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DELPHINIUM* specidsum 



Shewy Delphinium. 



POLYANDRIA MONO. TRLPENTA G YNIA. 





Nat. ord. Ranunculaceje Juss. (1 

 of Botany, p. 6.) 



DELPHINIUM.— Suprd, vol. A.fol 



§. 3. Delphinastrum. Ovaria 3-5; petala libera, inft 



bifid 

 De Cand. prodr. 



Species perennes 



D. speciosum; petiolis basi non dilatatis, foliis pubescentibus 5-lobatis: lobis 



inciso-serratis, bracteislanceolatisvilloso-viscosis, calcare curvulo, capsulis 



glabris. De Cand. prodr. 1. 56. 

 D. speciosum. Bieb.fl. taur. cauc. 2. p. 12. Delessert icones, v. 1. t. 62. 



Planta bipedalis. Caulis villosus, striatus. Folia. fer& Aconiti Lycoctoni, 

 pubescentia. Racemi villoso-viscosi. Flores omnium congenerum maximi f 

 Aquilegia vulgaris ferh magnitudine. Bracteae vilioso-viscosce, lanceolate 

 ad basin pedanculorum, et bince minores sub flore. Petala valdb hirsuta, 

 ccerulea : summi gated reflexo-patuld, calcare apice curvulo. Nectaria 



-fusca: gated glabrd, obtusb bidentatd, labello unguiculato : lamind 



latd bipartitd, laciniis 



margine pilis albidis. Capsulae glabra. — Bieberstein. 



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' A hardy and handsome perennial, native of high eleva- 

 tions of the Caucasus. It flowers from June to September, 

 and is increased by division of its roots, or by seeds. 



The plant from which our drawing was taken was 

 raised in the Garden of the Horticultural Society in 1829, 

 from seeds received from Dr. Fischer, of the Imperial 

 Botanic Garden, St. Petersburg. 



No one would suppose from Von Bieberstein's descrip- 

 tion, that this could be his plant ; for he describes the 



* From hxflt, a dolphin; between which and the petals of this genus it 

 is said that some resemblance can be traced. 



