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Var. B, squarròsum (Rchb. uebers. p. 20.) Native of Switzer- 
land. Flowers deep blue. 
Taurian Aconite. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1752. Pl. 3 to 4 feet. 
6 A. rormosum (Rchb. uebers. p. 36. acon. t. 18. f. 2.) spur 
obtuse ; filaments pilose; helmet spreading ; lip short. %. H. 
Native of Switzerland, Austria ; Salzburg on mount Untersberg. 
Rchb. ill. t. 64. A. Napéllus, Hoppe, cent exsicc. A. hians, 
Clusii, confértum, and rigidum, Rchb. Flowers blueish-purple 
in loose racemes. A. paniculatum, var. «, cernuum, D. C. prod. 
l. p. 60. 
Beautiful Aconite. FI. Ju. July. Clt. 1824. Pl. 2 to 3 feet. 
7 A. acu‘tum (Rchb. uebers. p. 21. acon. t. 14. f. 2.) spur 
capitate; filaments smooth; helmet closed, arched, beaked. Y. 
H. Native of Switzerland, Tyroles, and Alps above Judenburg. 
Carinthia and Transylvania. A. Napéllus, Sieb. Wahl. Schultz. 
A. Keelleanum, firmum, Rchb. acon. t. 14. f. 2. A. Napéllus, 
W. rostellatum, Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 156. 
Var. B, pygma@ um (Vest. Rchb. uebers. p. 21.) plant small. 
Xy. H. Native of the Alps of Styria 6000 feet above the level 
of the sea and Transylvania. A. Napéllus, 3 nanum, Baumg. 
A. firmum, B pygmæ'um, Rchb. uebers. p. 21. 
Acute-beaked Aconite. Fl. June, Jul. Cilt. 1820. Pl. 2 to 3 ft. 
8 A. Hoerta num (Rchb. illus. t. 65.) spur capitate; fila- 
ments smooth; helmet gaping. YJ. H. Native of Carinthia. 
A. Hóppii. Rchb. uebers. p. 24. A. Napéllus:, Hoppeanum. 
Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 155. A. Mielichhéferi, Rchb. Flowers 
blue in loose spikes; helmet falcate-navicular, beaked. Lobes 
of leaves bluntish. 
Hoppe’s Aconite. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. Pl. 1-3 feet. 
9 A. ancustiFo LIUM (Bernh. Willd. Rchb. acon. 95. t. 15. 
f. 2. ueber. p. 24.) spur capitate; filaments smooth ; helmet 
closed hemispherical ; lip bifid. 2.H. Native of Siberia and 
Syria. A. Napéllus x, anthorefolium, Ser. mus. helv. 1. p 
159. Flowers deep blue in spiked panicles. Leaves like those 
of A. Anthòra. 
Var. È, tenuifòlium (Rchb. uebers. p. 24.), lobes of leaves 
very fine, bluntish, scarcely diverging. X4. H. Native of the 
Alps of Vochin and Styria. A. ventistum (3, ramdsum, Rchb. 
uebers, p. 28. A. Napéllus 3, 3, tenuifdlium, Ser. mus. helv. 1. 
p. 159. 
Narrow-leaved Aconite. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1824. Pl. 2-3 ft. 
10 A. Eusta'cuium (Rchb. uebers. p. 24. acon. t. 15. f. 3.) 
spur capitate, filaments and lip pilose ; helmet gaping, hemisphe- 
rical. 21. H. Native of Mount Baldo. A. Napéllus, Pona. A. 
Napéllus A, falcàtum, Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 155. Flowers in- 
tense purple in spiked panicles. Pedicels long. Limb of helmet 
entire. Leaves like those of 4. Anthòra. 
Well-spiked Aconite. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1824. Pl, 2-3 feet. 
§6. Peduncles pubescent. 
11 A. Nare'iLus (Lin. spec. 751. Rchb. uebers. p. 25. illus. 
t. 1.) spur capitate ; helmet convex-hemispherical, gaping, 
smoothish ; lip of nectary revolute ; peduncles erect; leaves 
pedately 5-parted. 2/. H. Native of Switzerland and Styria, &c. 
Var. A. N. Schleichèri (Rchb. ill. t. 1.) stem straight (or in- 
fracted) simple, slender; partitions of leaves finely jagged ; ra- 
cemes short; petals somewhat exserted. Y. H. Native of 
Europe. A. vulgàre, D. C. syst. 1. p. 371. Stem smooth. 
Racemes short, never much crowded. Flowers middle sized, 
blue or violet, pubescent when young. Pistils 3, smooth. 
Var. a, A. N. Schleichéri normale (Rchb. ill. t.1. f. 1.) leaves 
more finely cut; racemes denser. Y.H. Native of Switzer- 
land. A. Tatricum, Schleich. cat. 1815. A. Nap. Tatricus 
Ser. cat. A. Nap. d. densum, Gaud. fl. helv. ined. A. Schlei- 
chèri, Rchb. ueber. p. 35. A. tenuifdlium, Schleich. in litt. A. 
