- Tas. 6830. 
DELPHIN IUM casumrrianum, var. WALKERT, 
Native of Kashmir. 
Nat. Ord. RanuncvLacEx.—Tribe HELLEBORER. 
Genus Detpuinium, Linn. ; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen, Pi. vol. i. p. 9.) 
DeELPHINIUM cashmirianum, Royle Ill. Bot. Himal. p. 55, t. 12; Hook. f. et 
Thoms. Fl. Ind. p. 52 (exel. syn. D. Jacquemontianum) ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 
Ind. vol. i. p. 26; Bot. Mag. t. 6189. 
Var. Walkeri; humilis, pilis albidis patentibus hirsuta, caule perbrevi folioso, 
foliis gracile petiolatis orbiculatis 5—7-lobatis lobis crenatis crenis apiculatis, 
floribus apicem versus caulis subumbellatis longe gracile pedicellatis laxe 
hirsutis pallide czeruleis, petalis sordide flavis. 
The Western Himalayan Larkspurs are a most puzzling 
group, and I find it exceedingly difficult to distinguish 
all states of D. vestitum, Wall., from some of those of 
D. cashmirianum, and this again from D. Brunonianum 
and D. viscosum. The glandular hairs of the two latter in 
their normal state afford a marked character which the 
two former do not exhibit, and in their fresh state they 
emit a powerfully fetid musky odour; but the amount of 
hairiness of all Larkspurs varies extremely, as does the 
degree of viscidity and odour of the musky species; so 
that it is not at all improbable that these latter will prove 
to be high alpine states of the scentless ones. Indeed 
the tendency of plants to become viscid and strongly 
scented with elevation is a striking characteristic of the 
Himalayan Flora, as exhibited in the Rhododendrons and 
other genera. The plant here figured was raised by Mrs. 
Walker, of Chace Cottage, Enfield, from seeds sent from 
Rawul Pindi, in the Western Himalaya, by her son, Col. 
Walker, and it was kindly sent to Kew by that lady for 
examination. It has been carefully compared by Professor 
Oliver and myself with the figures and descriptions of 
D. cashmirianum, and with the copious suites of specimens 
of that plant in the Kew Herbarium, with the result that. 
whilst not corresponding with anything figured or known, 
it presents no character of sufficient importance to warrant 
avuGust Ist, 1885, 
