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16.— DELPHINIUM DECORUM, Fisch. et May. THE PRETTY LARKSPUR. 
Enoraving. — Bot. Reg. for 1840, t. 64. I lobes sometimes bi-cleft. Flowers large, divaricate, sepals spreading; 
Specific Char»cieb. — Slightly pubescent. Leaves three-parted ; | spur hooked at the tip. Capsules three, spreading. 
Description, &c. — The flowers are remarkably large, and widely opened, the sepals spreading far apart. 
The petals are of the same purple as the sepals, with the exception of the upper two, which are blue. The lower 
petals are covered with golden yellow hairs. The roots are somewhat tuberous. This species is a native of 
New California, whence it was introduced through Russia in 1839. 
16.— DELPHINIUM LAXIFLORUM, Dec. THE LOOSE-FLOWERED LARKSPUR. 
tifidly cut at the tip, lobules narrow entire. Racemes loose-flowered. 
Bracts and ovaries pubescent. 
Engraving.— Bot. Reg. for 1838, t. 30. 
Specific Charactfr. — Petioles not dilated at the base. Leaves 
three, five, or seven-lobed, cut almost to the base ; lobes oblong, pinna- 
Description, &c. — This is a very distinct species, from the long petioles of the flowers, which are rather 
small, with yellowish petals and slender bracts ; and also from the singular shape of the leaves, which are cut 
almost to the base, into three oblong lobes, which are entire in their lower part, but jagged at the tip. The 
plant is quite hardy, and grows four or five feet high in good soil ; it flowers in June. It may be propagated 
either by seeds or division of the root ; and if by the former mode, the seeds may be sown in May in the open 
ground, and they will flower in the autumn of tlie same year, though not so well as they will do the year 
following. This species is said by De Candolle to be a native of Siberia ; but this Dr. Lindley appears to doubt. 
It was introduced about 1837. 
17.— DELPHINIUM MONTANUM, Dec. THE MOUNTAIN LARKSPUR. 
Synonymes. — D. hirsutum, Roth, ; D. elatum, All. 
Engravings. — Bot. Reg, t. 1936; and ouv Jiff. 2 in Plate 9. 
Variety. — D. m. 2 bracteosum, Dec. Bracts large. 
Specific Character. — Petioles not dilated at the base. Leaves 
pubescent, five-lobed ; lobes wedge-shaped at the b.xse, trifidly cut ; 
raceme simple, close-flowered ; bracteas, calyx, and capsule pubescent; 
spur inflexed. 
Description, &c. — This species grows five or six feet high, with an erect, closely-flowered raceme, sometimes 
without a branch, and as much as two feet long. It is a native of the Alps, the Pyrenees, and other mountains 
of central Europe ; and it was introduced about 1830. It is very hardy, and will grow in any soil or situation 
not too damp. It flowers in August, and ripens seeds abundantly, by which it is generally propagated. 
18.— DELPHINIUM SPECIOSUM, Bieb. THE SHOWY LARKSPUR. 
Engraving. Bot. Mag. t. 1503. I pubescent, 5-lobed ; lobes deeply serrated. Bracts lanceolate, covered 
Specific Character. — Petiole not dilated at the base. Leaves | with clammy hair«. Spur slightly curved ; capsules glabrous. 
Description, &c. — The flowers are large, with the sepals a bright blue, and the petals nearly black. The 
species is a native of Mount Caucasus, and it was introduced in 1829. It is a tall, handsome plant, flowering from 
Juno to September ; and it is increased by division of the root, or by seeds. 
