446 E. Hnth. 



squamata, radix hautl grumosa 1 ), 'caulis subscaposus. — America borealis 

 pacifica. 



I. Flores coerulei. 



1. Petioli laminam foliorum inferiorum multo superantes. 

 A. Sepala ovata erecta, nunquam reflexa. 



a. Foliorum infer. segmenta sub obtusa (Tab. VII. fig. 14a). 



134. D. decorum Fisch, et Mey. ind. 111. sem. Petersb. p. 33. 

 (1837), radice incrassata sublignosa verlicali (nee grumosa), caule siin- 

 plici subscaposo, foliis subcarnosis fere omnibus radicalibus, inferiori- 

 bus 3 — 5-partitis ; partibus obovatis apice rotundatis integris vel 2 — 3- 

 lobatis, racemo simplici laxo paucifloro, bracteis inferioribus 3 — 5- 

 partitis, superioribus integris subulatis peduneulo multo brevioribus, pe- 

 dunculis ab axi arcuatim patentibus, bracteolis binis oppositis minutis, 

 floribus satis magnis, calcari recto 15 mm longo sepala 

 aequante vel paul um super ante, sepalis coeruleis extus apice macula 

 fusca notatis, petalis superioribus flavidis margine coeraleo-suffusis, infer. 

 coeruleis vel flavidis barbatis ad medium fere limbum bifidis, carpellis 

 ternis erectis glabris maturis reticulato-venosis. Floret Aprili. 



Synonymon: D. hesperium Gray (ex speeimine herbarii Petrop.). 



Area: America borealis pacifica : California (Palmer 1 876 Bo) ; prope 

 coloniam Ruthenorum Ross, in portu Bodega (Wrangel 1834 Pe 2 ). Nevada 

 City (Tilixg 1868 et 1876 Pe) ; prope San Francisco (Kellogg 1890 Pe) ; Pa- 

 sadena (Joxes 1882 Be) ; Arizona: Yucca (Jones 1884 Ba, L). 



Anmerk. Vergl. die Anmerk. zu D. patens. 



135. D. patens Benth. pl. Hartw. 296 (1848), glabrum vel minute 

 glanduloso-puberulum, caule erecto 30 — 50 cm alto, foliis 3 — 5 partitis, 

 inferiorum partibus 3-lobatis, lobis obovatis oblusis apiculatis, superiorum 

 lobis oblongis, racemo multifloro laxo plerumque basi ramoso, 

 peduneulis patentibus, inferioribus subelongatis, bracteis inferioribus 

 3-partitis, partibus oblongis, superioribus linearibus peduneulo multo bre- 

 vioribus, bracteolis binis oppositis subulatis a flore subremotis, floribus 

 coeruleis parvis, calcari sepalisque aequilongis ca. 10 mm longis, 

 petalis quam sepala brevioribus superioribus flavidis glabris , infer. coe- 

 rulescentibus barbatis bifidis, carpellis glabris, rarius minute glanduloso- 

 puberulis maturis divergentibus, seminibus transversim rugulosis. 



Synonymon: D. decorum var. patens Gray (1887); D. tricorne Mchx . 

 ß. patens Hth. amer. Delph. 13 (1892). 



\) Confer adnotationem ad Delph. patens No. 135 ! 



2) Dies sind jedenfalls die Original-Typen, auf welchen Fischer und Meyer 3 Jahre 

 später ihre Art begründeten; Asa Gray hat daher nicht ganz recht, wenn er sagt: »The 

 typical form was raised in the St. Petersurg Garden, from seeds gathered at the Ross 

 Colonv«. 



