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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Aconitum continued. 



helmet arched, conical. June. I. with jagged, trapeziform 

 pinnate lobes, h. 3ft. Switzerland, 1820. 



A. lycoctoxram (true Wolf's-bane).* /. livid-violet, rather large ; 

 racemes more or less pubescent, branched at the base ; bottom of 

 helmet cylindrical ; beak elongated. July. I. large, seven-parted. 

 Stem slender, simple, upright. A. 4ft. to 6ft. Europe, 1596. 



A. mft-^mnm (largest), fl. pale blue ; panicle loose, furnished 

 with a few long distant, few-flowered, pubescent branches ; spur 

 short, incurved; helmet hemi.spherico-conical, obtuse. July. 

 {. multifld, large, smooth. A. 6ft. Kamtschatka, 1823. 



A. meloctonnm (Badger's-bane). fl. cream-coloured, loose, 

 pubescent ; panicle large, with diverging branches ; spur arched ; 

 bottom of helmet conico-cylindrical. July. I. five to seven- 

 parted, deep green. A. 2ft. to 4ft. Piedmont, 1821. 



A. Meyerl (Meyer's), fl. bluish purple, on pubescent peduncles ; 

 spur capitate, inclining. June. I. 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, or a little hooked. June. I smooth, with trapeziform, 

 pinnate lobes. A. 2ft. to 6ft. 1820. 



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spur capitate; helmet convex-hemisprical gaping ' smoothish: 

 hp revolute. Summer. 1. pedately flve-lobed T 3ft to 4ft' 

 There are a great number of varieties of this specif cultivated 

 and introduced. The following are some of tC names rei,S 

 which h * ve - ho, been 



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um (shining). Synonymous with A Gmtlini. 



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A. panlculatum (paniculat 





Aconitum continued. 



I. smooth, with trapeziform, pinnate lobes. A. 2ft. to 3ft. France 

 and Switzerland, 1815. SYN. A. hebegynum. 



A. plicatum (folded). Synonymous with A. tauricum. 



A. productum (long-lipped), fl. violet, downy, on few-flowered, 

 loose, pubescent racemes ; helmet straight, irregularly convex- 

 conical, with a drawn-out beak ; spur capitate. June. I. on long 

 stalks with three-Darted lobes. A. 1ft. Siberia. 



A. rostratum (beaked).* fl. violet ; panicle rather loose ; spur 

 thick, depressed, globose ; helmet conical, elongated, abruptly 

 pointed in front ; beak stretched out. June. I. with trapeziform, 

 pinnate lobes. A. 1ft. to 2ft. Switzerland, 1752. SYN. A. 

 alpinum. 



A. Schleicherl (Schleicher's). fl. blue or violet, middle sized, on 

 short racemes ; spur capitate ; helmet convex-hemispherical, 

 gaping, smoothish. Summer. I. with finely jagged lobes. 

 Stem straight (or infracted), simple, slender. A. 2ft. to 3ft. 

 Europe. SYN. A. vulgare. 



A. semigaleatum (half-helmeted). fl. pale blue, pubescent 

 when young, on very loose racemes ; peduncles elongated ; spur 

 booked ; helmet convex, navicular. June. I. multifld, few, mem- 

 branous, smooth ; root about the size and form of a pea. A. 6in. 

 to 2ft. Kamtschatka, 1818. 



A. Sprengelii(Sprengel's). fl. bluish purple ; spur obtuse, straight. 

 June. I. with blunt, bipinnate robes. A. 3ft. to 4ft. ~ 



1820. 



Europe, 



A. tauricum (Taurian).* fl. deep blue, disposed in dense racemes ; 

 peduncles erect, smooth ; lateral sepals smooth inside ; spur blunt ; 

 helmet closed, hemi-spherical. June. I. segments almost 

 pedately disposed and divided into linear acuminate lobes. A. 

 3ft. to 4ft. Germany, 1752. SYN. A. plicatum. 



A. tortuosum (twisting), fl. pale or deep violet, large ; panicle 

 loose, few flowered ; spur thick, long, abruptly pointed (neither 

 arched, nor convolute). July. I. smooth, with narrow wedge- 

 shaped lobes, and acute lobules. A. 6ft. to 8ft. North America, 

 1812. 



A. toxicum (very poisonous), fl. violet, large, pubescent, on loose, 

 also pubescent, racemes ; spur hooked ; helmet large, arched, 

 with a blunt beak. June. I. smooth, with trapeziform pinnate 

 lobes. Stem flexuous, almost simple. A. 2ft. America, 



A. uncinatum (hooked).* fl. generally lilac, large, smooth; racemes 

 loose, rather umbellate at the apex, very rarely panicled ; spur 

 somewhat spiral, inclined ; helmet regularly conical, compressed. 

 July. I. with trapeziform pinnate lobes. Stem with branches 

 rising from the axils of the leaves. A. 4ft. to 8ft. North America, 



FIG. 19. ACONITUM VARIEGATUM, showing Habit and Flower. 



A. variegatum (variegated).* /. blue, large, smooth ; racemes 

 panicled, loose; spur erect clavated-hooked ; helmet bent for- 

 ward, inflated; beak ascending. July. I. lower, on long stalks- 

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up P e 



, ae; ea ascending. uy. I. lower, on long stalks- 

 r, g sessile, smooth, thickish. A. 1ft. to 6ft. Europe, 1597. See 



< white - flowered >-* fl- wMte, small; helmet 



r 1Uac; 



A. vulgare (common). A synonym of A. Schleicheri. 

 A. WiUdenovil (Willdenow's).* fl. bluish-purple ; peduncles 

 e ' '-"untLgment, 



Sect. IL Roots Fibrous or Napiform. 



A. Anthora (Anthora).* fl. pale yellow ; panicles generally pubes- 



en ur refracted; lip obcordate ; helmet arched. July. 



lft to 2ft Pyrenees/1596 

 classed as 



