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the banks of rivers from Virginia to Carolina ; particularly plen- 
tiful about Harper’s Ferry on the Potowmac, Virginia. A small 
plant with beautiful blue flowers. Deless. icon. sel. 1. t. 59. 
‘ar. B, multifldrum (D. C. syst. 1. p. 356.) plant much more 
pubescent; flowers from 15 to 20 in dense racemes. 
Three-horned Larkspur. Fl. May, June. PI. 3 foot. 
87 D. st'mMprex (Doug. MSS. in Hook. fl. bor. amer. p. 25.) 
petioles dilated at the base ; leaves 3-parted, profoundly jagged, 
with linear lobes, and are pubescent as well as the stems; ra- 
cemes strict, almost simple; petals bearded ; spur straight, longer 
than the limb. 2. H. Native of North America on the sub- 
alpine range, west of the Rocky Mountains near the Columbia, 
plentiful. Allied to D. azireum, but that has the leaves smooth, 
the racemes shorter, and the flowers with a much smaller spur, 
which is curved inwards.. Flowers deep blue. 
Stmple-stemmed Larkspur. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1826. Pl. 3 ft. 
38 D. azu‘reum (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 314.) petioles 
hardly dilated at the base; leaves 3-5-parted, many-cleft, with 
linear lobes ; racemes straight ; petals all bearded at the apex, 
lower ones very villous. 2.H. Native of North America on 
the borders of woods in a sandy soil, from Carolina to Georgia. 
On the banks of the Missouri and Mississippi. Flowers large, 
beautiful sky-blue. 
Sky-blue Larkspur. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1805. Pl. 3 feet. 
_ 39 D. exarta‘rum (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. vol. 2. p. 244.) pe- 
tioles not dilated at the base; leaves flat, cleft into 3-5-7-parts 
beyond the middle, with wedge-shaped lobes which are trifid or 
Jagged, and acuminated at the apex; racemes straight; spur 
straight, length of the calyx. Y%. H. Native of North Ame- 
Tica in rocky shady places in the mountains of Virginia and Ca- 
rolina and on the Rocky Mountains. D. tridactylum, Mich. fl. 
bor, amer, 1. p. 314. Flowers blue, middle sized, sometimes 
White, 
s gezalted or Bee Larkspur. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1758. Pl. 3 to 
eet. 
40 D. urceoxa‘rum (Jacq. coll. 1. p. 153. icon. rar. 1. t. 101.) 
petioles not dilated at the base; leaves concave, cleft beyond the 
middle into three, with wedge-shaped lobes, which are cut and 
acuminated at the apex ; racemes straight; spur straight, rather 
onger than the calyx. 2.H. Native of North America? 
Sims, bot. mag. t. 1791. Upper part of stem smooth, lower 
part pubescent. Flowers blue, suffused with red, not pure blue. 
Urceolate-leaved Larkspur. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1801. Pl. 5 feet. 
41 D. revoLu rum (Desf. cat. h. par. ed. 2. p. 148.) petioles 
oot dilated at the base; leaves orbicular, cordate, 5-cleft, with 
oy » acute, deflexed lobes ; pedicels furnished with 3 bracteas ; 
varies smooth. 2f.H. Native? Stem fistular, mealy. Flowers 
pale blue with brown petals. 
qarolute-leaved Larkspur. Fl. June, July. Pl. 4 or 5 feet. 
rath rf MESOLEU CUM (Link. enum. hort. berl. 2. p. 80.) leaves 
are T ilated at the base, with wedge-shaped segments, which 
the eeply serrated at the top; upper part of the stem as well as 
peduncles pubescent, Native of? Moris, fl. consp. t. 25. 
Mia blue, with pale yellow or whitish petals. 
3 . e-white-flowered Larkspur. FI. June, Aug. Clt. 1822. 
43 D. PALMATYFIDUM (D. C. syst. 1. p. 358.) petioles not di- 
med at the pase leaves ciliated, dett, somewhat truncate at 
trifid lob wit i the lobes cut at the apex : upper leaves of 3 entire 
sules ; with the nerves hairy underneath ; bracteoles, cap- 
» and calyxes smooth. .H. Native of Siberia. Flowers 
ue, with brownish petals. 
spread; oh hispidum (D. C. syst. 1. p. 358.) stems hispid with 
ar ars 3 pedicels smoothish.— Gmel. sib. 4. p. 187. t. 79. 
rather hing lum (D.C. 1. c.) stem almost smooth; pedicels 
‘pie with spreading hairs.—Gmel. sib. 4. p. 187. t. 75.? 
Palmate-cleft-leaved Larkspur. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1827. PI. 
2 or 3 feet. 
