DELPHINIUM TENUISSIMUM, 
“MOST SLENDER DELPHINIUM. 
EXOGEN A, oR DICOTYLEDONE &. 
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NATURAL ORDER, RANUNCULACEA, 
THALAMIFLORA, Artificial divisions POLYANDRIA, 
OF to which TRIGYNIA, 
DECANDOLLE, i ee this Plant belongs } OF LINNEUS. 
No. 32. ; 
GENUS. Devrsrtnium. Tovrnerorr. Caryx deciduus Maser irre- 
gularis, sepalo nempé superiore in calear deorsum producto. Pxrta 3 2su 
riora basi in appendicibus intra ealear contentis producta. ‘Decas ots 
Prodromus Systematis Universalis Regni Ve egetabilis, Pars I, p. 5 
SPECIES. Detrsinium TENvIssimum. SierHorp. Cave erecto pase 
subramoso, or subpubescente, pedicellis bractea subulaté multo longioribus. 
Decanpotzre. Prodromus Systematis Universalis Regni Vegetabilis, Pars I, 
p. 52. 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, DeLPHINIUM. CaLyx deciduous 
petaloid, irregular, viz. having the upper sepal prolonged downwards 
so as to forma spur. Perrats 4, of which the two superior are pro- 
longed downwards and lodged in the spur. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE Species, D Small 
herbaceous plant, the whole clothed with most delicate pubescence. 
Stem scarcely a foot high, erect, round, slender, leafy, dividing above 
into a many-flowered panicle. Rapicay Leaves with petioles nearly 
an inch long, lobed, lobes two or three, broad, stem leaves with shorter 
petioles, three-parted, lobes trifid, subdivided, upper leaves sessile, 
entire, very narrow. PANICLE spreading, occasionally even compound 
or branching, very slender. PerpicEis one-flowered, filiform, with 
bracteole at the middle. FLowers small, blue or violet-coloured, 
spur straight, hairy. Prtats elliptico-lanceolate. NecTary without 
spots. CAPSULE small, semiovate, crowned with the style, smooth. 
Sereps roundish, pale, surrounded with sti white scales, which 
are imbricated upwards. 
PopuLar anp GeoGrapHicaL Notice. Though this plant is a 
small annual, with no very showy flowers, it yet possesses an interest 
from its place of growth, which recommends it to our attention. Its 
REFERENCE TO THE ceneghincal 
1, Seed-vessel. . The same when opening. 3, Posterior petal with its spur. 4, Stamens. 
Anterior sepal. 6, Posterior sepal riven its spur opened. 
