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RANUNCULACEjE. XXIX. ACONITUM. 



Far. ft, squarrbsum (Rchb. uebers. p. 20.) Native of Switzer- 

 land. Flowers deep blue. 



Taurian Aconite. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1752. PI. 3 to 4 feet. 



6 A. FORMOSUM (Rchb. uebers. p. 36. aeon. t. 18. f. 2.) spur 

 obtuse ; filaments pilose ; helmet spreading ; lip short. Tf. . H. 

 Native of Switzerland, Austria ; Salzburg on mount Untersberg. 

 Rchb. ill. t. 64. A. Napellus, Hoppe, cent exsicc. A. hians, 

 Clusii, confertum, and rigidum, Rchb. Flowers blueish-purple 

 in loose racemes. A. paniculatum, var. K, cernuum, D. C. prod. 

 1. p. 60. 



Beautiful Aconite. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1824. PL 2 to 3 feet. 



7 A. ACI/TUM (Rchb. uebers. p. 21. aeon. t. 14. f. 2.) spur 

 capitate ; filaments smooth ; helmet closed, arched, beaked. Tf. . 

 H. Native of Switzerland, Tyroles, and Alps above Judenburg. 

 Carinthia and Transylvania. A. Napellus, Sieb. Wahl. Schultz. 

 A. Kcelleanum, fi'rmum, Rchb. aeon. t. 14. f. 2. A. Napellus, 

 W. rostellatum, Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 156. 



Var. ft, pygmceum (Vest. Rchb. uebers. p. 21.) plant small. 

 If. . H. Native of the Alps of Styria 6000 feet above the level 

 of the sea and Transylvania. A. Napellus, ft nanum, Baumg. 

 A. fi'rmum, ft pygmae ( um, Rchb. uebers. p. 21. 



^cute-beaked Aconite. Fl.June,Jul. Clt. 1820. PL 2 to 3 ft. 



8 A. HOPPEANUM (Rchb. illus. t. 65.) spur capitate; fila- 

 ments smooth; helmet gaping. If. . H. Native of Carinthia. 

 A. Hoppii. Rchb. uebers. p. 24. A. Napellus t, Hoppeanum. 

 Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 155. A. Mielichhoferi, Rchb. Flowers 

 blue in loose spikes ; helmet falcate-navicular, beaked. Lobes 

 of leaves bluntish. 



Hoppe's Aconite. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. PI. 1-3 feet. 



9 A. ANGUSTIFO'LIUM (Bernh. Willd. Rchb. aeon. 95. t. 15. 

 f. 2. ueber. p. 24.) spur capitate ; filaments smooth ; helmet 

 closed hemispherical ; lip bifid. If. . H. Native of Siberia and 

 Syria. A. Napellus \, anthorsefolium, Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 

 159. Flowers deep blue in spiked panicles. Leaves like those 

 of A. Anthora, 



Var. ft, tenuifblium (Rchb. uebers. p. 24.), lobes of leaves 

 very fine, bluntish, scarcely diverging. I/ . H. Native of the 

 Alps of Vochin and Styria. A. venustum ft, ramosum, Rchb. 

 uebers. p. 28. A. Napellus ft, ft, tenuifolium, Ser. mus. helv. 1. 

 p. 159. 



Narrow-leaved Aconite. Fl.Ju. Jul. Clt. 1824. PL 2-3 ft. 



10 A. EUSTA'CHIUM (Rchb. uebers. p. 24. aeon. t. 15. f. 3.) 

 spur capitate, filaments and lip pilose ; helmet gaping, hemisphe- 

 rical, if. . H. Native of Mount Baldo. A. Napellus, Pona. A. 

 Napellus X, falcatum, Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 155. Flowers in- 

 tense purple in spiked panicles. Pedicels long. Limb of helmet 

 entire. Leaves like those of A. Anthora. 



Well-spiked Aconite. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1824. PL 2-3 feet. 



0. Peduncles pubescent. 



11 A. NAPE'LLUS (Lin. spec. 751. Rchb. uebers. p. 25. illus. 

 t. 1.) spur capitate ; helmet convex-hemispherical, gaping, 

 smoothish ; lip of nectary revolute ; peduncles erect ; leaves 

 pedately 5-parted. lf..H. Native of Switzerland and Styria, &c. 



Far. A. N. Schleicheri (Rchb. ill. t. 1.) stem straight (or in- 

 fracted) simple, slender; partitions of leaves finely jagged; ra- 

 cemes short; petals somewhat exserted. Ij.. H. Native of 

 Europe. A. vulgare, D. C. syst. 1. p. 371. Stem smooth. 

 Racemes short, never much crowded. Flowers middle sized, 

 blue or violet, pubescent when young. Pistils 3, smooth. 



Far. a, A.N. Schleicheri normale (Rchb. ill. 1. 1. f. 1.) leaves 

 more finely cut ; racemes denser. If. . H. Native of Switzer- 

 land. A. Tauricum, Schleich. cat. 1815. A. Nap. Tauricus 

 Ser. cat. A. Nap. d. densum, Gaud. fl. helv. ined. A. Schlei- 

 cheri, Rchb. ueber. p. 35. A. tenuifolium, Schleich. in litt. A. 



