Tas. 6092, 
ACONITUM uaereropryiium. 
Native of the Western Himalaya. 
Nat. Ord. Ranuncutacra.—Tribe HELLEBORER. 
Genus Aconitum, Linn. ; (Benth. 6 Hook. J. Gen. Plant, vol. i. p. 9). 
Aconitum heterophyllum; caule erecto robusto simplici v. ramoso glabro 
superne pubescente, foliis radicalibus petiolatis rotundato-reniformibus 
v. cordatis obscure 5-lobis grosse duplicatim inciso-dentatis v. lobulatis 
glabris, caulinis late cordatis sessilibus brevissime petiolatis v. amplexi- 
caulibus, racemis lateralibus vy. terminalibus multifloris dense v. 
laxifloris, pedicellis erectis, bracteolis 2-3, floribus ceeruleis v. ochro- 
leucis purpureo ceruleo ve venosis, sepalis puberulis, supremo valde 
convexo, lateralibus oblique ovatis, antico lanceolato sinuoso, petalis 
ungue late lineari subincurvo apice subgloboso inflato ecalcarato, 
carpellis 5 pubescentibus, folliculis erectis. 
Aconrtum heterophyllum, Wall. Cat. 4722; Royle Ill. Pl. Himal., p. 56, 
t.13; Hook. f. & Thoms. Flor. Ind., vol. i. p. 58; Hook, f. Flor. 
Brit. Ind., vol. i. p. 29. 
A. cordatum, Royle Jil. p. 56. 
A. Atees, Royle in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., vol. i, p. 459. 
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The subject of the present plate is a very interesting plant, 
as being, though a member of a most poisonous genus, in 
extensive use as a tonic medicine throughout N. India, under . 
the name of Atees or Atis. It inhabits the whole Western 
Himalaya, from Kumaon to Kashmir, at elevations from 
8-13,000 ft., growing in moist places, at the edge of forests, 
&e. It is a near ally of the famous Bikh poison of the same 
mountains, which does not seem to differ from our deadly 
A. Napellus (Monkshood). For the specimen here figured I 
am indebted to Colonel G. Smyth of Wetten-le-Wold, Louth, 
who cultivated it in his garden from Himalayan seed, and 
communicated it to Kew in August of last year. 
Dr. Royle says of this species :—“ In the native works on 
Materia Medica, as well as in the common Persian and Hin- 
doostanee and English Dictionaries, Afees is described as 
APRIL lst, 1874. 
