Tab. 5461. 

 DELPHINIUM Brunonianum. 



Mr. Browns Musk Larkspur. 



Nat. Ord. RANUNCULACEiE. POLYANDKIA MONOGYNIA. 



Gen. Char. Sepala 5, basi subconnata, posticum (seu calycis tubus) deorsum 

 in calcar productum. Petala 2 v. 4, parva, 2 postica (saepe connata) in appen- 

 dicem calcarifonnem intra calcar calycis producta, 2 lateralia ecalcarata v. de- 

 ficientia. Carpella 1-5, sessilia, libera, pluriovulata, maturitate folliculatim 

 dehiscentia. Semina subcarnosa. — Herbae annua v. caudice radiciformi perennes, 

 erectce, ramosce. Folia alterna, subternatim palmatimve lobata v. dissecta. Flores 

 majusculi, laxe racemosi v. paniculati, carulei purpurei rosei v. albi, rarmime 

 Jlavi. Pilamenta basi interdum dilatata. Benth. et Hook.Jil. 



Delphinium Brunonianum ; caule simplici vel ramoso, folioso, foliis reniformi- 

 bus subquinquefidis, lobis cuueato-ovalibus grosse inciso-dentatis, floribus 

 corymbosis, calcare late saccato conico obtuso, ovariis 5-6. 



Delphinium Brunonianum. Royle, Illustr. Hook, et Thorns. Fl. Ind. p. 53. 



Dephinium moschatum. Hook, et Thorns. I.e. 



The genus Delphinium, or Larkspur, is considered by Bentham 

 and Hooker fil. to include about forty species, dispersed over 

 the temperate portion of the northern hemisphere, both of the 

 Old and New World, of which fifteen are enumerated as inha- 

 biting Northern India. Our present handsome species is a na- 

 tive of that country, that is, of Western Thibet, on the lofty alps, 

 at altitudes of from 14,000 to 18,000 feet; at Nubra, Ladak, 

 and Hangarang, where it flowers in August and September. It 

 may, therefore, well be supposed to be hardy in our climate. 

 It was first described by Dr. Royle, and named by him " in ho- 

 nour of the > illustrious botanist to whom I am indebted for the 

 use of the herbarium of R. Inglis, Esq., of Kunawur. This plant 

 was found by that gentleman on the Kongno Pass" (Royle, I.e.). 

 With us it blossoms in the open border in June, and has quite 

 died down to the ground early in July. It is remarkable for 



AUGUST 1st, 1864. 



