W6St t0 Missouri! »• Blue Ri-
Rnnt M ? 6’ £ luital}J Rocky Mountains, Drummond. Mav-Julv —
Root fusiform. Stem 12-18 inches high, and with the leaves glabrous
pmdulous0 w S S ternute i lf;fflets cuneiform, crenately lobed. ’ Flowers'
fen and callousIt thf^™ally>.JeUo^ lns.lde- Spurs len ana callous at the extremity. Ovaries pubescenta.bout an inch long, swol?'
A ‘ formosa (Fischer): spur straight, much longer than the limb • seft
»“' o f .1». p 5 .b " y i ,U ' t n g f i
rie sepals.—ƒ isch. in DC. prodr. 1. p. 50. A. Canadensis Bone- ' vpo-
1. p h5b™nv™i)Cad' SL Petersb- (6 ser') 2: P- 124; Hook.! fl. Bor.-Am.
O r e g o n , ^ / Dr. Scouler! Sitcha and Unalaschka, B oneard'—
S T 011“ * A - C .n .4 « .« ; b„. differs in comP™,'iv,
leareT The . , f ' V’ "Wer f'm of » dothed with a few small
p X ia “ d “ >»ed,„,d ,h „ e -
thflimb'TenS? riT " T ' :, !p“ s ™T »lender, about twice as long as
me limb, sepals rhomboid-ovate, acute, longer than the petals • stamens and
sty e shorter than the corolla.-’rorr.’/ in ann.
A. leptocera, Nutt. ! in joum. acad. Philad. 7. p .9 ’ 1
a S o t n ' - James! Mr- m J eih! June.-Ste.rn about
l e £ s S l v rlpft ’ l i 1 US> LeaVf mof.% radical, glaucous beneath;
leucous N u n \ ^ f lowers somewhat solitary, large, bright blue (ochro- leucctus, Nutt.). Sepals narrow at the base. Petals very obtuse. ^
t>4' 4' bremstyla (Hook.): somewhat pubescent; spurs incurved shorter
than the lnnb; styles short, included; petals a little exceeding the stamens —
fd 2 3°r-Am- L p ‘ 2L A- * 4 ^ R ^ « rd s. a j } FrZklfour.
Western parts of Canada, as far north as Bear Lake, Dr. Richardson —
theTizend S eVeiS 38 “ A TOlgf is’ but tlle holers (which are blue) only half
t^onront sstytley.—line eatr AA . ^vulagnaCries0 laantedV AS . &cserAule a.0 neH ionockh. H f pointed wk h a
13. DELPHINIUM. L in n .; DC. syst. 1. p. 340.
Sepals 5, deciduous, petaloid, irregular; the upper one produced into a spur
at the base. Petals 4, irregular; the 2 superior ones furnished with a spur-
JnTtl nppendagc at the base, inclosed in the spur of the calyx. Ovaries 1- 5,
mostly 3. Follicles many-seeded.-Annual or perennial herbs with erect
ranched stems. Leaves petiolate, palmately divided. Flowers in terminal
racemes, commonly blue.—Lcwic-spuT.
§ 1. Ovary solitary: petals United into one: inner spur o f one piece:
annual.—Consolida, DC.
b » « h ,d ;c a"w
carpels smooth. DC. prodr. 1. p. 51; p l L T t t p V s ^
.. „ p Staunton, andon dry hills near the South Mountain (Virginia! na
twe.” Pursh, m herb. Barton / - I n fields, and along road-sides • S l i c e d
from Europe, and almost naturalized. July. '5 lntroduced
§ 2. Ovaries 3-5: petals not cohering, the inferior ones 2-cleft: spur
elongated: perennial.—Delphinastrum, DC.
2. D. exaltatum (Ait.) : petioles not dilated at the base; leaves deeply 3 -
5-cleft; lobes cuneiform, divaricate, 3-cleft, acuminate; raceme strict; spur
straight, as long as the calyx; lower petals deeply 2-cleft, sparingly bearded ;
with a minute spur-like process at the base of the claw.—Ait. Kew. (ed. 1.)
2 . p. 244; DC. prodr. 1. p. 54 ; Pursh, fl. 2. p. 371; Ell. sk. 2. p. 18 ;
Hook.fl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 25. D. tridactylum, Michx.! fl. 1. p. 314. D. ur-
ceolatum, Jacq. ic. rar. 1. t. 91. (fide Hook.) D. alpmum, Waldst. and
Kit. 3. t. 246. (fide Hook.)
Canada to South Carolina ! Kentucky, Short ! Ohio, Riddell. June-
Aug—Stem 2-4 feet high, glabrous below, pubescent towards the summit.
Lower leaves 4-5 inches in diameter, about 5-cleft; upper ones somewhat
3-parted, with the divisions incised and widely spreading ; lateral ones 2-
lobed. Racemes, and outer surface of the sepals, canescent. Flowers bright
blue (sometimes white, Drummond). Sepals with a pubescent, yellowish,
longitudinal line externally. Limb of the upper petals entire. Carpels 3,
straight.
3. D. Californicum: petioles dilated at the base; leaves palmately 3-5-
cleft ; divisions incisely 3-lobed; raceme strict, and with the flowers, pubescent
; spur as long as the calyx, somewhat incurved; limb of the superior
petals notched; lower ones 2-cleft, densely bearded on the inside; the claw
furnished with a minute spur-like process at the base.
California, Douglas /—Stem smooth below. Lower leaves deeply 5-cleft;
the divisions cuneiform, 3-lobed; segments of the upper leaves lanceolate,
divaricately lobed. Flowers as large as in D. exaltatum, pale blue ? Ovaries
3. Petals aalong as the sepals.
4. D. trimrne (Michx.): petioles slightly dilated at the base; leaves 5-
parted with the divisions 3-5-cleft; lobes linear, acutish; petals shorter than
the sepals, the lower ones 2-cleft and bearded within; spur straight, as long
as the calyx, ascending.—Michx.! fl. 1. p. 314; Pursh ! fl. 2. p. 371; DC.
prddr. 1. p. 54; Deless. ic. 1 .1. 59 ; E ll.s k . 2. p. 18.
Hills and woods, Pennsylvania! Virginia! Louisiana and western States!
to Arkansas ! April-May.—Sparingly pubescent. Stem 6-18 inches high.
Root tuberous. Leaves with an orbicular circumscription. Raceme somewhat
loose, 6-12-flowered. Flowers bright blue, sometimes white, pubescent.
Lower petals densely bearded ; claw slightly gibbous at the base. Carpels
3, ovate, spreading, reticulately veined.
5. D. Menziesii (DO.): petioles slightly dilated at the base; leaves 3-
parted; lobes 3-cleft, linear, entire; bracts 3-cleft; raceme strict; petals
bearded; spur straight, longer than the limb; root tgrumous. DC. syst. 1.
p. 355; Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 25; Bot. reg. t. 1192. D. simplex, Hook.
l.c.
0. ochroleuca(Nutt.! mss.): “ flowers pale yellow, the tips of the sepals
only blue.” ,
Western coast of America! from California to Kotzebue’s Sound, and on
the plains of the Oregon! down to the sea, (never in the shade of the forest,
Nutt.) 0. Open prairies and along the banks of the Wahlamet, N u tta ll!—w
Root grumous and tuberous. Stem from a span to two or more feet high,
nearly simple but sometimes paniculately branched, and as Well as the
leaves, pubescent. Raceme elongated; rachis and pedicels velvety-pubescent.
Flowers (except in 0.) deep blue, marked externally with a hairy line.
—Near D. azureum.