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RANUNCULACE^:. XXVIII. DELPHINIUM. 



than the petals. If. . H. Native of Siberia. Jacq. icon. rar. 

 1. 1. 102. Murr. comm. Goet. 1780. p. 8. t. 2. A. flava, Lam. 

 diet. 1. p. 149. Stem almost naked, 2-3-flowered. Flower 

 about the size of those of A. Canadensis, of a yellowish-green 

 colour. 



Green-flowered Columbine. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1780. PI. lft. 



12 A. ATROPURPU'REA (Willd. enum. 577.) spurs straight, 

 equal in length with the petals ; styles and stamens about the 

 length of the sepals ; sepals length of petals. Tf. . H. Native 

 of Siberia. Ker. bot. reg. t. 922. A. viridiflora ft. Willd. spec. 

 2. p. 1247. Flowers dark-purple or blueish-violet. 



rar. a, brevislyla (Willd. enum. p. 577.) styles not so long as 

 the stamens. 1. H. 



Var. ft, Dahurica (Pair, in D. C. syst. 1. p. 338.) styles pro- 

 truding beyond the other parts of the flower; leaves smooth. 

 1. H. Native of Dauria on hills and mountains. Deless. icon, 

 sel. 1. t. 49. 



Var. y, Fischeriana (D. C. prod. 1. p. 51.) styles protruding 

 beyond the other parts of the flower ; leaves villous on the un- 

 der surface. 1. H. A. atropurpurea, Fisch. ined. 



Z>ar-par/>/e-floweredColumbine. Fl.May, Jul. Clt. ? PI. lift. 



IS A. HY'BRIDA (Sims, bot. mag. t. 1221.) spurs straight, 

 hardly incurved at the apex, longer than the petals, which are 

 very blunt ; styles hardly exceeding the length of the stamens 

 and petals ; sepals acute, length of petals ; stem and leaves 

 clothed with very delicate pubescence. If.. H. Native of Si- 

 beria. A. Sibirica, Donn, cant. ? A. speci6sa, var. a, D. C. 

 syst. 1 . p. 336. Stem many-flowered. Flowers twice the size of 

 those of A. Canadensis, with dark purple sepals, yellowish petals 

 and purple spurs, which are green at the tips. 



Hybrid Columbine. Fl. May,Ju. Clt. 1827. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



14 A. PARVIFLORA (Ledeb. act. petrop. 1815. 5. p. 514. no. 

 32.) spurs straight, short, almost equal in length with the blunt 

 petals ; stamens recurved, length of the acute sepals ; stem 2 or 

 3-flowered, and is as well as the leaves smooth. If. . H. Native 

 of Siberia in woods at the river Lena. Gmel. sib. 4. p. 1 86. t. 

 47. Stem almost naked. Flowers blue, smaller than those of 

 A. Canadensis. Ovaries pubescent. 



Small-flowered Columbine. Fl.May, July. Clt. 1819. PI. 1 ft. 



15 A. ANEMONOIDES (Willd. gess. naturf. berl. 1811. t. 9. f. 

 6.) spurs straight, very short, equal in length with the petals ; 

 petals thrice as short as calyx; peduncles radical, 1 -flowered, 

 almost naked, y. . H. Native of Siberia on the Altaian moun- 

 tains. Perhaps a variety of A. glandulbsa, according to Fischer. 

 Flower purple ? 



Anemone-like Columbine. Fl. My. Ju. Clt. 1827. PI. i to | ft. 



Cult. All the species of Columbine are very ornamental, and 

 deserve to be cultivated in every garden. They will thrive in 

 any common garden soil, and are easily increased by dividing the 

 plants at the roots or by seeds, which generally ripen in abundance. 



XXVIII. DELPHI'NIUM (from Be\<f>iv, delphin, a dolphin, 

 on account of the resemblance between the nectary of the plant, 

 and the imaginary figures of the dolphin.) Tourn. inst. 426. t. 

 241. Lin. gen. no. 681. Gaert. fruct. 1. p. 310. t. 65. Lam. illust. 

 t. 432. D. C. syst. 1. p. 340. prod. 1. p. 51.) 



LIN. SYST. Polyandria, Tri-Pentagynia. Calyx deciduous, 

 petal-like, irregular, with the upper sepal drawn out below into 

 a spur. Petals 4 ; 2 upper ones drawn out at the base into ap- 

 pendages within the spur. Erect branching herbs. Leaves 

 stalked, cauline ones palmately-multifid. Flowers racemose, 

 usually blue or violet, seldom white. 



The genus is called Pied d' Alouette in French, because of the 

 long spur resembling the talon of a lark, whence also the English 

 name Larkspur. 



