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RANUNCULACE^E. XXIX. ACONITUM. 



of Siberia. A. hispidum, D. C. syst. 1. p. 367. A. pyrenai- 

 cum, Koelle aeon. A. nitidum, Fisch. A. barbatum ft, hispidum, 

 Ser. mus. helv. 139. Gmel. sib. 4. p. 188. t. 81. Stem villous 

 below, but almost smooth at the top. Leaves on long stalks, 

 villous beneath and shining above, with the lobes divided into 

 narrow segments. Flowers middle-sized, cream-coloured. Ova- 

 ries 3, silky. Racemes very long, puberulous, at length be- 

 coming loose. 



Gmelin's Aconite. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1817. PL 2 feet. 



64 A. LEPTA'NTHUM (Rchb. ill. t. 64.) spur straight, blunt ; 

 bottom of helmet conical, elongated-attenuated ; capsules ventri- 

 cose. If.. H. Native of Dauria on the Baikal Mountains. 

 Root a branched rhyzoma. Stem slender, villous at the base, 

 but puberulous at the top. Leaves on long, flattish, villous 

 stalks. Racemes elongated, loose, furnished with a few small 

 axillary racemules. Flowers middle-sized, yellow, canescent 

 when in bud. Ovaries silky-puberulous. 



Slender-flowered Aconite. Fl.Jul.Aug. Clt. 1820. PI. 2 to 4 ft. 



2. Spur clavate, arched, or hooked. Young capsules silky- 

 pubescent. 



65 A. PA'LLIDUM (Rchb. uebers. p. 65. ill. t. 50.) spur arched ; 

 bottom of helmet conico-cylindrical ; middle sepals covered with 

 short hairs. If. . H. Native of Russia in the government of Rasan, 

 in groves at Kurbatowa. A. ochroleucum, hort. hal. Root large, 

 branched, fibrous. Stem puberulous, truly canescent at the apex. 

 Leaves 5-7-parted, deep green, the first ones are puberulous 

 above. Racemes puberulous, rather loose with a few ascending 

 racemules. Flowers large, cream-coloured, ovaries 3, pube- 

 rulous. 



far. ft, meloctonum (Rchb. uebers. p. 65.) panicle large, 

 with diverging branches ; flowers cream-coloured, loose, pubes- 

 cent ; germens villous. Tf. . H. Native of Piedmont. A. Ly- 

 coctonum, All. pedm, no. 1498. Balb. fl. pedm. p. 87. A. 

 Lycoctonum T/, laxiflorum, D. C. syst. 1. p. 369. Ser. mus. 

 helv. 1. p. 135. 



/We-flowered Aconite. Fl. July, Aug. PI. 2 to 4 feet. 



66 A. LASIO'STOMUM (Rchb. ill. t. 49.) spur arched ; bottom 

 of helmet conical ; middle sepals densely bearded. It H. 

 Native of Russia near a town called Modyn in the government 

 of Kaluga. Stem puberulous, or densely and softly villous. 

 Leaves with villous petioles and pubescent veins. Racemes 

 elongated, loose, puberulous, furnished with a few racemules. 

 Flowers largeish, cream-coloured, or yellow. Ovaries 3, silky- 

 villous. 



Hairy-mouthed Aconite. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1820. PI. 1 to 2ft. 



67 A. DISSE'CTUM (Tauch. in cat. hort. Rchb. ill. 48.) spur 

 arched ; bottom of helmet conical, bending down in a short front. 

 % . H. Native of Siberia. Stem puberulous ? Leaves like 

 those of A. barbatum, but the partitions are broader. Racemes 

 elongated, dense, puberulous, furnished with a few spreading 

 axillary racemules. Flowers largeish, cream-coloured. Ovaries 

 3, silky. 



Z)zssec<ed-leaved Aconite. Fl. June, July. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



68 A. HAMH.TONII; leaves 5-parted, smooth, and pinnatifid, 

 with linear acute segments ; stem simple, smooth. % . H. Na- 

 tive of Nipaul at Gosaingsthan, A. dissectum, D. Don, prod. fl. 

 nep. p. 197. Root tuberous. Stem about the thickness of a 

 crow's quill. Flowers not seen. Very like A. Pyrendicum, in 

 habit it is doubtful whether it may belong to this section. 



Hamilton's Aconite. PI. f to 1 foot. 



