4 RANUNCULACES. DELPHINIUM 
rounded or somewhat cordate at the base, coarsely crenated ; ina Mer 
leaf oblong, toothed, narrowed at the base into a petiole ; if ae frei 
` linear: petals (yellow) numerous, 10-13, twice as long as “es Po nil 
calyx: heads of fruit globose: achenia oblong, tumid, MEUS en 
style nearly straight.—Wall. ! L. n. 4709; Wight! cat. n. 14. g 
10. (2) R. subpinnatus (W. & A.:) diffuse, branched, hairy : ong and 
lower cauline leaves tripartite, lateral divisions sessile, middle edic a 
all deeply 3-cleft, segments cut and serrated ; middle leaves 22 Pre d 
middle division of the radical leaf; upper 3-cleft, inciso-serra - boil 
(yellow) twice as long as the reflexed ? villous calyx: heads of d globose? 
achenia roundish, lenticular, minutely dotted, thick at the back, the 
nerves inconspicuous: style short, straight.— Wight ! cat. n. 15. 
Allied to R. deris, Linn. m 
11. (3) R. Wallichianus (W. & A.:) perennial: stem p — 
rostrate, with a tendency to root at the joints, and bearing there bine 
eaves: leaves and petioles hairy ; radical leaves trifoliate, leaflets poaa d 
3-cleft, segments somewhat ovate lobed and inciso-serrated : a a 
hairy, scarcely longer than the petioles: petals (yellow) about as one : 
. calyx: heads of fruit globose: achenia roundish, compressed-lenticu ai p 
nutely dotted, tubereulated : style broad, hooked at the apex.— Wight? €^ 
n. 16.——Neelgherries. 
Its nearest nit is with R. pinnatus, Poir., and R. trilobus, Desf. 
. VII. DELPHINIUM. Linn. ; Lam. ill. t. 482; Gærtn. fr. t. 65. 
Calyx deciduous, petaloid, irregular, the upper sepal produced downwards 
into a kind of spur; æstivation imbricative. Petals 4, sometimes uni 
the two upper produced at the base into appendages (or inner spur) Con- 
tained within the spur of the calyx. Stamens numerous. Capsules follicu- 
. Jar, 1-5 in each flower, distinct, 1-valved. Seeds several.—Stems herbaceous: 
Leaves alternate, palmately multifid. Flowers racemose; each pedicel with 
one bractea at its base, and two between that and the flower. 
12. (1) D. Ajacis (Linn. :) annual, erect: branches nearly simple, straigh' 
scarcely diverging: lobes of the leaves linear, bluntish: racemes long, dense} 
pedicels erect, stout, scarcely twice as long as the bractea at their base, which 
is longer than the others: petals united; inner spur of one piece: capsules 
solitary, densely pubescent, and calyx spur as long as the pedicel.— DC 
prod. 1. p. 51; Spr. syst. 2. p. 616 ; Wall.! L. n. 4720. c.; Wight ! cat. n. 19. 
13. (2) D. pauciflorum (Don:) annual, erect, nearly simple: branches 
simple, E aptis straight, erect: lobes of leaves linear acuminated: racemes 
lax ; pedicels erect, slender, nearly twice the length of the bractea at theif 
base, which is sometimes multifid, but generally subulate like the others and 
longer than them: petals united; inner spur of one piece: capsule solitary; 
slightly pubescent, and calyx-spur twice as short as the pedicel.— Don. prod. 
fl. Nep. p.196; Wight! cat. n. 11.—D. Ajacis, Wall.! L. n. 4720. a, b.— 
Neelgherries. 
ORDER IL—DILLENIACEJE. DC. 
Sepals 4—5, rarely 12 or 13, persistent. Corolla hypogynous, of 4-5 
petals, usually deciduous, in a single row. Stamens hypogynous, gene- 
rally numerous, sometimes only 5, 7, or 10: filaments dilated either at 
the base or apex : anthers adnate, introrse, bursting longitudinally, of - 
by two terminal pores. Ovaria definite, more or less distinct, with 
