RANUNCULACEÆ. XXIX. Aconitum. 61 
Panicle rather loose. Flowers violet. Helmet conical, elongated, 
abruptly mucronate in front. Spur thick depressed globose. 
Ovaries 3, rarely 4-5, smooth or rather pilose. There are va- 
rieties with broader and narrower leaves. 
Var. B, album ; flowers white or suffused with blue lilac or vio- 
let. yY. H. Native of Switzerland or the Levant. A. álbum, Ait. 
hort. kew. ed. 1. vol. 2. p. 123. A. leevigatum, Schleich. cat. ?: 
Beaked Aconite. Fl. June, Aug. Clt.1752. Pl. 1 to 2 ft. 
56 A. nasu rum (Fisch. in litt. Rchb. uebers. p. 56. ill. t. 
9,10.) helmet conical, bending forward; beak short. 2. H. 
Native of Caucasus and North West America on a mountain 
near the source of Wallawalli River, a branch of the Columbia. 
A. Cammarum, Bieb. fl. taur. and suppl. no. 1054. A. gibbo- 
sum, Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 141. t. 15. f. 14-15. Panicle con- 
tracted, quite smooth. Flowers violet. Spur elongated, arched. 
Lobes of leaves broad. Ovaries usually 3. 
Great-nosed Aconite. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. Pl. 3 feet. 
_ 97 A. varieca’tum (Lin. spec. 751.) helmet bent forward, 
inflated; beak ascending. %, H. Native of middle Europe, 
in the Alps, Rchb. ill. 34. A. hùmile, Sal. prod. p. 375.—Clus. 
hist. 2. p. 98. f. 1.—Ger. herb. 971. f. 2.—Lob. icon. 678. f. 2. 
Stem erect, branched, smooth, a little flexuous. Lower leaves 
on long stalks, upper ones sessile, smooth, thickish. Racemes 
panicled, loose. Flowers large, blue, smooth. Ovaries 5, smooth. 
Var. a, pauciflorum (Ser. mus. helv. 1, p. 140.) helmet straight; 
flowers pale-blue.—Clus. hist. 2. p. 98. f. 1. ` 
Var. B, bicolor ; helmet straight ; flowers white, edged with 
blue or lilac. 4%. H. A. variegdtum, Schrad. hort. gætt. 
Mench. A. rhynchanthum #3, bicolor, Rchb. uebers. p. 56. 
A. leucdnthum Ê, bicolor, Rchb. ueber. p. 55. 
Vi ar. y, pallidiflòrum (Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 140.) helmet in- 
clined ; flowers white, variegated with blue. A. variegàtum, 
Lin. spec. 751. A. variegàtum p, bicolor, Rchb. uebers. p. 58. 
4 Var. ò, cærùleum (Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 140.) helmet inclined; 
owers blue. w.H. A. Cammarum, Schleich. cat. 1821. A. 
glabrum. D. C. syst. 1. p. $79. 
i ar. £, angustilobum (Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 140.) helmet in- 
c med; lobes of leaves very narrow; flowers blue. l 
flow... č, albyfldrum (Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 140.) helmet straight ; 
yers small, white. %. H. A. leucánthum, Richb. uebers. 
P. y A. album, Moench and Hortul. A. Japónicum, Hortul. 
flower  grandiflorum (Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 140.) helmet large ; 
b rere blue. %.H. A. variegàtum. D. C. herb. sent to him 
y Bernhardi. 
wig 9, rhynchénthum (Rchb. uebers. p. 56.) helmet some- 
catu onical, falcately-navicular. Y%.H. A. variegàtum ņ, fal- 
_ Ser. mus. helv. 1. p.141. Flowers blue. 
rhynehée pdmile 5 racemes simple, few-flowered. Y%.H. A. 
ar anthum % humile. Rchb. uebers. p. 56. i 
K, bulbiferum (Rchb. uebers. p. 55.) bulbs in the axils 
f á 
o ne leaves. ` A, Napéllus ò ô, bulbiferum. Ser. mus. helv. 1. 
Var, A, mi . 
blue and ite (Rchb. uebers. p. 61,) flowers mixed with 
s AS ged Aconite. Fl. Aug. Clt, 1597. Pl. 1 to 6 feet. 
nical, aby APO Nicum (Thunb. fl. jap. 231.) helmet exactly co- 
tive of Juetly mucronate ; beak acute, straight. XY. H. Na- 
eaves ste where it is called So-Huso. Stem round, smooth. 
unt and ed, trifid ; lateral lobes bifid, middle lobe trifid, all 
branches geenly soon. Panicle loose, with ascending 
° aries 3. i 
p-1 16 t15. f 22 aad pg ant quite smooth. Ser. mus. helv. 1. 
T. a, cárneum (Ser l. sel 
owe í - pl. sel. cent. 1. and mus. helv. 1. p. 146.) 
