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aconitum septentrionale, ft. carp ati cum 

 Carpathian Wolfs-bane. 



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 Class and Order. 



POLYANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cat. 0. Petala 5, supremo fomicato. Nectaria 2, pedun- 

 culata, recurva. Siliqua? 3. s. 5. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Aconitum septentrionale ; galea conica, foliis palmatis quin- 



que-lobatis: lobis cuneiformibus inciso-dentatis, pedicellis 



basi bracteatis. 

 (a.) caule J'oliisque pubescentibus. 

 Aconitum septentrionale. Koelle Aeon. 22. Willd. Sp. PI. 



2. p. 1235. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 322. 

 Aconitum Lj/coctonum $. flore caeruleo. Reich. Si/st. Veg. 



2. p. 615. Flor.Dan. t. 123. 

 Aconitum Lj/coctonum floribus pallide caeruleis. Gm. Sib. 4. 



p. 189 ? 

 (f3.) carpaticum; caule foliisque glaberrimis, corollis lurido- 



-purpureis. 

 Aconitum Lj/coctonum |3. caruleum ; floribus caeruleis, herba 



floribusque magis elongatis, foliis profundiusetdistinctius 



palmatis. Wahlenb. Fl. carpat. 163. 



Descr. Stem flexuose, angular, quite smooth. Leaves 

 smooth, veined, dark green on the upper, and pale on the 

 under, side, palmate, 5-lobed : lobes jkvedge shaped, incised : 

 footstalks channelled, embracing the stem. Flowers in ter- 

 minal racemes, of a lurid purple colour mixed with green, 

 supported on very short pedicles, with three small subulate 

 bractes, generally all close to or very near the base. The 



5 petals 



