CLASSIFICATION OF ANGIOSPERMS. 



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FIG. 296. A group of transplanted wild plants with a plant of Cimicifnga racemosa 

 in the foreground, showing the characteristic, large, decompound leaves and long raceme of 

 flowers. 



Acomtum Napcllus yields the official drug aconite (Fig. 186). 

 This is a perennial herbaceous plant indigenous to Europe and 

 extensively cultivated. From a tuberous root arises a simple leafy 



