26 I. RANUNCULACE^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Delphinium^ 



slightly curved, nearly J as long as the sepal. Anterior petals 2-fid. FoUiclea j in., 

 tomentose. 



7. D. altlsslmum, Wall. Plant. As. Ear. il t. 128; Gai. 4718; stem 

 sparsely hairy glabrous below, racemes lax few-flowered, flowers deep blue 

 or purple, spur longer than the sepals. Griff. It. Notes 54 (No. 827) ; 

 II.f.ST.Fl.Ind.5\. 



Central Himalata ; Nipal, WaUich. Khasia hills, above 6000 ft., Griffith, &o. 



(Stem 2-4 ft., much-branched, few-leaved, hairs spreading. Eadical leaves 3-6 in. 

 diam., pale beneath, 5-7-fid, lobes broadly ouneate, 3-lobed, coarsely toothed ; cauliiie 

 sessile, 3-lobed or entire ; petiole 1 It. and under. Racemes long, lax, few-flowered ; 

 pedicels often 2 in. ; bracts and bracteoles linear. Flowers large, very ietid, hairy out- 

 side. Spur subulate, incurved. Anterior petals 2-lobed, hairy ; posterior, dark-purple, 

 2-toothed. Follicles 3, pubescent. 



8. D. elatum, L. ; stem glabrous or hairy, racemes dense-flowered,, 

 flowers pale blue or purplish, spur equalling the sepals. D. ranunculi- 

 folium. Wall. Cat. 4716 ; H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 51. D. incisum, Wall. Gat. 4717., 

 D. pyramidale, Royle III. 56. D. Hoffmeisteri, Elotzsch Bot. Reise Pr. Wdd. 

 t. 39. 



West Temperate Himalaya, in the inner and Tibetan valleys, alt. 10-12,000 ft. ; 

 from Kumaon to Kashmir. 



Stem 2-4 ft., sparingly branched. Leaves 4-6 in. diam., rounded or reniform, pale 

 beneath, 5-7-lobed or -partite, segments cuneate-oblong, 3-lobed or variously cut. 

 Racemes much branched, elongate ; pedicels 1-3 in. ; lower bracts leafy, 3-lobed or -par- 

 tite ; bracteoles linear. Flowers hairy outside. Sepals elliptic, obtuse. Spur subu- 

 late. Follicles 3. 



Var. 1. ranunculifolium ; leaves 5-lobed to about the middle, segments broadly 

 ouneate. 



Yak. 2. incisum; leaves 5-partite, segments narrow incised. 



*** Spur inflated, conical. Flowers large; sepals connivent, mem- 

 branous. 



9. D. vestitum, Wall. Cat. 4715 ; stem hispid, leaves palmately 5-7- 

 lobed, flowers in long dense racemes. Poyle III. 55 ; H.f. d; T. Fl. Ind. 52. 

 D. rectivenium, Poi/le III. 56. 



West and Central Temperate Himalaya, alt. 8-12,000 ft., from Nipal ' to 

 Knnawer. 



Stem 14-3 ft., simple below, hairs spreading or reflexed. Badical leaves 6-12 in. 

 diam., lobes rounded, cut or toothed; petiole 6-12 in. ; cauline 2-3, smaller. JHaceme 

 olten 1 ft., simple or sparingly branched below ; pedicels 1-3 in. ; bracts linear or lan- 

 ceolate, lower sometimes 3-lobed ; bracteoles 2 above the middle. Flowers dense, 

 large, hairy. Sepals membranous, broad, rounded, equalling or exceeding the conical 

 incurved spur. FoUicles 3. 



^^■r.Pv*'-*^*?™*'**'^"™' ^°y^ I^- 55- t- 12 ; stem glabrous strigose 

 or softly hairy, leaves palmately 5-7-lobed, lobes sharply cut, flowers in lax 

 corymbs. U. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 52 {excl. syn. T>. Jacquemontianum, Gamb.)'. 



West Tibet and Tibetan Himalaya, from Kumaon to Kashmir, alt. 11-16 000 ft. 



Stem 1-14 ft., few-leaved, glabrous or softly or hispidly hairy. Radical leaves 2^ in. 

 diam., lobes cuneate-ovate, acute, 3-!obed and cut ; cauline 3-5-pai-tite Branches of 

 corymb terminatmg in few-Bowered racemes, upper bracts lanceolate ; bracteoles linear. 

 b^als 1 in or more long, hairy, equalbng or exceeding the straight conical spur. Folr 

 lides B-7 downy .--The strigose states are best distinguished from small plants oi D 

 vestitum, by the inflorescence and size of the flowers. 