SECT. I. CONSO'LIDA (from consolido, to reunite, because the 

 D. consolida being formerly reputed as a most powerful vul- 

 nerary. The name is applied to this section, because all the 

 plants it contains resemble D. consolida?) D. C. syst. 1. p. 341. 

 prod. 1. p. 51. Ovary one. Petals 4, connected together. Spur 

 containing only the appendage of one of the petals. Annual herbs. 



1 D. AXILLARIFLORUM (D. C. syst. 1. p. 341.) stem almost 

 simple, smoothish, with the branches hardly diverging ; flowers 

 axillary, almost sessile ; bracteas multifid, situated under the 

 flower. O- H. Native of the Levant. Deless. icon. sel. 1. 1. 

 50. Sepals oblong, acute, pale-blue. Leaves ternate or biter- 

 nate, with multifid segments. 



Axillary-flowered Larkspur. Fl. June, July. PI. 1 foot. 



2 D. OLIVERIA'NUM (D. C. syst. 1. p. 341.) stem smooth, a 

 little branched, with the branches hardly diverging ; flowers few, 

 loosely racemose ; pedicels length of bracteas ; capsules smooth. 

 O- H. Native between Bagdad and Vermancha in cultivated 

 fields. Flowers blueish-purple, twice the size of those of D. 

 Ajacis. 



Oliver's Larkspur. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1825. PI. 1 foot. 



3 D. AJA'CIS (Lin. spec. 748.) stem erect, smoothish, almost 

 simple, with the branches hardly diverging ; flowers in long dense 

 racemes; pedicels length of bracteas; capsules pubescent. Q. 

 H. Native of Tauria Clus. hist. 2. p. 206. f. 1. Flowers 

 either white, blue, rose, flesh-coloured, or purple, or variegated, 

 with the same colours, double or single. Called Ajacis, because 

 some traces may be perceived in the flower of what may be 

 likened to the letters A J A. 



Ajax's or Rocket Larkspur. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1573. PI. li ft. 



4 D. CONSO'LIDA (Lin. spec. 748.) stem erect, smoothish, with 

 divaricating branches ; flowers few, loosely racemose ; pedicels 

 longer than the bracteas ; capsules smooth. Native in corn- 

 fields throughout Europe, also in Pennsylvania and Virginia. 

 Smith, engl. bot. 1839. Fl. dan. t. 683. Lam. illust. t. 482. f. 1. 

 D. segetum, Lam. Flowers either single or double, white, 

 blue, red or purple, or variegated with these colours. The 

 name is derived from consolido, to unite ; it being formerly re- 

 puted as a most powerful vulnerary. It is said to be ingredient 

 in those French cosmetics, which are so destructive of the sur- 

 face of the skin. It is called Pied d' Alouette in France, and 

 Ritlersporn in Germany. It is a common garden annual, as 

 well as D. Ajacis. The seeds are acrid and poisonous. 



Uniting or Branched Larkspur. Fl. June, July. England. PI. 

 1 to 3 feet. 



5 D. PAUCIPLORUM (D. Don. prod. fl. nep. p. 196.) stem erect, 

 branched, upper part villous, the rest smooth, as well as leaves ; 

 flowers solitary, remote, on long peduncles ; capsules smooth ? 

 O- H. Native of Nipaul at Narainhetty. D. consolida, Hamilt. 

 mss. Flowers violet. Spur shorter than the flower. 



Few-flowered Larkspur. Fl. June, July. PI. 1 foot. 



6 D. PUBE'SCENS (D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 641. syst. 1. p. 343.) 

 stem straight, pubescent, somewhat branched at the top ; flowers 

 in loose racemes ; pedicels longer than the bracteas ; leaves and 

 capsules pubescent. Q. .H. Native of the south of France in 

 .corn-fields. D. consolida, Sibth and Smith, fl. graec. t. 504. D. 

 ambiguum, Lois. not. p. 85. but not of Lin. Flowers blue. 



Pubescent Larkspur. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1816. PI. 2 or 3 feet. 



7 D. B.IGIDUM (D. C. syst. 1. p. 144.) stem erect, much 

 branched, stiff; leaves and capsules velvety-canescent ; pedicels 

 3-times longer than the bracteas. Q. H. Native of the Levant. 

 Deless. icon. sel. 1. t. 52. Flowers pale-purple, smaller than 

 those of D. consolida. 



Stiff Larkspur. Fl. June, July. PI. 1 foot. 



8 D. PUSILLUM (Labill. syr. dec. 4. p. 5. t. 2. f. 1 .) stem erect, 

 very slender, 2-4-flowered, and is as well as the leaves pubes- 

 cent ; pedicels a little longer than the linear bracteas. O- H. 



