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DELPHINIUM cheilanthum ;
car. multiplex.
Double Large-lipped Larkspur.
Linnean Class and Order. POLY ANURIA TRIGYNIA.
Natural Order. RANUNCULACE.E. Juss. gen. p.TiX.
d e l p h i n i u m . Calyx coloratus deciduus 5-sepalus, sepalo superiore basi
in calcar cavum producto. Pelala 4, interdbm inter se coalita, 2 superiora
basi in appendices intra calcar contentas (calcar internum) producta. Stamina
indefinita. Ovaria 1-5, smpiùs 3. Capsula totidem distincta; univalves
folliculares. Semina indefinita, arido-baccata.
Herbse radice annuà exili aut perenni subfasciculatd donata. Caules eredi,
ramosi. Eolia petiolata caulina palmatìm multijìda. Flores racemosi,
sapiùs ccerulei. Decand. syst. 1. p. 340.
Sect. 3. Delphinastrum. Ovaria 3 interdum 5. Calcar elongatum, interius
dipetalum. Pelala 4 libera, 2 inferiora stipitata, limbo intùs barbato in
unica specie integro, sa;pissimè bifido. Bractea 1 sub pedicello, 2 secus
pedicellum sa;pissimè oppositee fiori contigua;.—Radices perennes. Decand.
c . l .p . 351.
* Petalorum inferiorum limbo integro.
D. cheilanthum, caule erecto ramoso, foliis 5-partitis, lobis oblongis acuminatis'
subtrifidis subdentatis, petalis calycebrevloribus, 2 inferioribus limbo obliquò
infiexo ovato integro, capsulis reticulatìm pictis pubescentibus. Decand.
l. c. 1. p. 352. prodr. \ . p. 53.
Delpbinium cbeilantbum. Fisch, in litt. Schrank, pi. rar. 52. cum icone.
Ker in bot. reg. t. 473. Spreng, syst. 2. p. 617. G. Don. gen. syst. gard.
bot. \ . p. 52.
D. foliis birsutis. Omel. db. 4. p. 187.
ß. multiplex, flore multiplici.
Root perennial. Stems erect, rising to the height of 3
feet, cylindrical, hairy. Leaves stalked, 3-5-partite; segments
cuneiform, trifid and cut into linear-oblong, unequal,
scarcely pointed lobes, dark green, shining, and marked
with depressed lines above, paler, and ribbed beneath,
slightly hairy on both sides, but especially on the edges and
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