ACONITUM. 



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feet high, leaves 2 to 5 inches long, petiols 1 to 

 3 inches. The only sp. found by Elliot who 

 was doubtful about it. 



ACONITUM. This singular natural genus 

 of all the botanic d writers, is far from being 

 w ell understood : we see by DecandoUe and 

 Smith that many doubtful species exist ! and 

 that our A. iincinatum is a triple species! many 

 kinds grow in Oregon as in Siberia, and I am 

 able to present some of them. 



A. UNciNATum L. Smith. Elliot. Stem near- 

 ly twining downy, leaves smooth, base truncate^ 

 3 to 6 lobes 3dentate, 3nerve acute, flowers 

 clustered, pedicles ramoses lax downy, 2 oblong 

 bracts, hood unguiculate convex rostrate, wings 

 round hairy 3 to 5 capspules. — This is the origi- 

 nal linnean sp. described by Smith in Sup. to 

 Rees Cyclopedia, from the linnean herbarium, 

 and the specimen sent by Bartram, collected in 

 the AUeganies, not near Philadelphia as stated 

 by L. Smith quotes the figure of Curtis Mag, 

 1119. The flowers are large violet color, 

 known to few botanists. The description of El- 

 liot appears to agree. 



2. A. scANDENS Raf. Stem climbing very lof- 

 ty, leaves trifid, flowers small in axillary pani- 

 cles — At the peaks of Otter in Virginia, merely 

 indicated by Pursh as a variety, but quite dis- 

 tinct : growing 9 feet high. 



3. A. FLEXuosuM Raf Smooth, stem erect 

 flexuose, leaves palmate 3 or 5fid, lobes rhom- 

 boidal lanceolate acute, hood conical rostrate — 

 High Mts. Unaka of Carolina, flowers blue. 

 A. Iincinatum, of Michaux and Eaton. 



4. A. TRiiNCATUM Raf Stem erect flexuose 

 smooth multiflore, leaves glaucous beneath, 

 broadly truncate at the base, trilobe, lobes ob- 



