26 OBSERVATIONS ow 



BLUE MONKSHOOD. 



AcoNiTUM foliorum laciniis linearibus, fu- 

 perne latioribus, lineaexaratis. Lin. Spec. 

 PL p. 538. 



AcoNiTUM casruleum, five Napellus. J, 

 Bauhine, 



Napellus verus. LobeL 



AcoNiTUM fpica florum pyramidali. Morif. 



TH E root is divided into feveral parts : 

 it is long, thick, and has many 

 fibres. 



The leaves rife from the root very early 

 in the fpring : they appear firft in a glo- 

 bular form, and when they expand, become 

 large, of a beautiful green colour, and are 

 divided into numerous, long, narrow feg- 

 ments. This plant is four feet high. The 

 leaves from the ftalk are placed irregularly, 

 they are fmaller than thofe which immedi- 

 ately arife from the root, but like them they 

 are fubdivided into numerous fegments. 



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