56 ACONiTU3I. 



long acute, entire or bifid or 2-4 serrate pe- 

 duncles divaricate ebracte 2-4 flore, hood 

 convex lower petals ciliate outside — In West 

 Kentucky and Illiriois, pedal, upper leaves near- 

 ly sessile, lobes nearly entire at right angle, 

 flowers small on pedicels, violet purple. Seen 

 alive. Autikon 3. Perhaps the real type of 

 A. jlexuosuin and A. divergens. 



5. A. mvKRGENs llaf. Smooth, stem nearly twi- 

 ning with (livergesit branches, leaves coriaceous 

 deeply trilobed, flowers terminal 3 to 4, hood 

 conical, spur inclined twisted, capsules 3 — In 

 mountain swamps of the Alleghanies, flowers 

 large purple, leaves with 3 equal lobes — A. un- 

 cinatam Dec. Torrey, Beck. A. voluhile 

 Muhlenberg. 



6. A. coRDATUM Raf. Smooth, stem erect 

 flexuose, nearly simple ; leaves en long petiols 

 cordate palmate, 5 lobed, clefts acute, lobes un- 

 equal oblong broad and bifid or trifid acute mu- 

 cronate ; flowers terminal on long pedicels 2 to 

 5, hood convex conical, petals elliptic, capsules 

 3 — In Ohio and Kentucky in rich woods ; about 

 one foot high, flowers large deep blue : very 

 rare. Undescribed till now, sent to Europe ^by 

 me as the A. uncinatum of my florula Kent. 

 Seen alive 1818. 



Var. Bijlorum, semipedal, 3 leaves, 2 flow- 

 ers. Cumberland Mts. Figures, Autikon rar. 

 1 — Icones n. sp. 1. 



7. A. NAPELLus L. Said by Muhlenberg to 

 grow in Virginia, and by Hooker to grow in O- 

 regon. Bartram found it in his travels in Flo- 

 rida, but he meant probably another sp. Ours 

 undescribed as yet. 



8. A. FiscHERi Reichenberg. ill. ac. 22. A. 

 nasutum Fischer, Spr. Hooker, Eaton, Seringe 



