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3. — Delphinium variegatum, Torrey Sf Gray. 



Pubescent, with straight, spreading, or somewhat tomentose hairs. Leaves three 

 parted, the segments cuneiform, many cleft into narrow linear rather obtuse lobes. 

 Flowers large, on long pedicels, in a short open raceme, blue ; sepals broad, spreading, 

 spur short and stout. Flower stalks and follicles very hairy. Eoot of fleshy fibres. 



Delphinium variegatum. Torrey & G-ray, Fl. N. A., I., p. 32. Brewer & Watson, Bot. 

 Calif, I., p. 10. Watson, Bibl. Index, I., p. 14. Macoun, Cat., No. 68. 



D. grandijlorum, var. variegatum. Hook. & Am., Bot. Beechey, p. 31'7. 



D. decorum. Benth., PI. Hartwtg., p. 295. 



Under the cliffs near the waggon road, Yale, British Columbia. — Macoun, A. J. Hill. 

 Lytton, B.C. 20th May 18*76.— Dr. G. M. Daivson, in Herb. Canad. Survey. California.— 

 Douglas. In the coast ranges from Santa Barbara to Punta de los Reyes. — Brewer S\- Wats., 

 Bot. Calif. 



4. — DELniiNiTJM AZUREXJM, Michaux. 



Grlabrous or slightly pubescent. Petioles slightly dilated at base, the lamina 3 to 5 

 parted, the segments cleft into linear lobes. Raceme loose, perfectly simple, the pedicels 

 long and spreading. Flowers azure coloured, darker or paler, petals shorter than the 

 sepals, the lower ones densely bearded, spur longer than the sepals. Perennial. A very 

 variable species, and of wide distribution, if all the forms referred really belong here. 



Delphinium azmeum. Michaux, Fl. Bor.Am., I., p. 314. (1803). Poir. Sup., IL, p. 458. 

 Pursh, Fl. IL, p. 3*71. Persoon, Synops., IL, p. 82. DC. Syst. Nat., I., p. 356. Prod., I., 

 p. 54. Bot. Reg., t. 1999. Torr. & Gray, Fl. N. A., I., pp. 32 and 660. Loudon, Hort. 

 Brit., p. 222, No. 14,14Y. Gray, PI. Fendleriana;, p. 5. PI. Lindheimerianse, p. 142, (under 

 D. virescens). Manual, p. 46. Chapman, Fl. S. U.S., p. 10. Lawson, Rauunc. Canad., p. 48. 

 Watson, Bibl. Index, p. 12. Macoun, Cat., No. 69. 



D. Caroliiiiunum. Walter, Fl. Carolina, p. 155. (1*788). 



D. virescens. Nuttall, Genera N. A. PL, II., p. 14. (1818). Torr. & Gr., Fl. N. A., I., 

 p. 32. Wood, CI. Bk. and Fl., p. 210. Gray, PI. Lindheim., p. 142. 



D. vimineum. Don, in Sweet's Brit. Fl. Gard. t. 3*74. Bot. Mag., t. 3593. Torr. & Gr., 

 Fl. N. A., I., p. 32. 



D. simplex. Gray, PI. Wright., IL, p. 8, according to Watson in Bibl. Index, (but not 

 of Douglas, Hooker, nor Brewer and Watson). 



West of Rocky Mountains, between Fort Yukon and Lapierre House ; also Yukon 

 country (fl. smaller, pedicels and spurs shorter). — McTavish. Dry slopes. Cypress Hills, 

 June 9th, 1883. — Dr. G. M. Datvson, in Herb. Canad. Survey. South of Lake Winnipeg.— 

 Dr. Houghton. Plains near Wood Mountain, N. W. Territory. — Dr. G. M. Dawson. New 

 Mexico. — Fendler. Colorado. — Laivson. Wisconsin, Illinois, and Southward. — Gray, Man. 

 North Carolina to Georgia. — Torrey ^- Gray, Fl. Texas. — Drummond. Arkansas. — Nuttall, 

 Pitcher. 



Walter's name, Carolinianum, is older by fifteen years than the azureum of Michaux ; 

 but, as this may ultimately prove to be a composite species, and the nomenclature of the 

 genus cannot be regarded as settled, I have meantime retained the latter name as the one 

 commonly used. 



