RANUNCULACE. 
smooth. Racemes loose, leafy. Flowers middle-sized, pale- 
blue, with the middle sepal fringed. 
Fischer’s Aconite. Fl. June, July. Pl. 4-6 feet. 
39 A. Lusa‘rsxu (Rchb. ill. t. 20.) petals erect ; gibbo con- 
tinuous ; filaments smooth ; helmet hemispherico-conical, obtuse, 
closed; peduncles spreading ; lip somewhat orbicular. %. H. 
Native of Kamtschatka. Leaves smooth, with broad segments. 
Racemes loose, leafy. Flowers middle-sized, pale-blue. 
Lubarsky’s Aconite. Pl. 4-6 feet. 
40 A. rortudsum (Willd. enum. 1. p. 576. D. C. syst. 1. p. 
378.) petals supine ; beak blunt; helmet subconical ; spur thick, 
long, abruptly pointed (neither arched, nor convolute,) filaments 
rather pilose. 2%.H. Native of North America, and probably 
of Siberia. Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 147. t. 15. f. 28-29. A. tortud- 
sum, var. a, napellifolium, Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 148. Root 
tuberous. Leaves smooth, with narrow wedged-shaped lobes, 
and acute lobules. Panicle loose, bearing few-flowered branches. 
Flowers large, pale or deep violet. Ovaries 3-5 smooth, con- 
nivent. 
Var. B, illinttum (Ser. plant. sel. cent. 1. et mus. helv. 
1. p. 148.) panicle much branched, very loose; branches and 
peduncles quite smooth ; ovaries 3, smooth; leaves with broad 
cuneiform lobes, and obtuse lobules. Y%.H. Native of? A. 
minicar, Rchb. uebers. p. 54. A. neomontanum, Panz. fl. norimb. 
ined, 
Var. y, recógnitum (Rchb. uebers. p. 42.) Y.H. Native of? 
A, volibile, Bernh. A. volibile and tortudsum, Hortul. A. exal- 
tatum, Wenderoth. Flowers crowded or distant. 
Twisted Aconite. July, Aug. Clt. 1812. Pl. 6-8 feet. 
41 A. voru'sizz (Pall. Willd. spec. 2. p. 1237.) petals supine; 
beak acuminated ; helmet conical; spur hooked at the apex ; 
filaments smooth. 2. H. Native of Siberia in the Altaian 
mountains, A. cilidre, a oligotrichum, D. C. syst. 1. p. 378. 
prod. 1. p. 61. Root tuberous. Stem pubescent, and covered 
pith spreading hairs, slender, twining 12-16 feet high. Panicle 
ose, with ascending branches, which are for the most part pen- 
dulous, Lobes of leaves pinnate, with linear lobules. Flowers 
smooth, middle-sized, violet. Ovaries 5. Rchb. ill. t. 25. 
i Twining-stemmed Aconite. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1799. 
2-16 feet. 
e 42 A, MA’XIMUM (Pall. herb. D. C. syst. 1. p. 380.) petals 
j ect; gibbo continuous ; filaments smooth ; helmet hemispherico- 
onical, obtuse ; spur short, incurved; peduncles erect. . H. 
and so of Kamtschatka. Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 149. t. 15. f. 31 
nish 1 Rchb. ill. t. 17. Stem smooth, Panicle loose, fur- 
pubo with a few long distant few-flowered branches, which are 
. Scent with curved hairs. Leaves large, smooth. Lower 
acteas like the leaves, but smaller. Flowers pubescent, pale- 
Ovaries 3, smooth. 
43 get Aconite. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. Pl. 6 feet. 
gibbo a viLLosum (Rchb. uebers. p. 39. ill. t. 26.) petals erect ; 
closed continuous ; filaments smooth; helmet conical, arched, 
t 20. + da hooked. 2.H. Native of Siberia. Rchb. ill. 
exu oot tuberous. Stem slender, 2-4 feet high, a little 
cendi n villous, with spreading hairs, and furnished with as- 
ones heed nne® towards the top. Young leaves villous, adult 
ormin y so. Racemes furnished with small lateral branches, 
ane 3. It were a small pyramidal panicle. Flowers violet. 
high d » flexudsum (Rchb. ill. t. 27.) stem slender, 4-8 feet 
» densely villous, a little twining, branched, with the branches 
rat wos : . 
species a ous ; partitions of leaves less jagged a the 
. acemes loose, panicled, many-flowered. 
hy Aconite. Fl. June, Aug. Pl. 2 to 8 feet. 
erect « bbe e DUM (Rchb. uebers. p. 39. ill. t. 29.) petals 
oar vp continuous ; filaments smooth ; helmet high, arched, 
orwards, gaping ; spur hooked at the apex. Peduncles 
Pl. 
