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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Aconitum — continued. 
helmet arched, conical. June. J. with jagged, trapeziform 
-pinnate lobes. k. 3ft. Switzerland, 1820, 
A. lycoctonum (true Wollf’s-bane).* fl. livid-violet, rather large ; 
racemes more or less pubescent, branched at the base; bottom of 
helmet cylindrical ; beak elongated. July. J. large, seven-parted. 
Stem slender, simple, upright. A. 4ft. to 6ft. Europe, 1596, 
maximum (largest). fl. pale blue; panicle loose, furnished 
with a few long distant, few-flowered, pubescent branches ; spur 
short, incurved; helmet hemispherico-conical, obtuse, July. 
l. multifid, large, smooth. h. 6ft. Kamtschatka, 1823. 
A. meloctonum (Badger’s-bane). fl. cream-coloured, loose, 
ubescent ; panicle large, with diverging branches ; spur arched ; 
ttom of helmet conico-cylindrical. July. Z. five to seven- 
parted, deep green. A. 2ft. to4ft. Piedmont, 1821. 
A. Meyeri (Meyer's). f. bluish purple, on pubescent peduncles ; 
spur capitate, inclining. June. l. with cuneate bipinnate lobes, 
h. 2ft. to 4ft. Bavaria, 1823. 
A. molle (soft). fl. violet, large, puberulous; racemes panicled, 
pubescent ; helmet irregularly conical, obtuse; front erect ; spur 
capitate, ora little hooked. June. J. smooth, with trapeziform, 
pinnate lobes, A. 2ft. to 6ft. 1820, 
_ Fig. 18. Acontrum NAPELLUS, showing Root, Seed-pod, Flower- 
spike, Leaf, and Flower with Sepals removed. 
A. Napellus (little turnip).* Common Monk’s Hood, fl. blue, 
on on aL e ee desired rho ees erect, pubescent ; 
ur capil : convex-hemispherical, gaping, smoothish ; 
lip revolute. | Summer. ce opedately five-lobed. h. 3ft. to aft. 
a great number of varieties of this species cultivated 
and introduced. following are some of the names repre- 
senting slightly varying forms which have, however, been 
regarded as species by Reichenbach and other authors: acutum, 
amenum, num, Braunii, callibotryon, Clusianum, com- 
mutatum, Se ornon; Funkianum, hians, Hoppeanum, 
rok srt Mishiehhofer', napelloites, 
: J igocarpus, rigidum, strictum, tenw - 
folium, venustum, virgatum, One of the most virulent of 
poisonous plants, both to cattle as well as human beings ; and, 
ieg om Foye eminently handsome appearance, it should 
only be plan laces where no danger is likel 
its presence. See Figs. 17 and 18. eae M PERT Eataa from 
_. A. nasutum (great-nosed). fl. violet; panicle contracted; quit 
_ smooth ; spur elongated, arched ; helmet conical, bending forward: 
beak short. June. l with broad, trapeziform, pinnate 3 
h. 3ft. Caucasus, &c., 1818. SYN. A. gibbosum. z 
A. nitidum (shining). Synonymous with A. Gmelini. 
E (Otto’s).* jl. blue, variegated with white; young 
pedi nodding ; spur supine, somewhat hooked; helmet 
i l with trapeziform, p bes, 
A, 2ft. to 4ft. Carpathian Mountains, 1824. 
€ July, August. 
A, paniculatum (paniculate).* fl. large, y 
or contracte , more 
r 
| A. Willdenovii 
a ( r 
much branched, ubescent - 
helmet conical, beaked; front sinuate. June to Eeptember: 
Aconitum — continued. 
l. smooth, with trapeziform, pinnate lobes, 
and Switzerland, 1815. Syn. A. hebegynum. 
