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ACONITUM VARIEGATUM. 



Variegated Wolf's-Bane. 



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POLYANDRIA. TrIGYNIA. 



Class 13. Order 3. 



AcoNiTUM : supposed to have been derived from Aconae, a city of 

 Bithynia, where it grew in great abundance. 



Linn. gen. n. 682. Linn. spec. 750, 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Cat. none. Cor. Petals five, unequal, opposite in pairs, 1. The 

 highest helmet-tubed, inverted, the back upwards, obtuse ; the top 

 reflected to the base, acuminate, to which top the connecting base 

 is opposite. 2, 3. The two lateral ones broad, roundish, opposite, 

 converging, 4, 5, The two lowest oblong, pointing downwards. 

 Nectaries two, concealed under the first petal, fistulous, nodding , 

 mouth oblique ; tail recurved, sitting on long subulate peduncles. 

 Six little very short coloured scales in the same circle of the nec- 

 taries. Stam. Filaments subulate, very small, broader at the base, 

 inclining towards the first petal. Anthers erect, small. Pist. Germs 

 three (five), oblong, ending in styles the length of the stamens. 

 Stigmas simple, reflex. Pei-. Capsules as many as the styles, 

 ovate-subulate, straight, one-valved, gaping inward. Seeds very 

 many, angular, wrinkled. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Flowers with five pistils ; divisions of the leaves parted half-way, 

 broader above. 