Schleicheri elongatum, Schleich. cat. 1821. p. 5. A. vulgare 

 ft, pubescens, D. C. syst. 1. p. 372. 



Far. ft, A. N. Schleicheri Luxuriant (Rchb. ill. t. 1. f. 2.) pe- 

 duncles long ; bracteas large, jagged, longer than the flowers ; 

 racemes loose. If, . H. Native of Switzerland. A. Napellus 

 spica foliosa, Schleich. cat. 1815, p. 5. A. Schleicheri ft, co- 

 mosum, Rchb. uebers. p. 36. Moris, hist. 3. p. 464. sect. 12. 

 t. 3. f. 19. 



Far. y, A. N, Lobelianum (Rchb. ill. t. 3.) stem erectish; 

 partitions of leaves elongated with diverging segments ; racemes 

 elongated, loose, with a few small racemes at the base. If. . H. 

 Native of Dauphiny and Switzerland. Lobel. stirp. ed. 1576. 

 p. 387. icon. Clus. hist. 5. p. 76. with a figure. Dod. pempt. 

 ed. 1583. p. 438, with a good figure. Flowers violet or white, 

 smooth. Pistils 3, smooth. Fruit veiny ; stem 2-4 feet. N. 

 Lob. 1. Luxurians (Rchb. ill. t. 3. f. 2.) plant strong. N. Lob. 2. 

 albiflbrum (Rchb. ill. t. 2. f. 3.) flowers white. 



Far. S, A. N. Bauhini (Rchb. ill. t. 4.) stem straight, long, 

 branched ; partitions of leaves linear, dilated, very long. If. . H. 

 Native of Switzerland, &c. Bauh. hist. 3. p. 655, with a mid- 

 dling figure. Chabr. Sciagr. p. 531. f. 2. and p. 527. f. 2. A. 

 neomontanum, Schleich. cat. 1815. p. 5. A. Halleri y, ramo- 

 sum, Rchb. uebers. p. 28. and A. Halleri. A. Napellus , ra- 

 mosum, Schleich. 1822. Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 154. Racemes 

 elongated, loose, with a few lateral ascending ones. Flowers of 

 an opltque violet-colour. Fruit veiny. Stem 4-6 feet, 



Far. e, A. N. ft, compdctum (Rchb. ill. t. 2.) stem straight, 

 simple, thickish, densely leafy ; segments of leaves elongated ; 

 racemes compact, nearly simple. If. . H. Native of the Pyren- 

 nees and Switzerland. A. Napellus, D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 917. 

 No. 4682. Lapeyr. hist. pi. pyr. p. 305. A. compactum. Rchb. 

 uebers. p. 27. 



1. Flore violacea-cyaneo (Rchb. ill. t. 2. f. 1.) flowers violet- 

 blue. 



2. Flore-rubello (Rchb.) flowers red. %. H. Native of 

 Switzerland. A. compactum, var. ft, floribus rubellis, Rchb. 

 uebers. p. 27. A. Napellus. r. rubellum, Ser. mus. helv. 1. 

 p. 158. 



Far. , virid'iftbrum (Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 158.) flowers in 

 loose spikes ; helmet semicircular, hardly emarginate, blue, 

 marked with green lines. 



Far. r), maculatum (Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 159.) flowers 

 spiked, blue spotted with white. 



Far.$,multicucullatum(Ser.icon.ineil.an(i.mus. helv.l.p.156.) 



Far. i, laciniosum (Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 159.) flowers loosely 

 spiked and panicled, large, blue, somewhat conical ; segments of 

 leaves profound, linear, acute. 



Far. K, Halleri bicolor (Rchb. uebers. p. 28.) flowers white 

 variegated with blue, disposed in spikes or panicles. Tf.. H. 

 Native of Switzerland on Mount Stockhorn. A. bicolor, Schultz. 

 obs. bot. 101. A. vulgare y, bicolor. D. C. syst. 1. p. 372. 

 A. Napellus v, bicolor. Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 158. 



Linnaeus says, that A. Napellus is fatal to kine and goats, espe- 

 cially when they come fresh to it, but that it does no injury to horses 

 who eat it only when dry. He also relates in the Stockholm 

 acts, that an ignorant surgeon prescribed the leaves, and on the 

 patient refusing to take them, he took 'them himself and died. 

 The ancients, who were unacquainted with chemical poisons, re- 

 garded the Aconite as the most violent of all poisons ; and accord- 

 ingly fabled it to be the invention of Hecate, and to have sprung 

 from the foam of Cerberus. Its real virulence is, however, suffi- 

 ciently established by fatal experiment. Some persons, only by 

 taking in the effluvia of the herb in full flower by the nostrils, 

 have been seized with swooning fits, and have lost their sight for 

 two or three days. But the root is unquestionably the most 

 powerful part of the plant. Matthiolus relates that a criminal 



