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of Siberia. A. hispidum, D. C. syst. 1. p. 367. A. pyrenai- 
cum, Koelle acon. A. nitidum, Fisch. A. barbatum ĝ, hispidum, 
Ser. mus. helv. 139.—Gmel. sib. 4. p. 188. t. 81. Stem villous 
below, but almost smooth at the top. Leaves on long stalks, 
villous beneath and shining above, with the lobes divided into 
narrow segments. Flowers middle-sized, cream-coloured. Ova- 
ries 3, silky. Racemes very long, puberulous, at length be- 
coming loose. 
Gmelin’s Aconite. Fl, June, Aug. Clt. 1817. Pl. 2 feet. 
64 A. Lerra’ntuum (Rchb. ill. t. 64.) spur straight, blunt ; 
bottom of helmet conical, elongated-attenuated ; capsules ventri- 
cose. 2. H. Native of Dauria on the Baikal Mountains. 
Root a branched rhyzoma. Stem slender, villous at the base, 
but puberulous at the top. Leaves on long, flattish, villous 
stalks. Racemes elongated, loose, furnished with a few small 
axillary racemules. Flowers middle-sized, yellow, canescent 
when in bud. Ovaries silky-puberulous. 
Slender-flowered Aconite. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1820. Pl. 2 to 4 ft. 
§ 2. Spur clavate, arched, or hooked. Young capsules silky- 
pubescent. 
65 A. pa’tuipum (Rchb. uebers. p. 65. ill. t. 50.) spur arched ; 
bottom of helmet conico-cylindrical ; middle sepals covered with 
short hairs. 2. H. Native of Russia in the government of Rasan, 
in groves at Kurbatowa. A. ochroleucum, hort. hal. Root large, 
branched, fibrous. Stem puberulous, truly canescent at the apex. 
Leaves 5-7-parted, deep green, the first ones are puberulous 
above. Racemes puberulous, rather loose with a few ascending 
racemules. Flowers large, cream-coloured, ovaries 3, pube- 
rulous. 
Var. B, meléctonum (Rchb. uebers. p. 65.) panicle large, 
with diverging branches; flowers cream-coloured, loose, pubes- 
cent; germens villous. %. H. Native of Piedmont. A. Ly- 
coctonum, All. pedm, no. 1498. Balb. fl. pedm. p. 87. A. 
Lycéctonum 7, laxiflorum, D.C. syst. 1. p. 369. Ser. mus. 
helv. 1. p. 135. 
Pale-flowered Aconite. Fl. July, Aug. PI. 2 to 4 feet. 
66 A. Lasio’stomum (Rchb, ill. t. 49.) spur arched; bottom 
of helmet conical; middle sepals densely bearded. %4. H. 
Native of Russia near a town called Modyn in the government 
of Kaluga. Stem puberulous, or densely and softly villous. 
Leaves with villous petioles and pubescent veins. Racemes 
elongated, loose, puberulous, furnished with a few racemules. 
Flowers largeish, cream-coloured, or yellow. Ovaries 3, silky- 
villous. 
Hairy-mouthed Aconite. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1820. Pl. 1 to 2 ft. 
67 A. pisse’crum (Tauch. in cat. hort. Rchb. ill. 48.) spur 
arched ; bottom of helmet conical, bending down in a short front. 
4. H. Native of Siberia. Stem puberulous? Leaves like 
those of 4. barbatum, but the partitions are broader. Racemes 
elongated, dense, puberulous, furnished with a few spreading 
axillary racemules. Flowers largeish, cream-coloured. Ovaries 
3, silky. 
Dissected-leaved Aconite. Fl. June, July. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
68 A. Hamitto nit; leaves 5-parted, smooth, and pinnatifid, 
with linear acute segments ; stem simple, smooth. %. H. Na- 
tive of Nipaul at Gosaingsthan. A. disséctum, D. Don, prod. fl. 
nep. p. 197. Root tuberous. Stem about the thickness of a 
crow’s quill, Flowers not seen. Very like A. Pyrendicum, in 
habit it is doubtful whether it may belong to this section. 
Hamilton’s Aconite. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
§ 3. Spur spiral. Young capsules silky-pubescent. 
69 A. Lama'rxn (Rchb. ill. t, 40.) spur spiral ; helmet con- 
stricted, clavate. Y%.H. Native of the Pyrenees. A. Pyrenai- 
cum. Lam. dict. 1. p. 33. D. C. syst. 1, p, 368. A. Lycóc- 
RANUNCULACEÆ. XXIX. Aconitum. 
tonum, var. 8, Pyrenàicum. Ser. mus. helv, 1. p.133. D.C. 
prod. 1. p. 57. Stem smooth. Leaves large, 7-9-parted, with 
the partitions unequally cleft. Racemes long, cylindrical, crowded, 
branched at the base. Flowers cream-coloured, pubescent ; sepals 
about equal in length. Ovaries 3, villous. 
