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DELPHINIUM * specidsum. 

 Shewy Delphinium. 



POLYANDRIA MONO-TRI-PENTAGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Ranunculaces Juss. (Introduction to the natural system 

 of Botany, p. 6.) 



DELPHINIUM.— Supra, vol. A.fol. 327. 



§. 3. Delphinastrum. Ovaria 3-5; petala libera, inferiora in disco 

 barbata bifida; calcar elongatum, interdum dipetalum. Species perennes. 

 De Cand. prodr. 

 D. speciosum ; petiolis basi non dilatatis, foliis pubescentibus 5-lobatis : lobis 



inciso-serratis, bracteis lanceolatis villoso-viscosis, calcare curvulo, capsulis 



glabris. De Cand. prodr. 1. 56. 

 D. speciosum. Bieb.fi. taur. cauc. 2. p. 12. Delessert icones, v.l.t. 62. 



Planta bipedalis. Caulis villosus, striatus. Folia/ere Aconiti Lycoctoni, 

 pubescentia. Racemi villoso-viscosi. Flores omnium congenerum maximi, 

 Aquilegice vulgaris fere magnitudine. Bracteoe villoso-viscosce, lanceolate 

 ad basin pedunculorum, et bince minor es sub fiore. Petala valde hirsuta, 

 ccerulea : summi galea refiexo-pahdd, calcare apice curvulo. Nectaria 

 atro-fusca: galed glabrd, obtuse bidentatd, labello vnguiculato : lamind 

 latd bipartitd, laciniis rotundato-ovatis incecjualibus, disco villis fiavis, 

 margine pilis albidis. Capsulae glabrae. — Bieberstein. 



A hardy and handsome perennial, native of high eleva- 

 tions of the Caucasus. It flowers from June to September, 

 and is increased by division of its roots, or by seeds. 



The plant from which our drawing was taken was 

 raised in the Garden of the Horticultural Society in 1829, 

 from seeds received from Dr. Fischer, of the Imperial 

 Botanic Garden, St. Petersburg. 



No one would suppose from Von Bieberstein's descrip- 

 tion, that this could be his plant ; for he describes the 



* From h\<ph, a dolphin; between which and the petals of this genus it 

 is said that some resemblance can be traced. 



