472 
DELPHINIUM gerandiflorum. £. chinense. 
Fischer's Larkspur. ) 
a 
POLYANDRIA Z7'RIGYNIA; (rectits forte PENTAGYNIA?) j 
Nat. ord. RANUNCULACER. Decand. syst. nat. 1. 129. Div. I. Ra- 
nunculacez Vere. Tribus TV. Helleborez. . 
DELPHINIUM. Supra vol. 4, fol. 327. 
Sect. IZ. Delphinastrum. Ovaria 3 interddm 5. Calcar elongatum, in- 
terius dipetalum; Petala 4 libera, 2 inferiora stipitata, limbo intus bar- 
bato in unicéd specie integro, sepissime bifido. ~Bractee 1 sub pedicello, 
2 secds pedicellum sepissime opposite flort contigue.—Radices perennes.. 
Subdiv. I. Petalorum inferiorum limbo integro. 
D. grandiflorum, foliis palmatim multipartitis, lobis linearibus distantibus, 
edicellis bractea longioribus, petalis calyce brevioribus, 2° inferioribus 
limbo obliqué inflexo ovato integro. Decand. syst. nat. 1. 351. 
Delphinium grandiflomm. Lin. sp. pl. ed. 2. '749 (excl. Mill. syn.) Mill. 
dict. ed. 8..n. 6. Lamarck encyc. 2. 264. Willd. sp. pl. 2. 1228; (excl. 
secundo Mill. syn.) Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 3. 320. Curtis's magaz. 1686. 
Delphinium nectariis diphyllis labellis integris floribus subsolitariis foliis com- 
positis lineari-multipartitis. Zin. hort. ups. 150. Mill. ic. 2. 167. t. 250. 
ig. 1. opt. 
De anita tenuids divisis. Gimel. sib. 4. 187. t. 78. 
Delphinium lusitanicum glabrum aconiti folio, Roloff ind, h. craus. G1. t. 3. 
(ex Lin.) non Tournef. 4 : 
Delphinium elatius subincanum perenne floribus amplis azureis. Amm. ruth. 
175. 
(B) chinense, caule rectiore rigido, florescentia seriori. Decand. loc. cit. 352; 
de Fischeri in litt. ifs 
Delphinium chinense. Loddiges’s bot. cabin. 
Species ab omnibus fere DELPHINIIS perennibus petalis integris nec 
bifidis distinctissima, Radix nigricans; caulis. erectus; fol. petiolata 
trisecta, segmentis tripartitis, lobis multifidis, lobulis linearibus angustis ; 
edicelli longi interdiim 1-2-pollicares; flores cerulet, magni; sepala ovalia, 
8-lin. longa, dorso medio pubescentia; petala calyce multd breviora, 2 supe- 
riora alba limbo oblongo acuto integro, 2 inferiora ungue filiformi recto, 
limbo ovato falcatim ad floris latus inferius deflexo, basi pils flavis bar- 
bato; ovaria 3 rarius 4 erecta, adpresse pubescentia. ariat, 1°. foliis 
oralibus inferioribus sepius multifidis, interdiim linearibus integris; 2°. 
racemis paucifloris laxissimis aut multifloris confertioribus; 3°. pedicellis 
a 6 ad 24 lin. longis; 4°. bracteolis alternis oppositisve a flore distantibus aut 
huic contiguis; 5°. floribus sepius ceruleis interdum (ex speciminibus ex 
disdem seminibus ortis) lilacinis subroseis imo albidis. An 2 species confuse? 
Decand. I. c. 
Our plant is said to have been raised from seed sent 
from Russia by Dr. Fischer, under the name of Detpuinium 
chinense, having been deemed by the Doctor distinct from 
grandiflorum, with which we have had no opportunity of 
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