•96 A^NALS OF SOi-AL BOTANIC GARDEK, CALCUrTA.
gpur su"bulate or slender, cylincbioal, more or less curved, 15—20 mm. long; nootarial
Bpiirs tHn, awl-shaped, sligUtly iiiourved or recurved; ovaries hairy all over; lamina
of anterior staniinodes suborbioular, shortly bilobed, diso and base sparsely bosot witb
short biiira, glabrous below; seed-scales rather short, adprassed; leaves of D. eaniwlmfdium^
(,Gnffith, Aiglianistan, 156 supyl Ugt-, No. 45, Eerb. East Ind. Oomp.).
B. demulatum. Wall,, is very closely allied to D. sunioulifolium ; not only are its sepaline spirr?
ver)' often gibboue, but even the glandular habs wMoh aro often prosent on the iioral axis of forms
of ]). sajMulifolium, sometimes mnke theu- tippcarance in a similar position in specimens of D. denudntu::.
The latter can, however, be always distiugxushed from the former by the seed-scales being laxly,
not dosely, imbricate. Some specimens of D. deuudatuin agree nearly exactly with Don's B. panc/flcr
which has, according to Don's description, : nodes like those of B. di-nud^/um, and not
like those of B. Jjacii. The fact that Hamilton suggested D. consolida on his sheet hns little weight,
as various other guesses of his were equally wide of their mark. There would, however, be little
use in changing the came of B. di-nudaiiun afler it lias obtained the sanction of long usage, the
more so as the name of D. p mcijlo' wn has been applied by ether authors to otlier species, and is
therefore somewhat discredited.
PfciTE 117. Dclphimwn Bjí«. 1. var. kohaUnsii', 2, var. gilgitfsis •, 3, var. kurrumsis-, 4r, pedicali
hraoleoles, and posterior sepals of a. b. var. a Ercm Persia, o. d. Tar. S from Gilgit. c. var. y from Sohat, f. var.
y from B. Afgliaiiistan, g, subspecies II. from E. Afglianistan; 5. ucctarifcrous staininodes of a. h. var. a, o. d. var.
8, 0. f. var. y, g. Tar. e, h. 8ub^pecies If. 6, potaloid staminodes of a. var. a, h. var. y, c. var. S, d. vi.r. e. Biibspacics
Hi 7, stamens of a. var. y, b. vnr. e, c. var. a ; S. pistils of a. var. a, b. var. e, Subspecies 11, d. var. y;
9. folliile; 10, seeds of a. var. bo the same, apioal aspect, e. subsp. 11. d. of D. dcnudatum.
Dlil-rHINIUM INCANUM, Ii"l/ie,
Rhizome -woody, cylindric or subtuberous, desceuding. Stem erect, branched, terete
or moro or less angular, in ñower 50—120 cm. high, 4—8 ram. thick near base, eiiher
wholly canesccnt -with crisp usually dowQwards directed hairs or glabrescent downwards
or rarely upward.s densely pubescent with yellow glandular hairs. Branches elongate,
spreading or erect-patulous, 10—30 cai. long. Lcayes on the lower surface canescent,
more rarely puberuloua, on the upper surface puberulous or pubescent; lower leaves
sliortly or long-pctiolei, upper ones subsessile; the longer petioles moderately dilated at
ihe base, sometimes 5 cm. long; shorter petioles scarcely dilated, strongly striated with
parallel nerves; lamina of lower leaves trisect fo the base, lateral segments asymmetrically
bisect, segments repeatedly pinnatisect, ultimate divisions lanceolate-hnear,
acutc, apiculate, 2—4 mm. broad, nerves prominent beneath; upper cauline leaves smaller
than the lower ones, somewhat less divided, lacinulae more acute. Flowers conspicuous,
arranged in rather dense racemes. Pcdicels at the base with a liüear-!a;iceolate acute
bracts of a length of 3 - 7 mm., 5 - 1 5 mm. long in flower, in f.uit sometimes 25 mm.,
shorter than the spur, at or near the base, rarely above the middle, with 2 usually
opposite linear bracteoles of the same length as the bract or shorter. Sepals bright^ blae
or purplish, spreading, elliptic or the anterior ones subobovato, 10—18 mm. long 7 11
mm. broad; anterior and posterior wes very shortly acuminate, outside densely and
minutely grey-pubescent, lateral ones rather obtuse and broader, pubescent along the
nuddlc; spur about as long as the lamina or | as long, horizontal or ascendmg,
subcylindric more rarely subulate, btraight or somewhat curved, at the tip obtuse cr
subacute or abruptly narrowed, often narrower in the middle. Nectariferous stannnodea
shorter than the sepals, glabrous, anterior margin upwards bent back at nenily
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a right angle, bilobed or subentire at the apes; spur strai-ht or curved, snbnate.
