CHAP. I.] 



THE GENUS DELPHINIUM. 



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THE GENUS DELPHINIUM. 



The plants belonging to the genus Delphinium, 

 that is to say, the Larkspurs, have their flowers 

 constructed in nearly as curious a manner as 

 those of the different kinds of Monkshood ; but 

 they differ in the sepals and petals both forming 



Fig. 10.— Tub flowers of the Branching Larkspur. 



conspicuous parts of the flower, though they are 

 generally quite distinct both in form and colour, 

 and may be easily traced through all the dif- 

 ferent forms they assume in the various species. 

 They are, however, perhaps most easily distin- 



