DELPHINIUM pictum.
Painted-leaved Larkspur.
N a fir al Order. R a n u n c u l a c e æ . D C . s y s t . l . p . l 2 7 .
Tribus IV . H eLLEBOREJE. Æstivatio calycis et corollæ
imbricata. Petala nunc 0, nunc irregularia bilabiata nectarifera.
Calyx petaloideus. Carpella capsularia dehiscentia
polysperma.
D E L P H IN IU M . Calyx coloratus deciduus 5-sepalus,
sepalo^ superiore basi in calcar cavum producto. Petala 4,
interdùm inter se coalita, 2 superiora basi in appendices intra
calcar contentas (calcar internum) producta. Stamina numerosa.
Oraria 1-5, sæpius 3. Capsula totidem distinctæ univalves
folliculares. Semina numerosa arido-baccata. Herbæ
radice annua exili aut perenni subfasciculatà donata; caules
ered i ramosi ; folia petiolata caulina palmatim multifida ;
flores racemosi, sapiùs camici aut albi rosei et variantes p ur-
jìurei, in unica species flavi ; bracteæ 3 ad singulum pedicellum,
1 sub basi (bractea), 2 secus pedicellum (bracteolæ) sapiùs apposita,
nunc ab basin u t in D . staphisagrià, nunc in medio
pedicelli u t in D . Requienii, nunc circà apicem u t in DelpJii-
nastris. DC. syst. 1. p. 340.
Sect. IV . S t a p h y s a g r i a . Oraria 3-5. Petala libera
glabra, 2 inferiora ungniculata limbo ovato ; calcar breve, in-
teriùs dipetalum ; Bracteola oppositæ, à flore distantes, sæpiùs
cum bracteâ ad basin pedicellæ sitæ ; Capsula ovatæ ventri-
cosæ ; Semina subglobosa grossa ; Cotyledones ovales maximæ ;
Radices biennes. D C . l. c.
D. pictum, calcare calyce vix breviore, bracteolis ad basin
pedicelli insertis, petiolis pubescentibus, pedicellis flore vix
longioribus. D C . syst. 1. p . 363. Prodr. 1. p. 56.
Delphinium pictum. Willd. enum. 2. p. 574. Link. enum. 2.
p. 81. Swt. hort. sub. lond. p . 125. Hort. brit. p. 7. n. 36.
Spreny. syst. veg, 2. p . 617.
R o o t biennial. Stem erect, 2 or 3 feet high, more
or less branched, thickly clothed Avith unequal spreading
villous hairs, and terminated Avith a compact raceme
of iloAvers. Leaves flat, variable, on long footstalks
: lower ones smooth, deeply 7-lobed, beautifully
variegated Avith their white branching ve ins: lobes
sharp-pointed, entire or 3-lobed, narroAved downwards:
middle leaves-dec]Ay 5 or 7-parted, more or
less pubescent, segments oblongly-lanceolate, spreadIi.