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CROWFOOTS, 
N.B.—Dr. Fleming’s 
experiments prove 
that the roots are 
Es More active imme- 
: diately after the 
period of flowering 
‘jan at any other 
time, and that the 
ves lose their 
_ power when the 
_ Seeds begin to form. 
: seeds them- 
Selves are compa- 
; Yatively weak, 
Habitat. Europe. 
Quality. Root produces numbness and 
tingling; an acrid narcotic poison. 
Uses. Neuralgia, rheumatism, dropsy, 
hypertrophy of the heart. Yields 
Aconitina, “the most virulent 
poison known.”— Pereira, 
2. A. Cammarum Linneus. A. 
paniculatum Storke. 
Flowers white and blue, in strag- 
gling panicles; young car- 
pels incurved. 
Habitat. Switzerland and Germany. 
Quality and Uses. Like those of A. 
Napellus, but extremely feeble. 
3. A. ferow Wallich.: 
Flowers purple, in rather loose 
panicles ; helmet semicir- 
cular; young carpels very 
downy ; lobes of the leaves 
much acuminated and diva- 
ricating. 
Habitat. Nepal. 
Quality and Uses. Like those of A. 
Napellus; but still more virulent. 
Sn imett 
Fig. 217.—Flowers of Aconitum Napellus ; 4, one of its roots. 
