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DELPHINIUM* Menziesii 



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Mr. Menzies's Larkspur 



polyAndria trigynia. 



Nat. ord, Ranunculace^e. 



DELPHINIUM Linn. — Calyx coloratus, deciduus, 5-sepalus, sepalo 

 siiperiore basi in calcar cavum producto.^ Petala 4, interdum inter se 

 coalita, 2 superiora basi in appendices intra calcar contentas (calcar inter- 

 num) producta. Stamina 00. Ovaria 1-5, saepi^s 3. CapsulcB totidem, 



distinctse, univalves, folliculares. Semina OO, arido-baccata. Herbae 



radice annud exilic aut perenni subfasciculatd donates. Caules erectly ramosu 

 Folia petiolatay caulina palma tint mult ifida. Flores racemosiy scepiitsccBruleij 

 aut alhi rosei et variantes purpurei, in unicd specie fiavi. Bractese 3, ad 

 singulum pedicellum, 1 sub basi (bractea), 2 secus pedicellum (bracteolae) 

 s<ppius oppositcBy nunc ad basin ut in D. Stapbisagria, nunc in medio pcdi^ 

 celli ut in D. Requienii, nunc circa apicem ut in Delphinastris. Dec. syst. 

 1. 340, 



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Sect. III. Delphinastrum. 



Ovaria 3, interdum 5. Calcar elongatumy interius dipetalum. Petala 4, 

 libera, 2 inferiora stipitata^ limbo intits barbato, in unicd specie integro^ 

 S(£pissimc bijido. Bractea 1 sub pedicello^ 2 secus pedicellum scepissime 

 oppositce fiori contiguce. Radices perennes. Dec. 1, c. 



D. Menziesii; petiolis basi vix dilatatis, foliis 5-partitis lobis trlfidis lineari- 

 bus integris, bracteis trifidis, radice grumosa. Dec. L c. prodr. 1. 54. 

 Caulis erectuSy simplex, teres, subfiexuosus, pubescens. Folia longi 



petiolata, multijiday pilosa, laciniis linearibus farcatis^ petiolis Jiliformibus, 



lamina plus quam duplb longioribus. Racemus terminalisy simplex, 6-8- 



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flore oppositis. Flores intense purpureo-ccerulei. Sepala extus 



medio pubescentia, calcare recto, obtuso, subulate, corrvgato brcviora. 



A beautiful hardy perennial, native of the north-west 

 coast of North America, where it was originally found by 

 Mr. Menzies, and more recently by Mr. Douglas. Our 



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* So called because its flower resembles the fanciful figures of the 

 dolphin, AfA^ii', 



