30 POLYANDRIA— PENTAGYNIA. Delphinium. 



witli claws, various in various species. Nectary divided, 

 of 1 or 2 sessile leaves, placed in front within the row of 

 petals, on the upper side, extended behind in the form 

 of a tube contained in the spur of the uppermost petal. 

 Filam. numerous, awl-shaped, dilated at the base, much 

 shorter than the corolla, directed upwards. A^ith. round- 

 ish, small, erect. Germ, superior, 3 or 1, or 5, ovate, 

 each terminating in a style shorter than the stamens. 

 Stigmas simple, reflexed. Caps, {follicles) as many as 

 the germens, ovate-oblong, or somewhat cylindrical, of 

 1 valve, bursting at the inner side. Seeds numerous, an- 

 gular, rough, at the edges of the capsule. 

 Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves much divided, for the 

 most part stalked. Fl. in clusters, blue or violet, varying 

 to red or white, with bracteated partial stalks. 



1. D. Consolida. Field Larkspur. 



Capsule solitary. Nectary of a single leaf. Stem subdi- 

 vided, spreading. 



D. Consolida. Linn. Sp. PI. 748. Willd. v. 2. 122G. H. Br. 577. 



Engl. Bot. V. 26. t. 1839. Fl. Gr<£c. t. 504. DeCand. Syst. 



V. 1.343. Fl. Dan. t. 683. 

 D. n. 1203. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 9.5. 

 D. segetum, flora cgeruleo. Dill, in Raii Syn. 273. 

 D. clatius, simplici flore. Cliis. Hist. v. 2. 206./. 

 Delphinium. Riv. Pentap. Irr. t. 124. f. I. 

 Consolida regia. Trag. Hist. 569./. Fuchs. Ic. 239./. 

 C. regalis. Bruiif. Herb. v. 1. 84./. 83. Comer. Epit. 521. f. 

 C. regalis sativa, Ger. Em. 1082./. 1, 2. 

 Chamaemelum eranthemon. Fuchs. Hist. 27. f. 



In sandy or chalky corn-fields. 



Plentifully in Swaffliam fields Cambridgeshire. Sherard. In se- 

 veral parts of that county. Relhan. Between Blackheath and 

 Eltham. DiUetiius. About Feltwell, near Brandon. Mr. Francis 

 Smith. Near Bury St. Edmund's. Bishop of Carlisle. 



Annual. June, July. 



Root simple, slender. Herh finely downy all over, particularly the 

 stem and capsule, so that I am unable to separate the D. pu- 

 hescens of DeCandolle from our plant, though, being a native 

 of Greece and other mild climates, it is more luxuriant, as will 

 appear by Fl. Grccc. t. 504 when published. The stem in ours 

 is 1 8 inches or 2 feet high, erect, leafy, with alternate spreading 

 branches. Leaves sessile, in many deep divisions, which are 

 three-cleft and subdivided, with narrow, linear, acute segments. 

 Stipulas none. Clusters terminal, lax, of but few flowers. 



