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THE GENUS DELPHINIUM. 



[part I. 



guished in the branching or autumnal Larkspur 

 {Delphinium consolida). In the flower of this 

 plant the spur [a in Jig. 10) is the upper sepal 

 of the calyx, and it serves as a cover to part of 

 the petals. There are four other portions of 

 the calyx (Z>), which assume the appearance of 

 ordinary sepals. The petals are four in number; 

 and they are united at the 

 lower part, and drawn out 

 into a sort of tail, as shown 

 at c ; while the upper part 

 of two of them stands up 

 like asses' ears {d) in the 

 centre of the flower ; and the 

 others are curiously folded, 

 so as to form a hood over the 

 stamens and carpels, as shown 

 at e. The anthers of the sta- 

 mens resemble those of the 

 Ranunculus ; but the fila- 

 ments are bent, as shown at 

 f. The carpels {g) are up- 

 right, hairy, and terminate 

 in a blunt, fleshy stigma (A). 

 When ripe, they open in the 

 same manner as those of the 

 Fig. 11.-TAP hoot of the Moukshood. The branching 



Branching Larkspur. Larkspur haS a fusiform Or 



tap root, as shown in Jig. H, in which a is the 