44 D.INTERME DIUM (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. vol. 1. p. 243.) 
petioles not dilated at the base ; leaves cordate, 5-7-cleft, upper 
ones 3-lobed, with all the lobes deeply serrated ; pedicels, brac- 
teoles, calyxes and ovaries smooth. %. H. Native of Silesia, 
Hungary, Switzerland, and the Pyrenees, in alpine valleys. 
Flowers blue. D. elatum, Lin. ? 
Var. a, pilosissimum (D. C. syst. 1. pe 358.) stem very hairy ; 
leaves villous, with the nerves on the upper surface pilose ; ra- 
cemes branched. Y.H. Native of Siberia.--Gmel. sib. 4. 
p. 167. t. 80.2? 
Var. (3, alpinum (Waldst. et Kit. pl. hung. 3. p. 273. t. 246.) 
stem almost smooth; leaves pubescent ; racemes branched. XY. 
H. Native of Hungary.—Clus. hist. 2. p. 94. f. 2. 
Var. y, leptostachyum (D. C. syst. 1. p. 359.) stem and pe- 
tioles smooth; leaves pubescent; racemes short and simple. 
Xy. H. Native of the Pyrenees. D. intermédium, Lapeyr. abr, 
p. 304, ? . 
Var. 6, ranunculifolium (D. C. syst. 1. p. 359.) stem smooth ; 
petioles pilose ; leaves pubescent; racemes simple, lax. %.H. 
Native of Switzerland. 
Var. z, lacum (D.C. 1.¢.) stem and leaves smooth, with acutely 
cut lobes: racemes lax, branched. 2. H.—Mill. icon. t. 119. 
Intermediate Larkspur. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt.1710. Pl. 4 to 8 ft. 
45 D. cunta rum (Stev. diss. ined. D.C. syst. 1. p. 359.) pe- 
tioles not dilated at the base ; leaves wedge-shaped at the base, 
5-7-lobed, with the lobes cutand acute; racemes lax, branched ; 
bracteas and calyxes smooth; capsules rather pubescent. 2/.H. 
Native of Russia at the lower Volga. Deless. icon. sel. 1. t. 61. 
Ker. bot. reg. 327. D. hybridum, Lin. herb. D. azùreum. 
hort. D. elàtum ĝ, Lam. dict. 2. p. 265. Flowers beautiful 
blue, with brownish petals, two lower petals bearded with yel- 
low hairs. 
Var. B, pubiflòrum, (D. C. prod. 1. p. 55.) pedicels, bracteoles, 
calyxes and younger capsules velvety with fine dense down. 2%. 
H. Native about Saratof. 
Wedge-leaved Larkspur. Fl. Ju. Jul. Cit. 1816. Pl. 3 or 4 ft. 
46 D. vitto'sum (Stev. in litt. hort. dorp. D. C. prod. 1. 
p- 53.) petioles hardly dilated at the base; leaves smooth, cu- 
neated at the base, 3-5-lobed, with the lobes cut and acute; ra- 
cemes lax ; pedicels bracteate, and are, as well as capsules, 
villous ; spur straight. 2. H. Native of? Flowers blue. 
An intermediate plant between D. cunedtum and D. dyctiocdrpum. 
Villous Larkspur. FI. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1818. Pl. 4 or 6 feet. 
47 D. pyctioca’rvum (D.C. syst. 1. p. 360.) petioles not di- 
lated at the base; leaves 5-7-lobed; lobes, oblong, acute, and 
deeply pinnatifid ; upper leaves somewhat 3-parted, with narrow 
entirish lobes; racemes lax, branched; bracteas and calyxes 
smooth ; capsules reticulated, with the keel and margin ciliated. 
Y.H. Native of Siberia. Habit of D. elatum or D. cuneatum. 
Flowers beautiful blue with brown petals, two lower petals hispid, 
with yellow hairs. Spur straight. A smooth plant. 
Netted-capsuled Larkspur. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1817. Pl. 4or 6 ft. 
48 D. raxırro rum (D. C. syst. 1. p. 360.) petioles not dilated 
at the base; leaves 3-7-lobed, with the lobes oblong, acute, and 
deeply pinnatifid: upper leaves somewhat 3-parted, with narrow, 
entire lobes ; racemes loose, branched ; bracteoles and ovaries 
pubescent. %.H. Native of Siberia. Stems hispid at the 
bottom. Flowers blue. 
Lax-flonered Larkspur. Fl. June, July. Clt.? Pl. 4 or 6 feet. 
49 D. Monta num (D.C. fl. fr. 5. p. 641. syst. 1. p. 360.) 
petioles not dilated at the base ; leaves pubescent, 5-lobed, lobes 
wedge-shaped at the base, but trifid and cut at the apex; ra- 
cemes simple ; bracteas, calyxes, and capsules pubescent; spur 
bent inwards. 2%.H. Native of the Pyrenees and the Alps of 
