Consolida regalis subsp. paniculata, (Host) Soo Consolida tenuissima, (Sibth. & Sm.) Soo

(b) Subsp. paniculata (Host) Soó View in CoL , Österr. Bot. Zeitschr. 71: 243 (1922)

( Delphinium paniculatum Host ; inch D. divaricatum Ledeb. ):

Stem much-branched; inflorescence very lax; perianthsegments 9-11 mm, dark blue; follicle usually twice as long as wide, glabrous or appressed-pubescent. S.E. Europe, extending to N. Italy.

Plants with appressed-pubescent follicles have been called C. divaricata (Ledeb.) Schrôdinger , Abhand. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 4 (5): 25 (1909), but do not seem to merit even subspecific rank.

10. C. tenuissima (Sibth. & Sm.) Soó View in CoL , Österr. Bot. Zeitschr. 71: 241 (1922).

Stem up to 50 cm, branched, covered with patent hairs. Segments of basal leaves oblong; segments of cauline leaves linear. Inflorescence lax, paniculate; lower bracts linear, entire; lower pedicels longer than flower and ripe follicle. Perianth-segments 5-7 mm, violet-blue; spur 7-10 mm. Upper lobe of nectary broad, bifid, with obtuse lobes. Follicle 5-8 mm, less than twice as long as wide, glabrous. • S.E. Greece. Gr.