: or, flesh-coloured. A, album, D. C. syst. 1. p. 377.? 
nı Ms C@rùleum (Ser. mus. helv, 1. p. 146. blue. 
' glabrum, D.C, wat 1. p. 379. L v. 1. p. 146.) flowers blue 
Japan Aconite. Fl. July, Sep. Clt. 1790. Pl. 6 feet. 
59 A. UNCINA TUM (Lin. spec. 750.) helmet regularly conical, 
compressed. 2%. H. Native of North America on the high 
mountains of Virginia and Carolina in swamps and by the sides 
of rivulets. Sims, bot. mag. t. 1119. Rchb, ill. t. 35 and 36. 
A. scandens, Muhl. Stem with branches rising from the axils 
of the leaves. Racemes loose, rather umbellate at the apex, 
very rarely panicled. Flowers middle sized or large, of a 
lilac colour, smooth, with a somewhat spiral inclined spur. Ova- 
ries 5, villous. 
Var. a, Linnednum (Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 147.) helmet pointed, 
hooked. X4. H. Native near Philadelphia. A. uncinadtum, 
Lin. spec. 750. var.a. D. C. syst. 1. p. 379. 
Var. B, Michauxidnum (Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 147. t. 15. f. 24 
and 25.) helmet awnless in front. 2/.H. A. uncinatum, Mich. 
fl. bor. amer. 315. Sims, bot. mag. t.1119. A. uncinatum £f. 
D. C. syst. 1. p. 379. 
Hooked-helmetted Aconite. 
to 8 feet. 
Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1768. Pl. 4 
+ Species doubtful whether they belong to the present section. 
60 A. patma‘tum (D. Don. prod. fl. nep. p. 190.) leaves 
5-cleft, palmate, smooth, paler beneath; segments cuneated, 
deeply lobed and toothed; stem simple, smooth. 3. H. Native 
of Nipaul at Gosaingsthan. Stem about the thickness of a com- 
mon writing quill. Leaves on long stalks. Flowers not seen. 
Palmate-leaved Aconite. Pl. 2 feet. 
61 A. FE Rox (Wall. in litt. D.C. prod. 1. p. 64.) helmet 
convex, curved, on short stipes; spur thick, inclined; lip very 
narrow, divaricate; stem simple. %. H. Native of Nipaul. 
A. viròsum, D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 190. Stem clothed with 
brown tomentum. Leaves many-parted, villous beneath, with 
revolute edges ; cauline leaves almost sessile, 3-4-parted ; seg- 
ments pinnatifid ; lobes linear, stiff, obtuse, entire, or toothed. 
Ovaries 3, villous. The root of this species is very poisonous. 
Flowers shewy violet in loose woolly racemes, Ser. mus. helv. 
1. p. 160. t. 15. f. 43, 44. 
Ferocious Aconite. Pl. 2 to 6 feet. 
Sect. VIII. Lyco’cronor nea (applied to this section on account 
of the plants it contains agreeing in character with 4. Lycécto- 
num, from dukoc, lykos, a wolf; revo, kteino, to kill ; because the 
A.Lycoctonum was used to poison wolves, before a more efficacious 
method was discovered). Rchb. uebers. p. 14. Sect II. Ly- 
coctonum. D. C. syst. 1. p. 367. Calyx deciduous. Petals (nec- 
taries) oblique ; spur clavate, straight, arched, hooked, or spiral. 
Capsules 3, adult ones erect, or diverging. Stamens smoothish. 
Helmet conical or cylindrical. Root tuberous, emitting numerous 
fibres. Lobes of leaves wedge-shaped, pinnate, rarely bipinnate. 
Flowers cream-coloured, white, or livid-blue. 
§ 1. Spur clavate, nearly straight. Young capsules silky- 
pubescent. 
62 A. parsa‘tum (Patrin. in Pers. ench. 2. p. 83) spur straight- 
ish, obtuse; bottom of helmet conical; middle sepals densely 
bearded. 4%. H. Native of Siberia. Deless. icon. sel. 1. t. 64. 
Rchb. ill. t. 45. Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 138. t. 15. f. 10 and 11. 
A. boredle. Ser. ex Rchb. uebers, p. 62. A. squarrosum. 
Lin. spec. 751. D.C. syst. 1. p. 368. Stem pubescent. Leaves 
opaque, with the lobes divided into many linear segments, on long 
stalks which are villous as well as the nerves. Racemes dense, 
puberulous, with a few axillary racemules. Flowers middle- 
sized, cream-coloured. Ovaries 3, silky. Sweet, fl. Gard. 164. 
Bearded Aconite. Fl. Jul. Aug. Cit. 1807. Pl. 2 to 6 ft. 
63 A. Gmetr'nt (Rchb. uebers. p. 63. ill. t. 46.) spur straight, 
obtuse ; bottom of helmet rounded, cylindrical. 2%. H. Native 
