Delphinium.] i. RANUNCULACEJE. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 25 



2. D. incanum, Royle III. 55 ; leaves 3-partite, segments, multifid, 

 flowers 1| in. long, spur almost straight cylindric. H.f. & T. Fl. 2nd. 50. 



WESTERN TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, from Gores and Kashmir to Kunawer, alt. 

 6-8000 ft. 



/Stems 1^-3 ft. ; simple below, leafy, hoary all over. Radical leaves soon withering, 

 2 in. diarri., segments subpinnatifid, lobes linear or incised ; can line subsessile. Racemes 

 simple or compound, terminal, long and dense flowered ; pedicels 1 in. ; bracteoles 2, 

 linear, flowers large, bright blue. Sepals pubescent outside, shorter than the spur. 

 Anterior petals 2-fid, hairy. Follicles 3, puberulous. 



** Spur subulate. 



t Radical leaves divided to, or almost to the base (see 8, elatum). 



3. D. saniculaefolium, Boiss. FL Orient. i. 91 ; stem 1-2 ft., racemes 

 long many-flowered, flowers about ^ in. long pale blue. H. f. & T. Fl. 

 Ind. 49. 



WESTERN PUNJAB, on dry hills from the Indus to the Jelam, Fleming. DISTRIB. 

 Afghanistan. 



Branches rigid, spreading, hoary with appressed pubescence or glabrate. Leaves 

 in. diam., firm, lateral segments deeply 2-lobed, lobes all cuneate and cut. Peili- 

 cels straight, spur rather larger than the pale blue flowers. Anterior petals 3-h'd, 

 white, back hairy. Follicles 3, glabrous or pubescent. 



4. X>. denudatum, Wall. Cat. No. 4719 ; stem 2-3 ft., racemes many- 

 flowered, flowers nearly 1 in. long. H. /. & T. Fl. Ind. 49. D. pauciflorum, 

 Royle III. 55 (not of Don). 



WEST TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, from Kashmir to Kumaon in grassy places. 



Stem branched, glabrous or downy above. Radical leaves 2-6 in. diam., orbicular, 

 5-9-partite ; segments cuneate-obovate, 2-pinnatifid, lobes oblong or linear-oblong ; 

 cauline few, uppermost 3-partite, segments linear entire. Flowers pale blue, in lax 

 much-branched racemes; bracts linear ; pedicels 2-bracteolate. Sepals pubescent out- 

 side, yellow with blue margins. Anterior petals deeply 2-fid, hairy on both surfaces. 

 Follicles 3, inflated, glabrous or sparsely hairy. 



5. X>. ceeruleum, Jacq. ex Camb. in Jacq. Voy. Bot. 7, t. 6 ; stem 3-1 2 in. 

 much branched, racemes few-flowered, flowers 1 in. or more long. //./. 

 & T. Fl. Ind. 57. 



ALPINE HIMALAYA, from Kumaon to Sikkim, attaining alt. 17,000 ft. in the latter 

 country. 



Stem branched from the base, leafy, spreading. Leaves suborbicular, \\-\\ in. diam., 

 5-7-lobed, lobes cuneate-oblong, incised or pinnatifid, segments linear.' Flowers soli- 

 tary, in long branches, or few in a loose raceme, pale blue, hairy. Sepals shorter than 

 the nearly straight spur. Anterior petals obovate or obcordate, a little hairy, follicle' 

 5, hairy. 



tt Radical leaves orbicular or reniform, palmate to the middle (or base in 

 8, D. elatum). 



6. D. dasycaulon, Fresen. Mus. Senk. ii. 272 ; stem softly tomentose, 

 flowers bright-blue, spur shorter than the sepal H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 50 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bombay Fl. 2 ; Oliver Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 11. 



Mountains of the DEKKAN near Junir, Stocks, &c. DISTRIB. Abyssinia. 



Stem 1^-3 ft., branched, few-leaved. Radical leaves 3-6 in. diam., 5- fid to the 

 middle, pale and veined beneath, lobes broadly trapezoid, 3-fid, segments incised ; cauline 

 5-partite, segments narrower, inciso-pinnatifid. Racemes lax, compound ; lower bracts 

 2 in., leafy, oblong or lanceolate, upper linear; pedicels i-2 in., ebraeteolute. Flowers 

 bright-blue, inodorous. Sepals -1 in., with a bearded dorsal pale spot. Spur conic, 



