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* DELPHÍNIUM intermédium. 
Variable Larkspur. 
POLYANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. RANUNCULACEZ. 
DELPHINIUM, Supra, vol. 14. fol. 1192. 
D. intermedium ; petiolis basi non dilatatis, foliis 5-7-fidis superioribus trilobis 
omnium lobis inciso-serratis, racemis glaucis, pedicellis bracteolis calycibus 
ovariisque glabris. 
D. intermedium, Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1,v. 2. 243. Willd. Sp. pl. 2. 1228. 
De Cand. Prodr. 1. 55. 
Perennial roots ; a tall branching stem, glaucous at the 
upper part, and either downy or smooth towards the ground ; 
leaves haying a palmated figure, with from three to seven 
deep incised lobes, and either hairy or perfectly smooth, 
their petiole being round ; smooth, glaucous, branched or 
simple racemes of flowers of a blue colour, which is either 
deep or so pale as to be almost white ; and a total absence 
of hairs from all the parts connected with the flowers, e 
the disk. of the two-lobed petals—these characters emm 
a variety of. plants found in mountainous vallies, from t : 
Pyrenees to Kamtchatka, assuming an endless disa 0 
appearance in their leavès and flowers, designated by pon 
nists under various names, but all belonging to one a. € 
same species. The D. alpinum of Waldstein and Kitai 
from Hungary, D. elatum of many authors, D. van e 
of DeCandolle at least in part, and probably some ot Għ 
are all undoubtedly referable, as simple varieties, tx ), 
intermedium of Aiton, the plant now represented. Botanic 
* See folio 1503. 