RANUNCULACEZ. 
XXIX. Aconitum. 
Schleichéri elongatum, Schleich. cat. 1821. p. 5. 
B, pubéscens, D. C. syst. 1. p. 372. 
Var. B, A. N. Schleichéri Luxùrians (Rchb. ill. t. 1. f. 2.) pe- 
duncles long; bracteas large, jagged, longer than the flowers; 
racemes loose. 2%. H. Native of Switzerland. A. Napéllus 
spicd foliosa, Schleich. cat. 1815, p.5. A. Schleichéri 6, co- 
mòsum, Rchb. uebers. p. 36.—Moris. hist. 3. p. 464. sect, 12. 
t. 3. f. 19. 
Var. y, A. N. Lobeliànum (Rchb. ill. t. 3.) stem erectish; 
partitions of leaves elongated with diverging segments; racemes 
elongated, loose, with a few small racemes at the base. 2. H. 
Native of Dauphiny and Switzerland.—Lobel. stirp. ed. 1576. 
p. 387. icon.—Clus. hist. 5. p. 76. with a figure.—Dod. pempt. 
ed. 1583. p. 438, with a good figure. Flowers violet or white, 
smooth. Pistils 3, smooth. Fruit veiny; stem 2-4 feet. N. 
Lob.1. Luxirians (Rchb. ill. t. 3. f. 2.) plant strong. N. Lob. 2. 
albiflorum (Rchb. ill. t. 2. f. 3.) flowers white. 
Var. ò A. N. Bauhini (Rchb. ill. t. 4.) stem straight, long, 
branched ; partitions of leaves linear, dilated, very long. 4%. H. 
Native of Switzerland, &c.—Bauh. hist. 3. p. 655, with a mid- 
dling figure.—Chabr. Sciagr. p. 531. f. 2. and p. 527. f.2. A. 
neomontanum, Schleich. cat. 1815. p. 5. A. Hallèri y, ramo- 
sum, Rchb. uebers. p. 28. and A. Halléri. A. Napellus ¢, ra- 
mosum, Schleich. 1822. Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 154. Racemes 
elongated, loose, with a few lateral ascending ones. Flowers of 
an opaque violet-colour. Fruit veiny. Stem 4-6 feet, 
Var. e, A. N. B, compactum (Rchb. ill. t. 2.) stem straight, 
simple, thickish, densely leafy ; segments of leaves elongated ; 
racemes compact, nearly simple. 2%. H. Native of the Pyren- 
nees and Switzerland. A. Napéllus, D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 917. 
No. 4682. Lapeyr. hist. pl. pyr. p. 305. A. compactum. Rchb. 
uebers. p. 27. 
1. Flore violacea-cyaneo (Rchb. ill. t. 2. f. 1.) flowers violet- 
blue. 
2. Flore-rubello (Rchb.) flowers red. Y%. H. Native of 
Switzerland. A. compactum, var. ß, floribus rubéllis, Rchb. 
uebers. p. 27. A. Napéllus. 7. rubéllum, Ser. mus. helv. 1. 
p. 158. , 
Var. č, viridiflorum (Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 158.) flowers m 
loose spikes; helmet semicircular, hardly emarginate, blue, 
marked with green lines. 
Var. n, maculàtum (Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 159.) flowers 
spiked, blue spotted with white. 
Var.S$,multicucullatum (Ser. icon. ined. and. mus. helv.1. p-156.) 
Var. 1, lacinidsum (Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 159.) flowers loosely 
spiked and panicled, large, blue, somewhat conical ; segments 0 
leaves profound, linear, acute. ; 
Var. x, Halléri bicolor (Rchb. uebers. p. 28.) flowers white 
variegated with blue, disposed in spikes or panicles. %. t 
Native of Switzerland on Mount Stockhorn. A. bicolor, Schultz. 
obs. bot. 101. A. vulgare y, bicolor. D.C. syst. 1. p- 372. 
A. Napéllus v, bícolor. Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 158. 
Linnæus says, that 4. Napéllus is fatal to kine and goats, espè- 
cially when they come fresh to it, but that it does no injury to horses 
who eat it only when dry. He also relates in the Stockholm 
acts, that an ignorant surgeon prescribed the leaves, and on e 
patient refusing to take them, he took them himself and died. 
The ancients, who were unacquainted with chemical poisons, "® 
garded the Aconite as the most violent of all poisons ; and accor“ 
ingly fabled it to be the invention of Hecate, and to have sprung 
from the foam of Cerberus. Its real virulence is, however, SU 
ciently established by fatal experiment. Some persons, only PY 
taking in the effluvia of the herb in full flower by the nostr ' 
have been seized with swooning fits, and have lost their sight rf 
two or three days. But the root is unquestionably the oe 
powerful part of the plant. Matthiolus relates that a crimi” 
A. vulgare 
