28 I. RANUJfCULACE-E. (Hook. f. & Thoms.) [Aconitum. 



1. A. unclnatum, Linn.; stem twining, leaves palinately 3-5-fid, 

 flowers pauicled, helmet with a short blunt dorsal cone, testa plaited. 

 DC. Prodr. I 60. A variegatum, //./. ^' T. Fl Inch 56 {not of L.). -• : 



East Tkmperate Himalaya ; Sikkim, Lachoong valley, alt. 9000 ft., Hooh. f. 

 . Stem several feet long, very slender, we<ak, sparingly branched, glabrous or puberulous. 

 Leaves 3-4 in. broad, lobes cunoate-ovate sharply cut and toothed ; bracts similar. 

 Floicers §-1 in. long, in open large panicles, yellowish or bluish-green. Helmet xiiMc\ 

 arched, bh)ntly beaked in front. Sjpur refiexed. Follicles 5, glabrous.— Specimens 

 too scanty for correct identification. * , 



2. A. Ziycoctonuxu, Linn. ; stem erect much branched, leaves pal- 

 mately deeply 5-9-lobed, racemes branched, helmet with a short beak ana 

 long cylindric or conical dorsal prominence, testa plaited. DC, Prodr, i 57.^ 

 H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 72. A. Iseve, Ro7jle III 56. 



West Temperate Himalaya; Kumaon to Kasbmir, alt. 7-10,000 ft.— Distkib., 

 Europe, N. Asia. 



Stem 3-6 ft., glabrous or pubescent. Leaves 6-10 in. diam., lobes cuneate-ovate, 

 sharply cut. lower long retioled, upper sessile. Bacemes lons^, tomentose ; bracts 

 minute. Flowers pale yellow or dull purple, variable ia size. Follicles 3, spreading. 



3. A. luridum, H.f. & T. FL Ind. 55; stem erect simple, leaves 

 paluiatelv 5-fid below the middle, raceme simple, helmet with a long 

 straight beak and broad dome-like dorsal prominence, testa smootL -■> 



Alpine East Himalaya; Sikkim, alt. 14.000 ft., Hooh. /• 



8ttm 2-3 ft., slightly pubescent, few-leaved. Badical leaves 2-3 in.diam.,6egmei)ts 

 cuneate-ovate, 3-fid and coarsely crenate, petiole long; cauline 2-5-partite. Jiactms 

 i-1 ft., pedicels short; lower bracts leafy, sessile, 3-5 partite, upper entire. Flowers 

 dull red. *Sepa?« brown-toraeatose. jPoZZtcZe* 3-5, erect. ■■;, 



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4. A. palxnatuniy Don Prodr. 196 ; stem erect simple below, leaves 

 reniform deeply 5-lobed, panicle few-flowered, helmet much vaulted shortly 

 beaked, testa plaited. Wall. Cat. 4723; RoyU III. 57: H.f dh T. FL Ind. 

 m ; A. lethale, Griffith NotuL iv. 732. 



Tkmperate Himalaya, from Sikkim to Garwhal, alt. 8-10,000 ft.; Mishui, 

 Grmth. 



Stem 2-5 ft., leafy, glabrous. Leaves 4-6 in. diam., sinus shallow ; segments cuneate- 

 ovate, deeply sharply cut ; petioles long. Flowers large, greenish-blue, pedicels long. 

 Helmet rather higher than broad. Follicles 5, 1-1 4 in. long, glabrous. 



5. A. feroz, WalL in Seringe Mits. HelveL i. 160, ^ in DC. Prodr. i. 64 



{not of Plant. As. Par.); stem erect simple below, leaves rounded or oval 

 pftlmately 5-fid, raceme terminal dense-flowered, helmet vaulted with a short 

 sharp beak, testa plaited, WalL CaL 4721, BCD; H.f d: T. FL Ind. 56 ; 



A. virosum, Don Prodr. 196. 



Tempekate SuTiALrn«E Himalaya, from Sikkim to Garwhal, alt. 10-14,000 ft. 



^tewi 3-6 ft., puberulous, leafy. LeavesZ~^\n.\ lobes cuneate-ovate, incised. Pacem^ 

 6-12 in, simple or sparingly branched below, tomentose; pedicels 1-2 in. thickened at 

 the top; bracts pinnatifid ; bracteoVs linear. Flowers large, pale dirty blue. Heh^^f^ 

 about twice as long as high. FoUides 5, erect, usually densely villous, glabrous in 

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 ments linear multifid, raceme simple few- or riiany-ffowered, helmet shallow, 



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