18 Ranunculacee-—Delphinium. 
5. D. nudicaile.—This is a very showy species, and still 
rather rare in gardens. It grows a foot or more high, with 
tripartite somewhat fleshy leaves; segments lobed or toothed. 
Tig. 15. Delphinium elatum. (} nat. size.) 
Flowers bright red tinged with orange. A native of California, 
flowering in Summer. 
6. D. grandiflorum.—Another species of Siberian origin. 
A rather smaller, branching plant. Flowers large, deep dark 
blue, produced all the Summer, : 
Besides the above species there are many very beautiful 
garden varieties of hybrid origin. Amongst the best are: 
formosum, bright blue and white ; Hendersoni, bright blue ; 
Hermann Stenger, blue and rose, double; grandiflorum dbum, 
white; and magnificwnt, intense blue. 
