appreciable action whatever. The single straight flower 

 stalk, closely packed with blossoms, is rarely branched in its 

 upper part, though small branches may be met with below. 



The Panicled Monk's-hood (Ac. paniculatum) resembles 

 the above rather closely, but differs from it in the more open 

 arrangement of the flowers on the hairy flower stalk, which 

 is usually branched near the top. The leaves of both plants 

 are finely divided, but the sub-divisions of those of the 

 common Monk's-hood are longer and narrower, more strap- 

 shaped in fact, than those of the panicled form. 



