so POLYANDRIA— PENTAGYNIA. Delphinium. 



Stigmas simple, reflexed. Caj)s, {follicles) as many as 

 the germens, ovate-oblong, or somewhat cylindrical, of 

 1 valve, bursting at the inner side. Seeds numerous, an- 

 gular, rough, at the edges of the capsule. 

 Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves much divided, for the 

 most part stalked. Fl. in clusters, blue or violet, varying 

 to red or white, with bracteated partial stalks. 



1. D. Consolida. Field Larkspur. 



Capsule solitary. Nectary of a single leaf. Stem subdi- 

 vided, spreading. 



D. Consolida. Unn. Sp.Pl. 748. Willd. v. 2. 1 226. FL Br. 577. 



Engl. Bot. V. 26. t. 1839. DeCand. Syst. v. 1 . 343. FL Dan. 



t. 683. 

 D. n. 1203. HalL Hist. V. 2.95. 

 D. segetum, flore cseruleo. Dill.in Rail Syn. 2/3. 

 D. elatius, simplici flore. Clus. Hist. v. 2. 206./. 

 Delphinium. Riv. Pentap. Irr. t. 124./. 1. 

 Consolida regia. Trag. Hist. 569. f. Fuchs. Tc. 239. f. 

 C. regalis. Brunf. Herb. v. 1 . 84. /. 83. Corner. Epit. 521. f. 

 C. regalis sativa. Ger. Em. 1082./. 1, 2. 

 Chamaemelum eranthemon. Fuchs. HiM 27 .f. 



In sandy or chalky corn-fields. 



Plentifully in Swaff"ham field, Cambridgeshire. Sherard. In se- 

 veral parts of that county. Relhan. Between Blackheath and 

 Eltham. Dillenius. About Feltwell, near Brandon. Wlr. Fran- 

 cis Smith. Near Bury St. Edmund's. Bishop of Carlisle. 



Annual. June, July. 



Root simple, slender. He7b finely downy all over, particularly the 

 stem and capsule, so that I am unable to separate the D.pu- 

 bescens of DeCandoUe from our plant, though, being a native of 

 Greece and other mild climates, it is more luxuriant, as will ap- 

 pear by Fl. Gra'c. t. 504 when published. The stem in ours is 

 1 8 inches or 2 feet high, erect, leafy, with alternate spreading 

 branches. Leaves sessile, in many deep divisions, which are 

 three-cleft and subdivided, with narrow, linear, acute segments. 

 Stipulas none. Clusters terminal, lax, of but fewjlowcrs, whose 

 petals are, in front, of a most vivid and lasting blue ; the back 

 of each flower, as well as the nectary, being pale purplish, or 

 flesh-coloured. These colours however vary much in gardens, 

 where this species is called the Branching Larkspur, and attains 

 the height of 3 or 4 feet. Bract eas at the base, and in the mid- 

 dle, of each partial stalk, simple or divided. Germen and cap- 

 sule solitary, with a short permanent style. Seeds angular, black, 

 very rough. 



