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DELPHINIUM ELEGANS ,3 PLENO. 

 Dark Purple Larkspur. 



POLYANDRIA. TriGYNIA. 



Class 13. Order 3. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Vide Delphinium mesoleucum. PI. 29. 



SPECIFIC CIIAKACTER. 



Leaves smooth, five-parted 5 lobes lanceolated. Calyx shorter than 

 the petals 5 the spur curved. 



The stems generally attain about three feet in height, some- 

 times highei*, and generally about three or four from the same 

 root. Leaves of a light green, much fainter on the under side, 

 very much divided into deeply laciniated segments. The 

 flowers are closely but irregularly disposed along the stem ; 

 they are supported each on a peduncle from one to two inches 

 long, and are of a beautiful dark purple, and in this variety 

 double. 



While examining the conspicuous ornaments of the herba- 

 ceous border, this variety of Delphinium elegans will be found 

 to claim peculiar attention. It is distinguished as a variety 

 from the true species by its double flowers, from whence it is 



