446 FE. Huth. 
squamata, radix haud grumosa !), 'caulis subscaposus. — America borealis 
pacifica. 
I. Flores coerulei. 
4. Petioli Jaminam foliorum inferiorum multo superantes, 
A. Sepala ovata erecta, nunquam reflexa. 
a. Foliorum infer. segmenta sub obtusa (Tab. VII. fig. 14a). 
134. D. decorum Fisch. et Mey. ind. III. sem. Petersb. p. 33. 
(1837), radice inerassata sublignosa verticali (nee grumosa), caule sim- 
plieci subscaposo, foliis subcarnosis fere omnibus radicalibus, inferiori- 
bus 3—5-partitis, partibus obovatis apice rotundatis integris vel 2—3- 
lobatis, racemo simpliei laxo paueifloro, bracteis inferioribus 3—5- 
partitis, superioribus integris subulatis pedunculo multo brevioribus, pe- 
dunculis ab axi arcuatim patentibus, bracteolis binis oppositis minutis, 
floribus satis magnis, calcari recto 45 mm longo sepala 
aequante vel paulum superante, sepalis coeruleis extus apice macula 
fusca notatis, petalis superioribus flavidis margine coeruleo-suffusis, infer. 
coeruleis vel flavidis barbatis ad medium fere limbum bifidis, carpellis 
ternis erectis glabris maturis reticulato-venosis. Floret Aprili. 
Synonymon: D. hesperium Gray (ex specimine herbarii Petrop.). 
Area: America borealis pacifica: California (Paımer 1876 Bo); prope 
coloniam Ruthenorum Ross, in portu Bodega (Wrancer 1834 Pe?), Nevada 
City (Tırıns 1868 et 1876 Pe) ; prope San Francisco (Keross 1890 Pe) ; Pa- 
sadena (Jones 1882 Be); Arizona: Yucca (Jones 1884 Ba, L). 
Anmerk. Vergl. die Anmerk. zu D. patens. 
435. D. patens Benth. pl. Hartw. 296 (1848), glabrum vel minute 
glanduloso-puberulum, caule ereeto 30—50 cm alto, foliis 3—5 partitis, 
inferiorum partibus 3-lobatis, lobis obovatis obtusis apiculatis, superiorum 
lobis oblongis, racemo multifloro.laxo plerumque basi ramoso, 
peduneulis patentibus, inferioribus subelongatis, bracteis inferioribus 
3-partitis, partibus oblongis, superioribus linearibus pedunculo multo bre- 
vioribus, bracteolis binis oppositis subulatis-a flore subremotis, floribus 
coeruleis parvis, caleari sepalisque aequilongis ca. I0 mm longis, 
petalis quam sepala brevioribus superioribus flavidis glabris, infer. coe- 
rulescentibus barbatis bifidis, carpellis glabris, rarius minute glanduloso- 
puberulis maturis divergentibus, seminibus transversim rugulosis. 
Synonymon: D., decorum var. patens Gray (1887); D. tricorne Mchx. 
ß. patens Hth. amer. Delph. 13 (1892). 
4, Confer adnotationem ad Delph. patens No. 135! 
2) Dies sind jedenfalls die Original-Typen, auf welchen Fıscuer und Meyer 3 Jahre 
später ihre Art begründeten; Ası Gray hat daher nicht ganz recht, wenn er sagt: »The 
typical form was raised in the St. Petersurg Gärden, from seeds gathered at the Ross 
Colony«. 
