100 ANNALS OF ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
& species of the first order further observation must show. We consider it at present a subspecies 
of D. cheilanthum, with which we unite also Trautvetter's D. Middendorfii. We have thus— 
Subspecies I. CHEILANTHUM vERUM; stem glabrous; inferior leaves trisect, lateral segments 
again 2- or even 4-sect or partite; segments divergent, rhomb'e or rhombeo-oblong in outline, trifid, 
lacinie incised; upper ones 3- to 5-sect, segments subentire; petaloid staminodes subortieular, quite 
entire or shortly bilobed ; follicles retieulate.—Siberia. 
Subspecies If. Мірркхровғғи, Trauto.; stem glabrous; leaves finely pubescent or glabrous 
beneath; basal ones deeply tripartite, lateral segments again bipartite ; all segments divergent, obovate- 
cuneate, tri- or bifid; segments of cauline leaves rhombeo-lanceolate in outline, deeply cleft, lacinie 
linear; petioles shortly sheathing; pedicels patulous; lamina of petaloid staminodes obovate; sepals 
elliptic-oblong.—Siberia, Northern Mongolia. 
Subspecies III. scHIZOPHYLLUM, Р. В.; tall, erect, glabrescent; leaves sparsely pubescent, dark- 
green above, pale beneath; lower cauline leaves deeply tripartite, lateral segmeuts very broad, about 
4-partite; partitions and middle segment overlapping, rhombic, laciniæ broadly linear or lanceolate, 
deeply incised and sparsely serrate, lacinule lanceolate to lanceolate-linear; upper cauline leaves less 
frequently divided, the ultimate segments very long and linear, acute; inflorescence racemose 
vompound below, lax; bracts trisect below, lanceolate upwards; pedicels erect, recurved and pubescent 
at the tip, elongating afier flowering, lower ones 5—6 cm. long; bracteoles larceolate-subulate, a little 
below the flower; sepals bright blue, broadly elliptic, about 18 mm. long, lateral ones about 15 mm. 
broad; spur longer than lamina; staminodes shorter than the sepals; lamina of petaloid staninode 
suborbicular, emarginate, yellow-bearded ncar the base; pistils 3; ovaries hairy; follicles cylindric, 
about 22 mm. iong; seeds rounded obpyramidal, large; testa much puckered, more ог less folded up 
along the edges.—Kumaon. 
Prate 121, fig. 19. Seed of Delphinium cheilanthum, Linn., subsp. schizophyllum, 
DELPHINIUM DICTYOCARPUM, DC. 
Perennial; stem tall, 3—5 mm. thick near base; leaves subcoriaceous, deeply tripartite, 
with the lateral segments 2—3-partite ; inner divisions lanceolate or acutely deltoid in outline, 
all of them pinnately cleft and incised, lacinulz broad- or narrow-lanceolate ; petioles some- 
what dilated at the base; inflorescence racemose-paniculate or racemose, very lax or rather 
dense; sepals blue; anterior staminodes shorter than the sepals, blue, rarely pale purple: 
Jamina ovate shortly bilobed or subbifid, yellow-bearded about the middle; carpels 3; 
seeds obpyramidate, narrow-winged along the edges. 
Distribution.—Altai; Setchwan; Tsang. 
Subspecies I. LAXIFLORUM, DC. pro sp.; sepals 20—25 mm. long; anterior stam'nodes } to 1 the 
length of the sepals, sparsely ciliate with short yellow bristles; ovaries and follicles pubescent with dense 
crisp hairs.—Altai; Setehwan or Eastern Tibet. 
Subspecies 11. picrYocARPUM PROPRIUM; sepals 11—15 mm. long; anterior staminodes villose-ciliate 
with white hairs; ovaries sparsely pilose or densely pubescent.—Altai. 
Subspicies ПІ. тіветіссм, Р. B.; sepals 12—18 mm. long; anterior staminodes $ the length of 
the sepals, shortly bilobed, villose-ciliate with white hairs; ovaries dense'y pubescent ; inflorescence subdensely 
racemose.—Southern Tibet, betweeu the northern frontier of Sikhim and Lhassa. 
Var. a. GLANDULOSUM, P. В.; floral axis and ред cels glandular hairy. 
Var. В. стхввком, P. B.; floral axis and pedicels densely pubescent with short soft grey hairs (indu- 
mentum like that of the floral aris of the ordinary form of D. incanum). This is probably the 
Delphinium. referred +o by Hooker and Thomson in the Flora of Br. Ind. in the words: 
