100 ANNALS OF ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
в 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. Middendorffti. 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, 
lacinise incised; upper ones 3- to 5-sect, segments subentire; petaloid staminodes suborLicular, quite 
entire or shortly bilobed ; follicles reticulate.—Siberia. 
Subspecies II. Mipprnporrru, Ташо; stem glabrous; leaves finely pubescent ог 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, lacini® 
linear; petioles shortly sheathing; pedicels patulous; lamina of petaloid staminodes obovate; sepals 
elliptic-oblong.—Siberia, Northern Mongolia. 
Subspecies III. scHizoPHYLLUM, P. В.; tall, erect, glabrescent; leaves sparsely pubescent, dark- 
green above, pale beneath; lower cauline leaves deeply tripartite, lateral segments very broad, about 
4-partite ; partitions anl middle segment overlapping, rhombic, lacini, broad!y 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 ош. 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 staminode 
suborbicular, emarginate, yellow-bearded near the base; pistils 3; ovaries hairy; follicles cylindric, 
about 22 mm. iong; seeds rounded obpyramidal, large; testa much puckered, more or less folded up 
along the edges.—Kumaon. à 
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, lacinule 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; 
lamina 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 70—25 mm. long; anterior staminodes i to 1 the 
length of the sepals, sparsely ciliate with short yellow bristles; ovaries and follicles pubescent with dense 
erisp hairs.—Altai; Setchwan or Eastern Tibet. 
Subspecies lI. picryocarrum PROPRIUM; sepals 11—15 mm. long; anterior staminodes villose-ciliate 
with white hairs; ovaries sparsely pilose or densely pubescent.—A tai. 
Subspicies III. тівктіссм, Р. B.; sepals 12—18 mm. long; anterior staminodes 2 the length of 
the sepals, shortly bilobed, villoce-ciliate with white hairs; ovaries densely pubescent ; inflorescence subdensely 
racemose.—Southern Tibet, between the northern frontier of Sikhim and Lhassa. 
Var. a. GLANDULOSUM, P. В.; floral axis and ped eels glandular hairy. 
Var. 8. ciNEREUM, P. В.; floral axis and pedicels densely pubescent with short soft grey hairs (indu- 
mentum like that of the floral axis of the ordinary form of D. incanum). This is probably the 
Delphinium referred 5o by Hooker and Thomson in the Flora of Br. Ind. in the words: 
