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DELPHI'NIUM* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Polya'ndria f, Pentagy'nia. 
Natural Order. Ranuncula'cea^+, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 231. — 
Sm. Gram, of Bot. p. 136. — Lindl. Syn. p. 7. ; Introd to Nat. Syst. 
of Bot. p. 6. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 465. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 495 ; 
Mag. Nat. Hist. v. i. p. 137. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. 
v. i. p. 2. — Mack. FI. Hib. p. 4. — Hook. Brit. FI. (4th ed.) p. 395. — 
Rosales; sect. Ranunculin.e ; subsect. RanunculianjE; type, 
Ranunculace.e ; subtvpe, Helleuoreas ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. 
v. ii. pp. 616, 828, 832, 837, & 839. — Multistliqu^e, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Calyx none. Corolla inferior, of 5 unequal, spread- 
ing petals, the upper one (see fig. 3.) extended behind into a long, 
tubular, straight, bluntish spur ; the rest egg-oblong, with claws 
(see fig. 2.), various in various species. Nectary (fig. 3.) divided, 
of 1 or 2 sessile leaves, placed in front within the row of petals, on 
the upper side, extended behind in the form of a tube, contained in 
the spur of the uppermost petal. Filaments (fig. 1.) numerous, 
awl-shaped, dilated at the base, much shorter than the corolla, 
directed upwards. Anthers roundish, small, upright. Germen su- 
perior, 3 or 1, or 5, egg-shaped, each terminating in a style shorter 
than the stamens. Stigmas simple, reflexed. Capsules (folicles) 
(fig. 5.) as many as the germens, egg-oblong, or somewhat cylindri- 
cal, of 1 valve, bursting at the inner side. Seeds (fig. 6.) numerous, 
angular, rough, at the edges of the capsule. 
Distinguished from other genera, without a calyx, in the same 
class and order, by the corolla of 5 petals, the upper one spurred ; 
and the divided, tubular nectary, with appendages included within 
the spur. 
One species British. 
DELPHI'NIUM CONSO'LIDA§. Uniting Larkspur. Branched 
Larkspur. Field Larkspur. Lark’s-heel. Lark’s-claw. 
Spec. Char. Stem upright, with divaricating branches. 
Flowers few, in long racemes. Pedicels longer than the bracteas. 
Capsules solitary. 
Engl. Bot. t. 1839. — Curt. Brit. Entom. v. ii. t. 76. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 748. — 
Iluds. FI. Angl. (:2nd ed.) p. 235. — Willd. Sp. PI. v. ii. pt. ii. p. 1226. — Sm, FI. 
Brit. v. ii. p. 577. ; Engl. FI. V. iii. p. 30. — With. (7th ed.) v. iii. p. 664. — Lindl. 
Syn. p. 13. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 261. — Abb. FI. Bedf. p. 118.— Purt. Midi. FI. v. i. 
p.254; and v. iii. p. 362. — Relli. FI. Cant. (3rd ed. ) p. 217. — Winch’s Fl. of 
Northumb. and Durh. p. 36. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. i. p. 50. — 
Walker’s Fl. of Oxf. p. 152 . — Delphinium seyetum, t lore ceeruleo. Dill, in Ray’s 
Syn. p. 273. — Consolida reyalis, Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 711. — Consolida 
regalis sativa, Johnson’s Gerardo, p. 1082. 
Fig. 1. Stamens. — Fig. 2. A Petal. — Fig. 3. Nectary, with one of the petals 
attached. — Fig. 4. Front of the Nectary, and Stamens. — Fig. 5. Capsule. — Fig. 6. 
A Seed. 
* Fron Delphinos, Gr. a Dolphin ; from a fancied resemblance of the unopened 
flower to the dolphin of the ancients, as displayed in heraldry. Withering. 
•f See folio 43, note +. t See folio 129, a. 
} From consolido, to unite ; it being formerly reputed as a most powerful 
vulnerary. 
