Delphinium.] I. BANUNCULACEiE. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 25 



2. D. Incanum, Eoi/le III. 55 j leaves 3-partite, segments, multifid, 

 flowers li in. long, spur almost straight cylindric. H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 5a 



Western Temperate Himalaya, from Gores and Kashmir to Kunawer, alt. 

 6-8000 ft. 



Stems 1 J-3 ft. ; Bimple below, leafy, hoary all over. Badical leaves soon withering, 

 2 in. diam. , segments subjjinnatifid, lobes linear or incised ; cauline subsessile. Racemes 

 simple or compound, terminal, long and dense flowered ; pedicels 1 in. ; braoteoles 2, 

 linear. Flowers large, bright blue. Sepals pubescent outside, shorter than the spur. 

 Anterior petals 2-fid, hairy. Follicles 3, puberulous. 



** Spur subulate. 



t Radiccd leaves divided to, or almoul to the base {see 8, elatum). 



3. D. saniculeefolium, Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 91 ; stem 1-2 ft., racemes 

 long many-flowered, flowers about \ in. long pale blue. H. f. & T. Fl. 

 Ind. 49. 



Western Pdnjab, on dry hills from the Indus to the Jfilam, Fleming.— '"Bisvms. 

 Affghanistan. 



Branches rigid, spreading, hoary with appressed pubescence or glabrate. Leaves 

 lJ-3 in. diam., firm, lateral segments deeply 2-lobed, lobes all cuneate and cut. Pedi- 

 cels straight, spwr rather larger than the pale blue flowers. Anterior petals 3-fid, 

 white, back hairy. Follicles 3, glabrous or pubescent. 



4. D. denudatum, Wall. Cat. No. 4719 ; stem 2-3 ft., racemes many- 

 flowered, flowers nearly 1 in. long. H.f.&T.Fl.Ind.4Q. D. pauciflorum, 

 Royle III. 65 {not of Don). 



West Temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir to Kumaon in grassy places. 



Stem branched, glabrous or downy above. Radical leaves 2-6 in. diam., orbicular, 

 5-9-partite ; segments cuneate-obovate, 2-pinnatifid, lobes oblong or linear-oblong ; 

 cauline few, uppermost 3-partite, segments linear entire. Flowers pale blue, in lax 

 much-branched racemes ; bracts linear ; pedicels 2-bracteolate. Sepals pubescent out- 

 side, yellow with blue margins. j4»ferior^etaZs deejly 2-fid, hairy on both surfaces. 

 FoUicles 3, inflated, glabrous or sparsely haiiy. 



5. D. caeruleum, Jacq. ex CaTnb. in Jacq. Voy. Bot. 7, t. 6 ; stem 3-12 in. 

 much branched, racemes few-flowered,, flowers 1 in. or more long. H.f. 

 & T. Fl. Ind. 57. 



Alpine Himalaya, from Kumaon to Sikkim, attaining alt. 17,000 ft. in the latter 

 country. 



Stem branched from the base, leafy, spreading. Leaves suborbicular, 1 J-H i"- diam.^ 

 5-7-lobed, lobes cuneate-oblong, incised or piunatifid, segments linear. Flowers soli- 

 tary, in long branches, or few in a loose raceme, pale blue, hairy. Sepals shorter than 

 the nearly straight spur. Anterior petals obovate or obcordate, a little hairy. Follidef 

 5, hairy. 



tt Radical leaves orbicular or reniform, palmate to the middle {or base in 

 8, D. elatum). 



6. D. dasycaulon, Fresen. Mus. Senk. ii. 272 ; stem softly tomentose, 

 flowers bright-blue, Spur shorter than the sepaL H.f. &.T.FI. Ind. 50; 

 Dab. & Gibs. Bmnbay. FL 2-, Oliver Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 11. 



Mountains of the Dekkan near Junir, Stocks, &o, — Distbie. Abyssinia. 



Stem 14-3 ft., branched, few-leaved. Badical leaves 3-6 in. diam., 5-fid to the 

 jniddle, pale and veined beneath, lobes broadly trapezoid, 3-fid, segments incised ; cauline 

 5-partite, segments narrower, inciso-pinnatifid. Bacemeslax, compound; lower bracts 

 2 in.j leafy, oblong or lanceolate, upper linear ; pedicels 1-2 in., ebracteolate. Flowers 

 bright-blue, inodorous. Sepals ^-l in,.,, with a bearded dorsal pale spot. Spw conic, 



