris pubesceniia. 

 Variat superjicie omnino glabra ct tenuissime velutino pubescente* fi. Spon^^ 

 taneum circa Saratnflectum, hortensibus differt pedicellis bracteolii calyciius 

 imb capsulis juniorious pube densd tenui velutinis. Dec. I. c. et in add. 



Fifty species of this genus have been distinguished in 

 Systema Naturale Regni FegetabUis of Monsieur Decan- 

 dblle They belong to the northern hemisphere, and are 

 common to the old and new continents; six of the species 

 only, however, falling to the share of Amenca. 



The present is the hyhridum of the Linnean and Banksian 

 Herbariums, but not of the works of WiUdenow or Marschal 



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