DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW AND RARE INDIAN PLANTS. 107 
blue, patent; spur, stout conical, often nearly as long ав the sepals, blunt, as а rule 
ineurved; follicles cylindric, about 2— 5 еш. long. —Flowers in July and August.—Kashmir : 
Liddar valley, 9—11 000° (Duthie Г). 
Var. 8. tasianraa, Р. B.; stem glabrescent below, floral axis tomentose; upper surface of 
leaves densely ыл -hairy, lower hirsute; leaf-segments rhombic or broadly oblong, 
cleft and unequally incised-serrate, serratures linear; bracteoles somewhat remote from 
the flowers, broad-linear; buds silky-villose with white hairs; spur about as long as the 
sepals, sulineurved ; ovaries minutely and densely pubescent, hairy at the tip.—Kumaon; 
Dhaul valley, 9-10,000” (Duthie /). 
Var. e. PULVERULENTA, P. В.; stem glabrescent below, floral axis densely minutely pubescent ; 
leaves subisodiametric, puberulous above, like the pedicels densely minutely pubescent 
(indumentum resembling a fine powder); pedicels suberect, not longer than twice the 
length of the spur; bracteoles close to the flowers, small, linear; sepals 12- 15 mm.; 
spur subulate, incurved at the apex, rather longer than the sepals; · carpels pubescent.— 
Eastern Kashmir, on slates and sandstones in the Marbal pass (SfoLezka/); Garhwal. 
(Falconer 1). 
Var. 0. олхорнхмл, P. В.; stem glabrescent below; floral axis velvety with short, spreading, 
partly glandular hairs; petioles subhirsute; leaves broadly ovate, pubescent above, sub- 
tomentose below; leaf-segments ob'ong-lanceolate, pinnately cleft, coarsely crenate-serrate ; 
bracteoles close to the flowers, narrow-lanceolate, acute; s-pals purple, 12—15 mm, ; spur 
subulate, rather longer, subincurved; follicles cylindric, sparsely hairy.--Kashmir: Singpur, 
8,000” (C. В. Clarke !). 
Var. т. MaRRiENsIS, P. B.; stem glabrescent be'ow, otherwise (like the petioles) hirsute, with 
white, shining, deflexed, rather soft, partly glandular hairs; leaves adpressed-hairy above, 
hirsute beneath, especially along the nerves; leaf-segments broad-lanceolate, pinnately clett, 
coarsely and acutely serrate; bractecles linear; sepals hairy; spur incurved; ovaries 
subvillose along the ventral, subhirsute along the dorsal suture, otherwise subglabrous.— 
Panjab: Himalaya, near Маги (Drummond 1). 
Var. 5. KATATRICHA, P, B.; stem subglabrous downwards, upwards hispid, with white, shi- 
ning, subrigid, deflexed hairs, indumentum denser but shorter towards the apex and 
intermixed with bulbous hairs; leaves hairy above, sub-hirsute beneath, especially along 
the nerves; middle leaf-segment deltoid-oblong, sparsely cleft, coarsely crenate-serrate ; 
bracteoles close to the flowers, lanceolate, acute; sepals pubescent, 1:5 cm., long, spur sub- 
eylindiic, blunt, slightly incurved, about as long as the sepals; ovaries pubescent.— 
Kumaon, in the Ralem valley, 10—11,000° (Duthie '). 
From D. speciosum and allied forms D. ranunculifolium is distinguished by the ultimate leaf- 
segments being nearly always broad, ovate, with triangular serratures, not lanceolate or linear, except in var. 
lasianthum, which has incised partitions, the serratures being linear. The existence of this variety 
appears to render the reduction of D. ranunculifulium to D. speciosum imperative. 
Prare 127, Delphinium speciosum, M. Bieb. subsp. ranunculifclium. fig. 1—5, flowers; 1, 2 of D. speciosum from the 
Caucasus; 2, of D. speciosum from Tabriz; 4, subsp. ranunculifolium, var. erianthum; 5, of var. thyrsantha with 
reniform leaves; 6, hairy inner surfsce of anterior sepal of var. brachycentra from Gilgit; 7, petaloid staminode ; 
8, follicle of var. eriantha; 9, of var. thyrsantha; 10, seeds (а) from var. thyrsantha, (b) from var. eriantha, (e) 
from var. oinophylla. 
DELPHINIUM PACHYCENTRUM, Hemsl. 
Stem erect, simple or somewhat branched upwards, stout, subangular; leaves rather 
crowded, isodiametric, 5-partite; inner segments oblong-lanceolate, more or less pinnately 
cleft, incised, and serrate; petioles not sheathing; inflorescence a dense or somewhat lax 
raceme, rarely sukcorymbose; pedicels erect or patulous; sepals bluish, softly hairy; 
