﻿Plate 1501, 



DELPHINIUM MACROCENTRON, 



RANTJNCULACEiE. 



. Oliver in Joum. Linn. Soc. xxi. 397 ; herba 

 erecta pubescens 2-3-pedalis v. ultra, foliis caulinis palmatim 5-par- 

 titis, segmentis 3-5-fidis lobo central! elongato linrari-lancvolato 

 acuminato, foliia snperioribus segmentis elongato-linearibus indivisi*. 

 racemis termmalibus longe pedunculatis pilosulis, pedicellis erectis 

 apice recnryis bractea lineari 2-4-plo longioribus, apicem versus 

 bibracteo atis, floribus casruleo-purpureis, calcare erecto subcylin- 

 draceo obtuso pilosulo lamina late ovata 2-4-plo longiore, petalis 

 anterioribus longe unguiculatis lamina oblongo-spathulata bifida 

 recurvis ' Pll ° SiS ' StyHs lon S iusculis superne glabratis 



Hab. Masai country, Lykipia, Tropical Africa, J. Thomson. 

 cabar f-fpolT a ^ petiokta > P arce P iloa ^- Flares li-2 poll.; 

 are^riw^n^ 610 ^ erect T ^ly straight spur. Radical leaves 



. Posterior petal. 



3. Stamen. 4. Carpels. All enlarged. 



