4 FLORA HOMCOPATHICA. 
The following are the different species,* besides the Aconitum 
napellus, described in Martyn’s edition of Miller’s Dictionary. 
1. Acon. lycoctonum. Great yellow Monkshood, or Wolfsbane, 
of which there are two varieties; viz. the bluish ash-coloured 
flower of Linneus, and the Acon. altissimum of Miller. The 
common sort grows upwards of three feet high; both flower in 
the middle of June. In Sweden it is reckoned among the earliest 
spring flowers. First cultivated in this country by Gerarde, in 
1596. Grows wild in the mountainous parts of Sweden, Austria, 
Carniola, and Siberia. A decoction of the powder of the root 
is used to destroy flies and other insects; but it is eaten in some 
parts of Sweden with impunity, being milder than some of the 
species. The ancients believed that it was fatal to those who 
slept under it. 
2. Acon. japonicum. Native of Japan; there called Soo 
Huso. 
3. Acon. pyrenaicum. Pyrenean, or fennel-leaved Monks- 
hood. Grows wild in the Pyrenees, Tartary, and Siberia. First 
cultivated in England in 1739. Grows to the height of four 
feet, and the spike nods before flowering, which in this country 
is in July. It is poisonous. 
4. Acon. anthora. Salutary Monkshood, as it has been 
erroneously called. Its root has two to four angular fleshy 
bulbs, and a stem from one foot to eighteen inches high. The 
flowers are of a sulphur colour. Grows wild in the Pyrenees, 
Alps, Austria, Siberia, etc. First cultivated in England in 
1596. There is a variety of this with a white flower. Poi- 
sonous. 
5. Acon. variegatum. Variegated or small blue Monkshood. 
Native of Italy and Bohemia. First cultivated in England in 
1752. Flowers end of June. Two feet high. Spikes of 
flowers short; and the corollas change from variegated to 
plain. Poisonous. 
* The Acon. napellus and cammarum are the most virulent European species. 
Horses will eat the napellus, when dried, without injury. : 
