670 Eastwood : Californian Species of Delphinium 



slender, often bidentate at tip. Lower sepals almost equalling the 

 spur, obovate, acute, the upper broader and with a conspicuous 

 saccate spot near the apex. Lower petals bifid and erose, pu- 

 bescent, white with a purple blotch near the base of the blade, 

 with the broad claw shorter than the blade and with a spur at base : 

 upper petals triangular-ovate, 2-lobed at apex, white, margin un- 

 dulate. Follicles pubescent, slightly spreading. Seeds with a 

 close, brown, minutely rugose coat, with a membranous crown at 

 summit. 



This grows in the high meadows of the Sierra Nevada. The 



specimens were collected in Horse Corral Meadow on the trail to 

 the Kings River Canon, July 9, 1899 (by the writer). 



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Delphinium subnudum sp. nov. 



Roots of fleshy, fascicled tubers, near the surface. Stems sim- 

 ple, erect, slender, 2-3 dm. high, pubescent with fine, white, soft, 

 spreading, deflexed hairs. Radical leaves broadly ovate in outline, 

 2-5 cm. broad at base and of equal length : main divisions 3, each 

 twice dissected, the ultimate divisions linear-spatulate, mucronate : 

 petioles broad and sheathing at base, ribbed : cauline leaves 2 or 

 3, very small and inconspicuous, the palmately divided blade in 

 most only as broad as the sheathing base of the petiole. Raceme 

 few-flowered : bractlets generally opposite and close under the 

 flower: pedicels slender, erect or somewhat tortuous. Flowers 

 rather large, purplish blue. Sepals somewhat pubescent exter- 

 nally, oval, generally mucronate, 18 mm. long, 12 mm. broad, 

 upper one orbicular, 14 mm. broad : spur straight or recurved at 

 tip, as long as the calyx. Upper petals entire, crenate, or notched, 

 white or bluish : lower petals with orbicular, notched blade, claw 

 with a conspicuous spur near the base. Follicles pubescent, some- 

 what spreading : style tipped with 2 -toothed stigmas. Seeds cov- 

 ered with a loose, white membranous, veiny coat. 



This was collected by the writer in Squaw Valley, Fresno 

 county, California, May 4, 1895. It grew in a low spot where 

 water had stood and was distributed over a limited area. I have 

 also included in this species a specimen from Applegate, Placer 

 county, California, collected by Mrs. Helen Smith, May, 1899. 



In the specimen from Fresno county the spur is almost 

 straight, in the Placer county specimen the spur is abruptly bent 

 at the tip. This does not seem to be a character of any impor- 

 tance, for in other species the spur is often both straight and 

 curved in the same plant. The follicles and seeds were described 



