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ACONITVM. 



long acute, entire or bifid or 2-4 serrate pe- 

 duncles divaricate ebracte 2-4 flore, hood 

 convex lower petals ciliate outside — In West 

 Kentucky and Illinois, pedal, upper leaves near- 

 ly sessile, lobes nearly entire at right angle, 

 flowers small on pedicels, violet purple. Seen 

 alive. Autikon 3. Perhaps the real type of 

 A. jlexuosum and A, divergens. 



5. A. DIVERGENS Uaf. Smooth, stem nearly twi- 

 ning with divergent branches, leaves coriaceous 

 deeply trilobed, flowers terminal 3 to 4, hood 

 conical, spur inclined twisted, capsules 3 — In 

 mountain swamps of the Alleghanies, flowers 

 large purple, leaves with 3 equal lobes — A, un- 

 cinatum Dec. Torrey, Beck. A. volubile 

 Muhlenberg. 



6. A. coRDATUM Raf. Smooth, stem erect 

 flexuose, nearly simple ; leaves on long petiols 

 cordate palmate, 5 lobed, clefts acute, lobes un- 

 equal oblong broad and bifid or trifid acute mu- 

 cronate ; flowers terminal on long pedicels 2 to 

 5, hood convex conical, petals elliptic, capsules 

 3 — In Ohio and Kentucky in rich woods ; about 

 one foot high, flowers large deep blue : very 

 rare. Undescribed till now, sent to Europe by 

 me as the A, uncinatum of my florula Kent. 

 Seen ahve 1818. 



Var. Bifloruniy semipedal, 3 leaves, 2 flow- 

 ers. Cumberland Mts. Figures, Autikon rar. 

 1 — Icones n. sp. 1. 



7. A. NAPELLtJs L. Said by Muhlenberg to 

 grow in Virginia, and by Hooker to grow in O- 

 regon. Bartram found it in his travels in Flo- 

 rida, but he meant probably another sp. Ours 

 undescribed as yet. 



8. A. FiscHERi Reichenberg. ill. ac. 22. A. 

 nasutum Fischer, Spr. Hooker, Eaton, Seringe 



