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8.— DELPHINIUM TRICORNE, Michx. THE THREE-HORNED LARKSPUR. 
Enoravino Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 306. 
Variety. — D. t. 2 multiflonim, Dec, Plant very pubescent. 
Flowers from fifteen to twenty in dense racemes. 
Specific Character. — Petioles smooth, very little dilated at the 
base. Leaves S-parted, with 3 — 5-clcft lobes, and linear lobules. 
Petals shorter than the calyx. Capsules three, reflexed, .arched, and 
spreading from the basis. (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — This is perhaps the smallest of all the Larkspurs, seldom growing above six or eight 
inches high, and flowering profusely in May and the beginning of June. The flowers are purple, and the sepals, 
which are pointed, project at right angles, so as to look like three horns. It is a native of the shady sides of 
hills in Carolina and Virginia, and was introduced in 1818. It is tolerably hardy; but it is generally cultivated 
in pots in England ; as when it is grown in the open ground, it dies quite down in winter, and as no remains of 
it are to be seen, it may easily be lost. 
9.— DELPHINIUM ELATUM, Ait. THE COiVIMON BEE LARKSPUR. 
Synonvmes.— D. cxaltatum, G. Don ; D. tridactylum, Mich. ; j flat, cleft into 3 — 5 — 7 parts beyond the middle; with wedge-shaped 
Tall Larkspur. lobes th.tt are trifid or jiiggcd, and acuminated at the apex. R.accmet 
Specific Character — Petioles not dilated at the base. Leaves I straight. Spur straight, length of the calyx. (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — This well-known plant grows from three to six feet high, generally attaining the latter 
height in gardens. The sepals are pale blue, or white, with the dark, bearded petals folded up in the centre of 
the flower, and looking just as though a bee were nestling into it to collect the honey. The species is a native of 
North America, whence it was introduced in 1758. In British gardens it prefers a good soil and sheltered 
situation ; and it flowers in July and August. 
10.— DELPHINIUM AZUREUM, Michx. THE AZURE LARKSPUR. 
Engravings. — Bot. Reg. 1999 ; and our Jig. 5 in Plate 9 of the 
variety. 
Variety. — D. a. 2 carnoa. Flowers pale pink. 
Specific Character. — Petioles dilated at the base ; leaves 3 — five- 
parted, much cut, lobes linear. Kacemc erect. All the petals bearded 
at the apex ; the lower ones very hairy. 
Description, &c. — No plant can be virorse named than this ; as the variety is pinkish instead of blue, and is 
yet exactly like the species in every other respect — having even the same specks of green on each sepal. The 
species is a native of Texas, whence it was sent home by Mr. Drummond ; and the variety was sent home by 
Douglas from California, both in 1836. The species is said in books to have been introduced in 1805 ; but if 
this was the case, it was soon lost In gardens it should be grown in sandy soil. It flowers in May. 
U.— DELPHINIUM INTERMEDIUM, Ait. THE VARIABLE BEE LARKSPUR. 
Engravings. — Bot. Reg. t. 1963, of the species ; and Bot. Reg. t. 
1969, 1984, and t. 38, and 62 for 1838, and our Jig. 3 in Plate 9, of 
the vaiietics. 
Specific Character. — Petioles not dilated at the base. Leaves 
5 — 7-cleft, upper ones three-lobed ; all the lobes deeply serrated. 
Raceme glaucous. Pedicels, bracts, calyx, and ovaries, glabrous. 
Varieties — These are very numerous ; but the kinds commonly 
grown in British gardens are the following, which are considered as 
species by some botanists : — 
D. i. 2 pallidum, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1969. Flowers pale. 
Leaves cordate, as in the species. 
Description, &c. — This Larkspur and all its varieties are decidedly of the kind called Bee Larkspurs, as the 
contrast between the light colour of the sepals, and the almost black petals, which are curiously folded up and 
D. i. 3 sapphirinum, Lindl. Bot. Reg. for 1838, t. 52 ; and onr 
Jfg. 3 in Plate 9. This variety is remarkable for the varying hue of 
its sepals, which are dark blue shot with violet. The leaves are 
cordate at the base. 
D. i. 4 palmatifidum, Lindl. Bot. Reg. for 1838, t. 38 ; D. pal- 
matifidum, Dec. The sepals are light blue, tinged with pink ; and 
the petals, which are nearly black, are divided into two narrow lobes, 
and are very hairy. The leaves are truncate at the base. 
D. i. 5 cacrulescens, Lindl. The sepals are of a very pale blue ; 
and the leaves are truncate at the base. 
