RANUNCULACE. 
was put to death by taking one drachm of it. Dodonzeus gives 
us aninstance of five persons at Antwerp who ate of the root by 
mistake and all died. Dr. Turner also mentions that some 
Frenchmen at the same place, eating the shoots of this plant for 
those of Masterwort, all died in the course of two days, except 
two players, who quickly evacuated all they had eaten by vomit- 
ing. We have an account, in the Philosophical Transactions, of 
aman who was poisoned in the year 1732 by eating some of the 
plant in a salad instead of celery, and Dr. Willis in his De Anima 
Brutorum, gives an instance of a man who died in a few hours 
by eating the tender leaves of this plant, also in a salad. He 
was seized with all the symptoms of mania. , 
The Aconite, thus invested with terrors, has however been so 
far subdued as to become a powerful remedy in some of the most 
troublesome disorders incident to the human frame. Baron Stoerck 
led the way by administering it in violent pains in the side and 
Joints, in glandulous Scirrhi, tumours, ulcerous tubercles of the 
breast, &c. to the quantity of from ten to thirty grains in a dose 
of an extract, the method of making which he describes. In 
Sweden successful experiments have been made of an extract of 
the Juice of the leaves, in cases of rheumatisms and intermittent 
fevers, given in doses of from a grain to a scruple twice a day or 
oftener. A much larger dose has also been safely administered. 
Itis recommended, however, to begin with a small quantity; a 
caution the more necessary, when we consider the fatal effects 
which ignorantly eating the recent herb has sometimes produced. 
According to Dr. Murray, in his app. med. the chief virtue of the 
plant is in rheumatic and other chronic disorders. In all these 
poes the extract above mentioned is the best preparation. It 
as also been said to be of considerable service in venereal cases, 
even those of a confirmed nature: to have even discussed nodes, 
and cured obstinate ulcers, &c. In the Gutta Serena its efficacy 
es been commended; but perhaps not so certainly as in the 
Orementioned disorders. The powder of the dried leaves is now 
more commonly used. All the species belonging to this section 
Pos the same qualities, and indeed nearly the whole genus. 
1K or Monks’-wood. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1596. Pl. 2-3 ft. 
bicula - LA XUM (Rchb. mon. t. 15. f. 4.) spur capitate; lip or- 
arched’ obcordate ; filament with a few long hairs; helmet gaping, 
croph i] y. H. Native of Switzerland. A. Napéllus Ų mi- 
pa ca um, Gaud. ined.? Flowers blue, few, disposed in a loose 
1g e flowered Aconite. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1820. Pl. 2-3 ft. 
pilose: J UNCKIA`NUM (Rchb. ill. t. 66.) spur capitate ; filaments 
, elmet open, convex ; peduncles loose, erect, elongated. 
and the ative of Salzburg on Mount Untersberg, Switzerland, 
scen p eeees. A. Fùnckii. Rchb. uebers. p. 28. A. pu- 
l. p. 379 cench. Rchb. A. Napéllus #3, pubéscens, D. C. syst. 
enum. sun ) A. angustifdlium and squarrosum, Koch. Willd. 
uncles A Flowers blue. Plant pubescent. 
l4 N conite, Fl. June, July. Clt. 1825. Pl. 2-3 feet. 
t.69.) i. EUBERGE NSE (Clus. D. C. syst. 1. p. 373. Rchb. ill. 
rical - par capitate ; filaments pilose ; helmet closed, hemisphe- 
tyrin & Noss spreading ; lip revolute. Y%.H. Native of 
nees, &c "A erg, Carinthia, Austria, Carniola, and the Pyren- 
tànum, W iE Napéllus, Jacq. fl. aust. 4. t. 381. A. neomon- 
spec, 751 ulf. Kæll. acon. 16. A. Cámmarum. Var. 6. Lin. 
apéllus t exclusive of the synonyms. A. Bràunii, Rchb. A. 
v. p. 96 ba eubergénse, Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 156.—Clus. hist. 
Moris. 1; auh. hist. 3. p. 657.—Chabr. sciagr. 531. f. 5.— 
ist. 3, t. 3. f.11. Racemes loose. Flowers blueish- 
Purple, j : 
bluntish loose racemose panicles. Segments of leaves short, 
ares Aconite. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1822. Pl. 2-3 feet. 
filaments nye ARDEA Num (Rchb. uebers. p. 34.) spur capitate ; 
nts pilose; h . . . 
; helmet closed, hemispherical. .H. Native 
VOL. 1 parr I. ’ p Y 
peduncles erectly spreading. 
XXIX. Aconitum. 57 
of Europe. A. hùmile Bernhardi, but not of Salisb. Flowers 
blue. A very elegant species. 