Var. B, Penninum ; pubescent ; flowers large, spiked, or some- 
what panicled, yellow; helmet conical; beak large; ovaries 
3-5, villous. 2¥.H. Native of Mount Pennino. A. Lycóc- 
tonum 6, Penninum. Ser. pl. sel. cent. 1. and mus. helv. 1. p. 
134. D.C. prod. 1. p. 57. 
Var. y, pubérulum ; flowers spiked, or somewhat panicled, 
yellow; helmet large; stem leaves and flowers clothed with 
horizontal hairs. 2.H. Native of Mount Cenis. A. Lycóc- 
tonum e, pubérulum. Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 134. D.C. prod. 
l. p. 58. 
Var. ò, laxiflòrum; panicle ample, with diverging branches; 
flowers loose, pubescent ; ovaries villous ; lobes of leaves some- 
what quadrately divaricate. 
Lamarks Aconite. Fl. Jul. Aug. 
Clt. 1800. Pl. 2 to 3ft. 
§ 4. Spur arched or hooked. Capsules smooth. 
70 A. Pyrena‘icum (Lin. spec. 751.) spur hooked ; bottom 
of helmet cylindrical-rounded. 2%. H. Native of the Pyrenees 
and Siberia. Rchb. ill. t.48. A. squarrésum, Lin. herb. D.C, 
syst. 1. p. $68. A. Sibiricum, Poir. suppl. 1. p. 113. Stem 
pubescent at the base, but smooth above. Leaves parted almost 
to the base with pinnatifid lobes, rather hispid beneath, but 
smooth above, on long stalks. Racemes elongated, dense, pu- 
berulous. Flowers largeish, yellow. Ovaries 3, smooth. 
Pyrenean Aconite. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1739. Pl. 2 feet. 
71 A. ontenta'ce (Mill. dict. Rchb. ill. t.29.) spur arched; 
helmet cylindrical, straight, elongated ; beak drawn out, incum- 
bent. 2%.H. Native of Georgia, Persia, and Caucasus. A. 
ochroleticum, Willd. spec. 2. p. 1233. Pall. fl. ross. 1. t. 12. 
Root a branched rhyzoma. Stem puberulous. Leaves with 
the lobes distinct beyond the middle, deeply serrated, on long 
channeled petioles, young ones pubescent, adult ones only at the 
nerves. Racemes 4 to 2 feet long, dense, many-flowered, with 
numerous, small, lateral racemules, forming a pyramid. Flowers 
large, cream-coloured, or white, suffused with yellow. Sepals 
edged with yellow hairs on the inside. 
Var. B. strictissimum (Rchb. uebers. p. 69.) flowers numerous, 
yellow ; helmet cylindrical ; spur arched ; ovaries smooth; stem 
quite upright. 2%. H. Native of Bairont. 
Var. y, altissimum (Mill. dict. no. 2.) flowers panicled, nu- 
merous, yellow ; helmet large, somewhat ventricose at the apex: 
u.H. Native of Germany and Switzerland. A. macrophyl- 
lum, Hortul. A. Lycéctonum, var. altissimum, D. C. syst L 
p- 368. Leaves large, more or less dissected. 
Var. 6, pubérulum ; hairs straight, spreading. A. galeatum, 
Stev.in herb. D.C. 
Oriental Aconite. Fl. July, Aug. Clt.1794. Pl. 4 to 8 feet. 
72 A. myo’ctonum (Rchb. uebers. p. 68. ill. t. 51.) spur sub- 
annular and somewhat refracted; bottom of helmet cy indrical 
rounded, scarcely higher than the diameter of the aperture ; 
short, inflexed. %.H. Native of Thuringia and France. 
ægóphonum, Rchb. ueber. p. 68. A. intermédium hýbridum, 
Hoppe. A. pernicidsum, Rchb. uebers. p. 68. are hardly va“ 
rieties. A. Monauénse, Smidth. Stem smoothish below, but 
covered with yellowish pubescence above. Racemes furnish 
with lateral racemules. Flowers small, pale yellow. Ovaries 9; 
smooth. 
Mousebane Aconite, Fl. July, Aug. Pl. 1 to 3 feet. 
§ 5. Spur spiral. Capsules smooth, but in some of the varit: 
ties of A. vulpària they are pubescent. 