A. plicatum (folded), Synonymous with A. tawricum. 
A. productum (long-lipped). fl. violet, downy, on few-flowered, 
h. 2ft. to 3ft. France 
loose, pubescent racemes; helmet straight, irregularly convex- _ 
conical, with a drawn-out beak ; spur capitate. June. l, on long 
stalks with three-narted lobes. A, lft. Siberia. 
A. rostratum (beaked).* jl. violet; panicle rather loose; spur 
thick, depressed, globose; helmet conical, elongated, abruptly — 
l. with trapeziform, 
pointed in front; beak stretched out. June. 
Syn, A. 
pinnate lobes, A, lft. to 2ft. Switzerland, 1752. 
alpinum. 
A. Schleicheri (Schleicher’s). fl. blue or violet, middle sized, on 
short racemes; spur capitate; helmet convex-hemispherical, 
gaping, smoothishe#. Summer. 
Stem straight for infracted), simple, slender. A. 
Europe. SYN. A. vulgare, 
A. semigaleatum (half-helmeted). jl. pale blue, pubescent — 
when qoa , on very loose racemes ; padanges elongated; spur 
hooked ; helmet convex, navicular. June. 1. 
branous, smooth ; root about the size and form of a pea. h. 6in. 
to 2ft. Kamtschatka, 1818. 
A. Sprengelii(Sprengel’s). /l. bluish purple; spur obtuse, straight. 
— a with blunt, bipinnate lobes, A. 3ft. to 4ft. Europe, 
t. to 5ft. 
A. tauricum (Taurian).* fl. deep blue, disposed in dense racemes} : 
posunie erect, smooth ; lateral sepals smooth inside; opns blunt; 
elmet closed, hemi-spherical. June. l segments almost 
palto disposed and divided into linear acuminate lobes. A. 
ft. to 4ft. Germany, 1752. SYN. A. plicatum. th 
A. tortuosum (twisting), jl. pale or deep violet, large; pani 
loose, few flowered ; spur trite long, abruptly pointed (neither 
arched, nor convolute). July, 7% smooth, with narrow wedge- 
siapa lobes, and acute lobules. h. 6ft. to 8ft. North America, 
A. toxicum (very poisonous). fi. violet, large, pubescent, on loose, 
also pu t, racemes; a Seky: helmet large, arched 
with a blunt beak, June. č. smooth, with trapeziform pinnate 
— Stem flexuous, almost simple. A. 2ft, America, 
A. uncinatum (hooked).* f erally lilac, large, smooth; racemes 
loose, rather umbellate a A op X, vel a panicled 
somewhat spiral, inclined ; roche ata 
di 
July. 4. with trapeziform pinnate lobes. Stem wil S 
ee from the axils of the leaves, A. 4ft, to 8ft. Ne 
Fic. 19, ACONITUM VARIEGATUM, showing Habit and Flower. 
variegatum iegated).* fl. blue. large, smooth; racemes 
ae Joose; Spur erect, p alera nna ; helmet bent for 
kard, inflated; beak ascending. July. Z. lower, on stalks 
uppen sessile, smooth, thickish, 
Fig. 19. 
A. = albiflorum (white-flowered).* fl. white, small 
straight. 
A. v. bicolor (two-coloured).* fl. white, edged with blue or lilac; — 
helmet straight. 
A. vulgare (common). A synonym of A. Schleicheri. 
(Willdenow’s).* f bintsh- par les peduncles 
pescent ; spur obtuse, straight. 
bart. to Sit. | Carniola, 1823. 
Sect, II.—Roots, Fibrous or Napiform. hs 
thora (Anthora).* f. pale yellow ; panicles gene 
peo ur aieri Ri obcordate; helmet arched. 
mately cut into linear lobes. h, ift. to 2ft. 
species by some authors : x 
l. with finely jagged lobes. 4 
multifid, few, ise i 
a 
icled., spur © 
h. 1ft. to 6ft. Europe, 1597, See ; 
e following varieties of A. Anthora are erroneously classed as | 
