29. 



DELPHINIUM MESOLEUCUM. 



White-eyed Larkspur. 



POLYANDRTA. TuiGYNfA. 



Class 13. Orders. 



Delphinium (AsX^iviov of Dioscorides) : from a fancied resemblance 

 of the flower, before it opens, to a dolphin. 



Linn. gen. n. G81. Link's Hort. Ber. 2. p. 80. DeCandolle Pro. 

 Sijst. Veg. p. 55. 



GENERIC CHARACTER, 



Cal. none. Cor. Petals five, unequal, disposed in a circle ; of which 

 the uppermost is more obtuse than the rest in front, and is extend- 

 ed behind into a tubular, straight, long, obtuse horn : the rest 

 ovate, lanceolate, spreading, nearly equal. Nectary two-cleft, 

 seated in front within the circle of petals on the upper part, behind 

 stretched out, involved within the tube of the petal. Stam. Fila- 

 ments very many (fifteen to thirty), subulate, wide at the base, very 

 small, inclined towards the petal. Anthers erect, small. Pist. 

 Germs three or one, ovate, ending in styles, the length of the 

 stamens. Stigmas simple reflex. Per. Capsules as many, ovate- 

 subulate, straight, one-valved, gaping inwards. Seeds very many, 

 cornered. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Leaves spreading out from the base, cut in the form of wedges, much 

 serrated on the edge j the peduncles finely covered with hair. 



Root perennial, fibrous, from which branches three or four 

 stalks, round, furnished with leaves alternately situated, and a 



