RANUNCULACEZ. 
Crowfoots. 
NY, 165@: 
ACONITUM NAPELLUS. 
Monx’s-Hoop, Woilf’s-bane. 
Place—Europe. ° 
Quality—Acrid, somewhat poisonous. 
Power—Narcotic, diaphoretic, diuretic. 
Use—Rheumatism, gout, paralysis, &c. 
BOTANICAL ANALYSIS. 
Natural Order. Multisilique—L. Ranuncnlacexe—J. 
Crass XIII. Polyandria. Orver Monogynia. 
Willd. Sp. Pl. ii. 1235. Woodv. Med. Bot. 2d Ed. 165. Linn. Sp. Pl.751._ — 
Dis. 52. Raff. Med. Flor. ii. 186, a Peon Med. Flor. Per. El. Mat. Med. ii. 749. 
Griff. Med. Bot. 91. ‘Stephon and ee eee as 
Graves. -ACONITUM. 
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The derivation is not aie Sonne writers derive it from pee a town of Bith 
others deduce it from the Freek axoros, without dust; because the plant grows in ary re 
places; but after all, it most probably comes from axovn, a rock, for the plant grows 
also in rocky places. of 
Synonymrs.—Aconit, chaperon de Moine (Fr.) Blanerstrumhut (Ger.) -Monniks- 
kappen (Belg.) Stermhut “(Dan.) Stermhatt (Swed.) Napello (1) Aconito wed 
THE ESSENTIAL CHARACTERS, 
Catyx. Sepals mostly five, sometimes three, four, or - = 
mostly deciduous, and imbricated in estivation, 
Corotua. Petals mE ele Yprer eos Sometimes ir- 
regular or wanting. © 
— Indefinite or numerous, sich hypogyncus. nn : 
a adnate or innate. ie 
