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* DELPHINIUM azúreum. 
Shy-blue Larkspur. 
POLYANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. RANUNCULACEE. 
DELPHINIUM. Supra, vol. 14. fol. 1192. 
D. azureum ; petiolis basi'vix dilatatis, foliis 3-5-partitis multifidis, lobis line- 
aribus, racemo stricto, petalis omnibus apice barbatis, inferioribus villosis- 
simis.  DeCand. prodr. 1. 54. A : 
D. azureum. Mich. fl. bor. amer; 1. 914. ' Deless. ic. select. 1. t. 60. 
The seeds from which thé plant now figured was raised 
were collected in California, for the Horticultural Society, 
by Mr. Douglas; the species would, therefore, appear to 
range quite across the North American continent, ltis very 
like the pale variety of D. grandiflorum, called chinense, 
but is readily known by its lower petals being deeply cleft 
into two lobes, much more hairy, and smaller. 
. The specimens from Mr. Douglas had flowers of a dirty 
pink upon a whitish ground, with a small green depression 
low the points of the sepals.. A much prettier variety was 
sent me by Mr. W. Garvie, Nurseryman, Stratford, Essex, to 
Whom it had been communicated by Mr. Murray of the 
Glasgow Garden, where'it was raised from Mr. Drummond's 
Texas seeds. In that plant the flowers were a pale blue, 
Corresponding with the specific name, and the leaves 
broader; a leaf and flower of this are figured at No. 2. 
I am not aware of the existence of any coloured figure 
of this species, which is scarcely deserving of cultivation 
€Xcept in Botanic Gardens. a — 
* See folio 1503. 
