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* DELPhInIUM intermedium. 



Vaiiable Larkspur. 



POLYANDRIA TRlGYtilA. 



Nat. ord. Ranunculace^. 

 DELPHINIUM. Supra, vol. \A.fol. 11 92. 



D. intermedium ; petiolis basi non dilatatis, follis 5-7-fidis superioribus trilobis 

 omnium lobis inciso-serratis, racemis glaucis, pedicellis bracteolls calycibus 

 ovariisque glabris. 



D. intermediumr Ait. Hort. Keiu. ed. 1. D. 2. 243. mild. Sp. pi. 2. 1228. 

 DeCand. Prodr. 1. 55. 



Perennial roots ; a tall branching stem, glancous at the 

 upper part, and either downy or smooth towards the ground ; 

 leaves having a palmated figure, with from three to seven 

 deep incised lobes, and either hairy or perfectly smooth, 

 their petiole being round ; smooth, glaucous, branched or 

 simple racemes of flowers of a blue colour, which is either 

 deep or so pale as to be almost white ; and a total absence 

 of hairs from all the parts connected with the flowers, except 

 the disk of the two-lobed petals — these characters include 

 a variety of plants found in mountainous vallies, from the 

 Pyrenees to Kamtchatka, assuming an endless diversity of 

 appearance in their leaves and flowers, designated by Bota- 

 nists under various names, but all belonging to one and the 

 same species. The D. alp'mum of Waldstein and Kitaibel 

 from Hungary, D. elatum of many authors, D. palmatifidum 

 of DeCandoUe at least in part, and probably some others, 

 are all undoubtedly referable, as simple varieties, to D. 

 intermedium of Alton, the plant now represented. Botanic 



* See folio 150 J. 