I'etaloid stsminoJes nearly as long as the sepals, sometimes 3 mm. shorter; lamina
asyomietrically ovate, biSd to about the middle, on the upper surface near the base
bearded with white hairs, often subcüiate, elabrous or little hairy on the back; claw
linear, a little shorter than the lamina, papillose at the eJges. Stamens 40-50. about
half as long as the sepals, exterior ones a little longer; filaments moderately dilated near
the base, glabrous; anthers suhrotund. Pistils 3, erect, -3—i mm. long; ovaries ovateoblong.
densdy and minutely pubescent; stj-Ie filiform, nearly half as long as the ovary,
glabrous upward-?, stigma shortly bilobed. Follicles 3, on erect or patulous pedicels,'
chartaceous, ovoid-cylindric, reticulate, 10—12 mm. long, beset with itifSsh straigbt or
more commoniy with crisp minute hairs, persistent style i—i the length of the follicle.
Seeds numerous, obpyramidate, 3—1-sided, dorsal side broader and slightly curved, covered
with scariose free or slightly connate subadpressed scales, about 1-5 mm. lonó-.
Flowers from June to September.
Kashmir (S^r6. Fak./); Sind valiej {Sioiicnia! CMe/); Eishengnnaa valley near Gvr^U
Li.idar vdlejr 8-9,000' [Duíhie/í-, Paagi ; Eanl»-ar (fioyfe.'); Bast^hr (W/ ) "
B-lpAinfum i«««»« is the Eimakraa developmeni of the poljTBorphoDS AyinV/u«; especiailv ciosa
^ the affimty between 3 rather s:naIl-flowered form from EnnSwar with ptirplish-blne sepals and ^¡taloid
staminorles ^ long as, or longer than the lateral sep^-, and ibe laser racemose variety of D
f «m the Cnc^^ns. The middle ca^ne l.av« of B. are, however, always sh^ th.
of the pehol« mnch less conspicuous, the sepals are hroad-eiliptio instead of ellipricoblong and nsnaUv
^gar, and the petaloid stammodes ara commonly distinctly shorter ( 1 - 3 mm.) than the lateral sepals.
iUshnur. Í) 4. U««! .ep.1. 5. «..«icr sepal; 6. „«ct,rifercus 7. pec^oid ^ ^ o d e 8 sÍJu
9. U) rediael «cb e:irpels. pi^!. (c) imr; 10. unsure earpel. Eiir. «miUr to 9 f., .v.«. . J Z « T
lon^ipe», Franchet = D.
Delphixtum gkaxdiflokum, Linn.
{Delphiniam tp-indlfianim, Linn.; D. ctEruhum. Jacquem:
Davidi, Franchet; D. Eumamense, E. I [nth).
Perennial; rhizome subcylindric; flowering stem 7 -60 cm. high: W s trisect or
deeply tripartite, lateral segments 2 to 3-panite, divisions variously ckh and incised
lacmulae Imear or linear-Ianceokte or oblong, more rarely oboyate or obovateK,b!on^ •
inflorescence rarely one-fiowered, usually several- to many-flowered, paniculate or panic^^late'"
corymbose: bracteoles usually above the middle of the puberulous or viUose nediclps •
sepals spreading, 12-1-5 mm. long, blue, more rarely purple, white, or greenish ; sepalin;
.Tor slender conical; s'^ounodes shorter than the sepals; lamina of anterior stamiLodes
Wae or purple orbicular, obovate or obovate-oblong, subentire. emarginate. to bilobed
beyond the middle; p.tils 3 - 3 ; foUicles 12-13 m^.Iong; seeds obpy^amidal or o b W
p^ckeS .In The ^ ^ ^^
Flowers about July and August.
Distribution: Siberia, China, Himalava.
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