Ine 
XXIX. Aconitum. 59 
erectly spreading, pubescent. 2. H. Native of Siberia. A. 
ciliare p, polytrichum, D. C. syst. 1. p. 378. Ser. mus. helv. 1. 
p. 149. t. 15. f. 30. A. ciliare, Deless. icon. sel. 1. t. 65. Stem 
slender, villous, branched a little towards the apex. Young 
leaves ciliated as well as the petioles. Racemes branched, few- 
flowered. Flowers large, pubescent, pale-violet. Pistils 5. 
- Flaccid Aconite. FI. July, Aug. Clt. 1822. Pl. 6 feet. 
Sect. V. Corytux0ta (from xopuySaodoc, `korythaiolos, 
ornamented with a variegated helmet.) Rchb. uebers. p. 14. Sect. 
III. Cammarum, D. C. syst. 1. p. 347. Calyx deciduous. Petals 
(nectaries) supine, somewhat hooked. Stamens pilose. Cap- 
sules 3-5, converging. Helmet arched or conical, variegated. 
Young peduncles nodding. Root tuberous. Lobes of leaves 
trapeziform, pinnate. Helmet of flower usually variegated with 
white or blue. 
45 A. PALMATÍFIDUM (Rchb. tebers. p. 48.) filaments smooth ; 
helmet arched. 2. H. Native of the Carpathian mountains. 
A. Breiterianum and Ottonianum, Rchb. uebers. A. Tatricum 
latifolium, Rochel. A. specidsum, Otto, cat. hort. berl. Deless. 
icon. sel. 1. t. 64. Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 147. t. 15. f. 28. 27. 
Flowers blue, variegated with white. 
Palmatifid-leaved Aconite. Fl. July, Aug. Pl. 2 to 4 feet. 
46 A. SToERKIA`NUM (Rchb. uebers. p. 49. ill. t. 71.) stamens 
pilose ; helmet arched. Y.H. Native ofthe Alps of Europe. 
A. Napéllus, Stoerk. Sturn. deutsch. fl. heft. 6. with a figure. 
A. neomontanum, Willd. A. médium, Schrad. hort. gött. but 
not of Willd. enum. A. intermédium, D. C. syst. 1. p. 374. but 
not of Gaudin. nor A. intermédium hybridum, Hoppe.—Trag. 
stirp. p. 248.—Cord. 3. p. 245.—Sturn. fl. germ. 2. t. 6. good. 
—Barrel. icon. t. 610.—Weinm. phyt. t. 21. f. d. Plant quite 
smooth. Panicle loose, with ascending stiff branches. Flowers 
blue. Ovaries 3-5-7, smooth.—A. intermédium var. a. glabrum, 
Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 152. f. 39. 40. 49. 
Var. B, laxiflorum (Rchb. uebers. p. 49.) racemes simple, elon- 
gated, loose. 2. H.—Black. 561. Flowers blue. 
Var. y, bicolor (Rchb. uebers. p. 49.) plant quite smooth ; 
flowers white, variegated with purple. 2%.H. A. médium £. 
Schrad. hort. gött. A. intermédium ĝ, versicolor, Ser. mus. 
helv. 1. p. 152. A. versicolor, Rchb. uebers. p. 50. Lodd. bot. 
cab. 794. A. variegatum, Bernh. 
Var. ò, lattlobum ; lobes of leaves broad ; flowers blue. %. H. 
A. Tatiricum, Roem. in herb. D. C. A. intermédium y, latilobum, 
Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 152. 
Var. z, pubéscens ; stem and peduncles puberulous ; flowers 
blue. A. intermédium 6, pubéscens, Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 152. 
Stoerck’s Aconite. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. Pl. 3 to 4 feet. 
47 A, exatra‘rum (Bernhardi. ex specim. hort. goett. 1818.) 
stamens pilose; helmet conical. 2. H. Native of the Pyre- 
nees ? Rchb. ill. t. 72. Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 151. t. 15. f. 37, 38. 
A. hamatum and decdrum, Rchb. uebers. A. uncinatum, Bernh. 
cat. hort. erf. A. strictum, Willd. enum. suppl. but not of Bernh. 
A. rostratum, Bernh. not D. C. A. médium, Willd. enum. suppl. 
Panicle loose, with ascending stiff branches. Beak elongated, 
ascending. Spur thick, incurved. Ovaries 3-5, smooth. 
Exalted Aconite. Fl. July. Clt. 1819. PI. 6 feet. 
Secr. VI. Toxicorea (a name applied to this section on ac- 
count of the plants it contains agreeing in character with 4. Tézi- 
cum, from ročxov, toxicon, poison; qualities of plants.) Rchb. 
uebers. p. 14. Sect. IV. Cammarum, D.C. syst. 1. p. 374. Calyx 
deciduous. Petals (nectaries) supine, capitate or a little hooked. 
Stamens smooth. Capsules 3-5, erectish. Helmet arched or 
conical. Roots tuberous. Lobes of leaves trapesiform, pinnate. 
Flowers blue or violet, rarely flesh-coloured. 
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