Da-vis : DELPHINIUMS OF NORTH AMERICA. 443 



21. D. Brunonianum ROYLE, 111. Bot. Himal. 56. 1839. 

 D. moschatum MUNRO ex Hook. f. & Thorns. Fl. Ind. 53. 



1858. 



Stems erect, }4 to i}4 feet high : plant somewhat pubescent : 

 upper leaves 3-parted, lower ones reniform, 5-parted, segments 

 deeply cut, musk scented : flowers large, light blue with pur- 

 ple margins, center black; spur very short; sepals i inch long, 

 membranous and often clinging until the fruit is mature : folli- 

 cles 3 or 4, villose. June to July. China. Revue Belg. 1863 : 

 34. Bot. Mag. 5461. 



22. D. Cashmirianum ROYLE, 111. Himal. 55. 1839. 



Plant pubescent, not very leafy : stem simple, erect, slen- 

 der, 10 to 18 inches high : root leaves orbicular, 2-3 inches in 

 diameter, 5~7-lobed, coarsely acutely toothed and cut: peti- 

 oles 5-8 inches long ; stem leaves short-petioled, 3-5-lobed, cut 

 like the radical ones, all rather thick and bright green : inflo- 

 rescence corymbose, the branches rather spreading : flowers 2 

 inches long, deep azure blue ; spur broad, obtuse, inflated, de- 

 curved, little over half as long as sepal ; upper petals almost 

 black, 2-lobed, lateral ones greenish: follicles 3 to 5, hairy, 

 July to September. Himalayas. Bot. Mag. 6189. Garten- 

 flora, 1105. Garden 18 : 261. Rev. Hort. 1893, p. 259. 



Var. Walkeri HOOK. Bot. Mag. t. 6830. 1885. 



Stem very short, leafy, many-flowered : upper leaves less 

 lobed or almost entire, small, long-petioled : flowers very large, 

 light blue with yellow petals. Suited to rockwork. 



23. D. altissimum WALLICH. PI. Asiat. Rar. 2: 25. t. 128. 

 1831. 



Stem tall and slender, branched ; plant shaggy-hairy above : 

 leaves palmately 5-parted, the divisions 3-lobed and toothed ; 

 bracts long-lanceolate : flowers blue or purple in long branch- 

 ing racemes ; spur straight or slightly incurved, equalling the 

 sepals ; petals 2-lobed : 3 erect follicles ; seeds not winged nor 

 scaly. August to September. Himalayas. 



24. D. exaltatum AITON, Hort. Kew. i ed. 2 : 244. 1789. 

 D. trydactylum MICHX. Fl. i: 314. 1803. 

 D.lilacinum WIL.LD. ex Huth. Bot. Jahrb. 20: 455. 



1885. 

 Stem stout, 2 to 4 feet high, smoothish : leaves flat, nearly 



