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RANUNCULACEJE. XXVIII. DELPHINIUM. 



SECT. III. DELPHINA'STRUM (an alteration from Delphinium, 

 which see). D. C. syst. 1. p. 351. prod. 1. p. 53. 



Ovaries 3 or 5. Petals free, lower ones usually bifid with a 

 bearded disk. Spur elongated, containing the appendages of two 

 petals. Perennial plants, they are usually called Bee Larkspur, 

 because the bearded petals resemble a Bee. 



1 . Limb of lower petals entire. 



24 D. GRANDIFI.6RUM (Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 531. ed. 2. p. 749. 

 Richb. ill. t. 12.) leaves palmately-many-parted into distant linear 

 lobes ; pedicels longer than the bracteas ; petals shorter than the 

 calyx, two lower ones somewhat orbicular, with obliquely inflexed, 

 entire borders ; racemes spreading, few-flowered, diverging. I/ . 

 H. Native of Siberia near the Volga, and in Dauria, about 

 Oulcapin, &c. Sims, bot. mag. 1686. D. virgatum, Jacq. fil. 

 Mill. icon. t. 250. Gmel. sib. 4. p. 187. t. 78. Flowers either 

 double or single, large, blue, and the intermediate shades to white. 

 A very ornamental plant. 



Var. ft, Chinense (Fisch. in litt. Lod. bot. cab. t. 71. Rchb. 

 ill. t. 13.) stem stiff, straight; racemes many-flowered, lateral 

 ones erectish ; lower petals suborbicular ; colour of flowers easily 

 changed by cultivation. I/ . H. Native of China. Flowers 

 blue and the intermediate shades to white, with the two lower 

 petals bearded with yellow hairs. A very ornamental plant. 



Var. y, Fischeri (Rchb. ill. t. 14.) racemes many-flowered, 

 lateral ones twiggy, erectish ; petals quadrate-oblong, two lower 

 ones obovate. 7/.H. Native of China. Flowers pinkish-purple. 



Great-flowered Larkspur. Fl.Ju. Sep. Clt. 1816. PI. 1 to 2 ft. 

 25 D. CHEILA'NTHUM (Fisch. in litt. D. C. syst. 1. p. 352.) 

 stem erect, branched ; leaves 5-parted, with oblong, acuminated, 

 subtrifid and somewhat toothed lobes ; petals shorter than the 

 calyx, two lower ones with obliquely inflexed, ovate, entire limbs ; 

 capsules reticulately-painted, pubescent. I/ . H. Native of 

 Dauria about Doroninsk. Ker. bot. reg. t. 473. Schrank. pi. 

 rar. 52. with a figure. D. Dahuricum. Stev. ined. Gmel. sib. 4. 

 p. 1 87. t. 76. Flower size and colour of those of D. grandiflorum. 



Lip-flowered Larkspur. Fl. Ju. Sep. Clt. 1819. PL 2to3ft. 



26 D. VIRE'SCENS (Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 14.) stem simple, 

 pubescent ; leaves on long footstalks, 3 or 5-parted, with linear 

 subtrifid segments ; racemes few-flowered ; spur longer than 

 the flower. 2/ . H. Native of North America in the plains of 

 the Missouri. Flowers greenish ? 



Gree/*A-flowered Larkspur. Fl. June, Sept. PI. 2 feet. 



% 2. Limb of lower petals bifid. 



27 D. PUNI'CEUM (Pall. voy. 8. p. 327. no. 336. Lin. fil. 

 suppl. 267.) petioles dilated and sheathing at the base ; leaves 

 many-parted, even to the base, into linear lobes ; recemes elon- 

 gated ; spur straight, blunt, rather longer than the pedicel, but 

 shorter than the flower. If. . H. Native in the arid desert of 

 Tartary about the Volga, &c. Flowers dark purple, pubescent 

 on the outside. 



Var. ft, Damcecbrnu, segments of leaves stalked, with diverging 

 lanceolate lobes. If. . H. Gmel. sib. 4. t. 77 ? Flowers larger 

 than in var. a. 



Scarlet Larkspur. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1785. PI. 1 foot. 



28 D. ALBIFLO'RVM (D. C. syst. 1. p. 353.) petioles dilated 

 and sheathing at the base ; leaves many-parted, with linear lobes ; 

 racemes elongated, crowded ; bracteas membranous, broad-lan- 

 ceolate ; spur straight, blunt, rather longer than the pedicel. 

 I/. H. Native of Armenia. Deless. icon. sel. 1. t. 58. 

 Flowers like those of D. puniceum, but white, and smooth on the 

 outside. 



White-flonered Larkspur. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1823. PI. 3 ft. 