Var. B, álbidum (Bernh. Rchb. uebers. p. 31.). 
tive of Austria, the Pyrenees, and „Switzerland. 
flore albo, Crantz. A. Napéllus ¢ albiflorum, Ser. mus. helv. 1. 
p.158. Flowers white, disposed in loose spikes. 
Bernhardi’s Aconite. Fl. June, July. Pl. 2-3 feet. 
16 A. ©’minENs (Koch. ex Rchb. uebers. p. 55.) spur capi- 
tate ; filaments pilose ; helmet closed ; lip very long, refracted ; 
y.H. Native of Europe. A. 
neomontanum, hort. paris. Flowers blue. 
Eminent Aconite. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1800. Pl. 2-4 feet. 
17 A. autuMNA‘LE (Clus. ex Rchb. acon. t. 17. f. 2.) spur 
capitate ; filaments pilose; helmet open, convex; peduncles 
rigidly spreading. Y%.H. Native of Europe. Rchb. ill. t. 67. 
A. Napéllus e, grossum. Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 157. Flowers 
in loose panicles of a blueish-purple colour. 
Autumnal Aconite. Fl. July, Aug. Pl. 3-4 feet. 
18 A. pyramipa'LE (Mill. dict. Rchb. uebers. p. 48. acon. t. 
17. f. 2. ill. t. 68.) spur capitate; filaments pilose; helmet 
closed; peduncles erectly-spreading, longer than the flowers. 
Y%.H. Native of Thuringia, Bohemia, and Styria. A. Napél- 
lus Leysser. A. neomontanum, Spreng. Flowers blueish-purple. 
Var. B, densiflorum (Rchb. uebers. p. 48.) racemes elongated, 
crowded, with numerous axillary small racemes. Y%.H. A. 
pyramidale, true, Mill. dict. 
Var. y, elongatum (Rchb. uebers. p. 48.) racemes elongated, 
with very few short axillary racemes. 
Var. è, bicolor (Rchb. uebers. p. 48.) flowers white, edged 
with blue. 2. H. A. variegatum Hortul. with A. versicolor 
and Stoerkianum bicolor. 
Pyramidal Aconite. Fl. July, Aug. P). 4 feet. 
19 A. acumrna‘tum (Rchb. ill. uebers. p. 48.) spur capitate, 
filaments pilose ; helmet closed, conical, beaked. %. H. Na- 
tive of? Supposed to be a hybrid between 4. cérnuum and A. 
Napéllus. Flowers blueish-purple. A. paniculatum (3, acumi- 
natum, Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 144. 
Acuminated Aconite. Fl. July, Aug. Pl. 2-4 feet. 
20 A. mMULTIFIDUM (Koch. Rchb. ill. t. 70.) spur capitate ; 
filaments pilose; helmet closed, arched; peduncles erectly- 
spreading. 2.H. Native of Switzerland and Siberia. A. gigan- 
tèum Amman. A. veniistum laxiflorum virgatum and callibo- 
trys, Rchb. A. volubile, Keell. 21. A, eriostemum, D. C. 
syst. 1. p. 377. A. Napéllus », virgatum £, macrostachyum, 
Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 155. p. 154. Flowers blueish-purple, dis- 
posed in long beautiful spikes. 
Multifid Aconite. Fl. June, July. Pl. 4 feet. 
21 A. amsi'cuum (Rchb. ill. t. 23.) spur capitate ; filaments 
smooth; helmet closed, hemispherical, arched, obtuse ; lip ob- 
cordate. X.H. Native of Siberia. Leaves smooth. Racemes 
loose,'very seldom bearing many small lateral racemes. Flowers 
smooth, pale blue. 
Ambiguous Aconite. 
Yy%.H. Na- 
A. Napéllus 
Fl. June, July. Pl. 2-3 feet. 
+ Species not sufficiently known, belonging to section Napel- 
loidea. 
22 A. ama‘num (Rchb. uebers. p. 23. acon. 93. t. 14. f. 1.) 
peduncles smooth; spur capitate, bent. y. H. Native of 
Germany and Switzerland. A. N. $. ampléxum, Ser. mus. helv. 
1. p.155. Flowers in loose spikes, deep blue. Bracteas short. 
Helmet semicircular ; limb entire, clasping the lateral sepals. 
Pleasing Aconite. Fl. June, July. Pl. 2-3 feet. , 
23 A. oxicoca’rpum (Rchb. uebers. p. 24.) spur capitate, 
bent; peduncles smooth ; capsules 2. %.H. Native of Styria. 
Flowers blue. i 
Few-capsuled Aconite. Fl. June, July, Pl. 1-3 feet. 
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