being the root of an Indian plant used in medicine. This, 
the author learnt, was the produce of the Himalayas; he 
therefore sent to one of the commercial entrepéts situated at 
the foot of the hills, and procured some of the root, making 
inquiries respecting the part of the mountains whence it was 
procured. ‘he plant-collectors, in their next excursion, were 
directed to bring the plant, with the root attached to it, as 
the only evidence which would be admitted as satisfactory. 
The first specimens thus procured are represented in Plate 13, 
and the root Atees having been thus ascertained to be the 
produce of a new species of Aconite, was named Aconitum 
Atees (Journ. Asiat. Soe., i. p. 459); but which has since been 
ascertained to be the Aconitum heterophyllum of Dr. Wallich. 
The reots obtained in different parts of the country resemble 
one another, as well as those attached tothe plant. They 
are about an inch in length, of an oblong oval-pointed form, 
light-greyish colour externally, white in the inside, and of a 
pure bitter taste. That its substance is not so injurious as 
the Bish, I conclude from its being attacked by insects, 
while the other remains sound and untouched. The na- 
tives describe it as being of two kinds, one black, the other 
white, and both as bitter, astringent, pungent, and heating, 
aiding digestion, useful as a tonic, and aphrodisiac.’’—Royle 
Ill. Pi. Himal., p. 48. 
Fig. 1, Pedicel with bract, stamen, and two lateral sepals :—magnijied. 