29 D. OCHROLEU'CUM (Stev. diss. ined. D. C. prod. 1. p. 54. 

 syst. 1. 546.) petioles dilated and sheathing at the base ; leaves 



many-parted, with linear awl-shaped segments; racemes short; spur 

 acute, longer than the flower ; capsules smooth. If. . H. Native 

 of Iberia. D. puniceum, var. Bieb. fl. taur. cauc. 2. p. 13. 

 Flowers white or cream-coloured, pubescent on the outside. 



Cream-coloured-flowered Larkspur. Fl. Ju. Sept. Clt. 1817. 

 PI. 2 feet. 



30 D. HY'BRIDUM (Willd. spec. 2. p. 1229.) petioles dilated 

 and sheathing at the base ; leaves many-parted, with linear lobes ; 

 racemes crowded ; spur straight, longer than the flower. If. . H. 

 Native of Tauria and Caucasus. D. hirsutum, Pers. ench. 2. 

 p. 81. Lower part of plant smooth, upper part velvety-pubes- 

 cent. Flowers blue, with the two lower petals bearded with 

 white hairs. 



Var. ft, fissum (Waldst. et Kit. pi. hung. 1. p. 83. t. 81.) 

 racemes elongated ; lobes of lower petals narrower and longer 

 than in var. a. Tf.. H. Native of Hungary near Walachia in 

 bushy places. Flowers darker blue than those of var. a. 



Hybrid Larkspur. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1794. PI. 3 to 4 feet. 



31 D. VELUTI'NUM (Bert. exc. p. 12.) petioles dilated and 

 sheathing at the base ; leaves 5-parted, multifid, with linear lobes ; 

 racemes loose, and are, as well as the stems, clothed with very 

 soft down ; spur curved ; lower bracteas longer than the flowers. 

 If. . H. Native of Italy on the mountains. D. hybridum var. y. 

 D. C. syst. 1. p. 554. Flowers blue. 



Var. ft, D. orientale perenne aconiti folio, flore caeruleo. 

 Tourn. cor. 30. I/ . H. Native of Armenia. 



Velvety Larkspur. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1819. PI. 3-4 feet. 



32 D. PENTA'GYNUM (Lam. diet. 2. p. 264.) petioles dilated 

 and sheathing at the base ; lower leaves 5-lobed, with the lobes 

 cut and bluntish at the apex : upper leaves 5-parted, many-cleft 

 into linear lobes ; petals shorter than the calyx. If. . H. Native 

 in corn-fields at Algiers, on cretaceous hills in Portugal, also 

 Gibraltar. Desf. atl. 1. p. 427. t. 111. Herb branched, vel- 

 vety, or smooth at the bottom. Flowers large, blue or violet. 



Five-styled Larkspur. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1819. PL 1 to 2 ft. 



33 D. MENSIESII (D. C. syst. 1. p. 355.) petioles hardly di- 

 lated at the base ; leaves 5-parted, with trifid entire linear lobes ; 

 bracteas trifid ; root grumose. If. . H. Native of the north- 

 west coast of America, Kotzebue's Sound, Puget Sound, Colum- 

 bia River, and in California. D. tuberosum. Menz. MSS. Lindl. 

 bot. reg. t. 1192. Flowers about the size and colour of those of 

 D. grandiflorum, pubescent on the outside, with a straight spur. 



Menzies's Larkspur. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1826. PL 1 to 2 ft. 



34 D. E'LEGANS (D. C. syst. 1. p. 355.) petioles hardly di- 

 lated at the base ; leaves smooth, 5-parted, with 3-5-cleft lobes, 

 and linear-lanceolate acute lobules ; racemes loose, few-flowered ; 

 petals shorter than the calyx ; spur curved, shorter than the 

 sepals. 1 . H. Native of North America ? Flower beautiful 

 dark-blue, smaller than those of D. grandiflorum. 



Var. ft, multiplex. Flower double, of a beautiful dark-blue 

 colour. Moris, fl. consp. t. 43. D. grandiflora flore pleno, Hort. 

 This has been long known in the gardens under the name of 

 Double Larkspur. 



Elegant Larkspur. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1741. PL 1J foot. 



35 D. AMCENUM (Stev. ined. D. C. syst. 1. p. 546.) petioles 

 hardly dilated at the base ; leaves pubescent underneath, 5-parted, 

 with lanceolate pinnatifid lobes, and linear acute lobules ; racemes 

 branched ; petals shorter than the calyx ; spur straight. If. . H. 

 Native of Siberia. Gmel. sib. 4. p. 187. t. 77. exclusive of the 

 synonym of Amman. Flowers beautiful blue. 



Pleasing Larkspur. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1818. PI. 2 or 3 ft. 



36 D. TRICO'RNE (Mich. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 314.) petioles 

 smooth, hardly dilated at the base ; leaves 5-parted, with 3-5- 

 cleft lobes, and linear lobules ; petals shorter than the calyx ; 

 capsules 3, reflexed, arched, spreading from the base. l/.H. Na- 

 tive of North America on the sides of shady and fertile hills, on 



