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* DELPHINIUM intermedium ; i;ar. palmatifidum 



Dark -purple Variable Larkspur. 



POLYANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Randnculace-e. 

 DELPHINIUM. Bot. Reg. vol. U. fol 



termedium. Bot. Reg, fol 



Imatifid 



D. palmatifidum. DC. syst. veg. 1. 358. 



villosis apice pilosis, calycibus atro-cceruleis, 



This plate represents a very beautiful Bee Larkspur, 

 with a much branched inflorescence, dark purple hairy 

 stems, and rich blue flowers stained with lilac internally, 

 is one of the handsomest of the perennial sorts, and is known 

 by these characters, together with its lower petals being 

 deeply divided into two narrow lobes, the ends of which are 

 terminated bv loose straggling hairs, while the disk is 



covered by a short tuft of soft brown hairs. The leaves also 

 are not at all cordate, but have the sides of their base diverg- 

 ing from the petiole at a right angle, so as to form a straight 

 line from one side of the leaf to the other. 



I cannot, however 

 sufiicient to distinguish 



think these peculiarities by any 

 L the plant specifically from D. 



means 

 inter- 



medium ; like which it is a hardy perennial, growing five or 

 six feet high, flowering in June and July, and well suited to 

 the back borders of a garden. 



According to DeCandoUe it is a native of Siberia ; but 



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See Bot. Reg. vol. 22. fol. 1503 



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