ACONITUM NAPELLUS, 
Ovary. Indefinite or numerous, rarely solitary or few, distinct, 
seated on the torus. 
Frurr, Hither dry achenia, or baccate, or follicular. Embryo 
Minute, at the base of horny or fleshy albumen. 
Seeps. Numerous. 
THE SECONDARY CHARACTERS, 
Aconitum. Sepals five, irregular, colored, upper one vaulted. 
Petals five, the three lower minute, the two upper on long claws, 
concealed beneath the upper sepal, recurved and nectariferous 
at the apex. Sfyles three—five. Follicles three—five. 
~ Calyx wanting. Petals five, upper one vaulted. Nectaries two, hooded, peduncled, 
recurved. Carpels three or five, pod-like. By some, the corol is considered as a 
colored calyx. 
THE SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. 
Acontrum Napeutus. Stem straight, erect. Leaves deeply 
five-cleft, cut into linear segments, furrowed above. Upper 
Sepals arched at the back. Lateral ones hairy on the inside. 
Ovary smooth. 
__ Leaves shining, five-parted, the divisions three-parted by gashed incisions, eub-aiv}- 
_ sions linear. Upper lip of the corol lanceolate, seceilttig! Wonder ree straight, 
THE ARTIFICIAL CHARACTERS, 
Cuass X. Poryanprta. Stamens twenty or more, arising 
from the receptacle, (hypogynous.) Ozper Monoeynta. Ovary 
_ simple. Calyx four-five sepaled. Leaves ternately divided. 
_ Flowers racemose. 
NATURAL HISTORY. | 
_ The ancient history of Aconrrum is involved in great obscurity. 
_ The Greeks make frequent reference to a most virulent poison, 
_ which they term axovirov, Theophrastus is the earliest writer 
‘who speaks of it. As Aconitum Napellus is a vitulent poison, 
and is a native of Greece, where it is known at the present day, 
pellation, it would appear probable that ous 
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