3. Spur spiral. Young capsules silky -pubescent. 



69 A. LAMA^EKII (Rchb. ill. t. 40.) spur spiral ; helmet con- 

 stricted, clavate. !(. . H. Native of the Pyrenees. A. Pyrenki- 

 cum. Lam. diet. 1. p. 33. D. C. syst. 1. p. 368. A. Lycoc- 



tonum, var. /3, Pyrenaicum. Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 133. D. C. 

 prod. 1. p. 57. Stem smooth. Leaves large, 7-9-parted, with 

 the partitions unequally cleft. Racemes long, cylindrical, crowded, 

 branched at the base. Flowers cream-coloured, pubescent ; sepals 

 about equal in length. Ovaries 3, villous. 



Var. ft, Penninum ; pubescent ; flowers large, spiked, or some- 

 what panicled, yellow ; helmet conical ; beak large ; ovaries 

 3-5, villous. If. . H. Native of Mount Pennine. A. Lyc6c- 

 tonum S, Penninum. Ser. pi. sel. cent. 1. and mus. helv. 1. p. 

 134. D.C. prod. l.p. 57. 



Var. y, puberulum ; flowers spiked, or somewhat panicled, 

 yellow ; helmet large ; stem leaves and flowers clothed with 

 horizontal hairs. If. . H. Native of Mount Cenis. A. Lycoc- 

 tonum E, puberulum. Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 134. D.C. prod. 

 1. p. 58. 



Var. S, laxiflbrum ; panicle ample, with diverging branches ; 

 flowers loose, pubescent ; ovaries villous ; lobes of leaves some- 

 what quadrately divaricate. 



Lamark's Aconite. Fl.Jul.Aug. Clt. 1800. PI. 2 to 3 ft. 



4. Spur arched or hooked. Capsules smooth. 



70 A. PYRENAICUM (Lin. spec. 751.) spur hook'ed ; bottom 

 of helmet cylindrical-rounded. Tf.. H. Native of the Pyrenees 

 and Siberia. Rchb. ill. t. 48. A. squarrosum, Lin. herb. D.C. 

 syst. l.p. 368. A. Sibiricum, Poir. suppl. 1. p. 113. Stem 

 pubescent at the base, but smooth above. Leaves parted almost 

 to the base with pinnatifid lobes, rather hispid beneath, but 

 smooth above, on long stalks. Racemes elongated, dense, pu- 

 berulous. Flowers largeish, yellow. Ovaries 3, smooth. 



Pyrenean Aconite. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1739. PI. 2 feet. 



71 A. ORIENTA'LE (Mill. di9t. Rchb. ill. t.29.) spur arched; 

 helmet cylindrical, straight, elongated ; beak drawn out, incum- 

 bent. 11 . H. Native of Georgia, Persia, and Caucasus. A. 

 ochroleucum, Willd. spec. 2. p. 1233. Pall. fl. ross. 1. t. 12. 

 Root a branched rhyzoma. Stem puberulous. Leaves with 

 the lobes distinct beyond the middle, deeply serrated, on long 

 channeled petioles, young ones pubescent, adult ones only at the 

 nerves. Racemes \ to 2 feet long, dense, many-flowered, with 

 numerous, small, lateral racemules, forming a pyramid. Flowers 

 large, cream-coloured, or white, suffused with yellow. Sepals 

 edged with yellow hairs on the inside. 



Var. ft. stricttssimum (Rchb. uebers. p. 69.) flowers numerous, 

 yellow ; helmet cylindrical ; spur arched ; ovaries smooth ; stem 

 quite upright. T . H. Native of Bairont. 



Var. y, altissimum (Mill. diet. no. 2.) flowers panicled, nu- 

 merous, yellow ; helmet large, somewhat ventricose at the apex. 

 7.H. Native of Germany and Switzerland. A. macrophy'l- 

 lum, Hortul. A. Lycoctonum, var. altissimum, D. C. syst. 1. 

 p. 368. Leaves large, more or less dissected. 



Var. S, puberulum ; hairs straight, spreading. A. galeatum, 

 Stev.inherb. D.C. 



Oriental Aconite. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1794. PI. 4 to 8 feet. 



72 A. MYO'CTONUM (Rchb. uebers. p. 68. ill. t. 51.) spur sub- 

 annular and somewhat refracted ; bottom of helmet cylindrical 

 rounded, scarcely higher than the diameter of the aperture ; beak 

 short, inflexed. If. . H. Native of Thuringia and France. A. 

 aegophonum, Rchb. ueber. p. 68. A. intermedium hybridum, 

 Hoppe. A. perniciosum, Rchb. uebers. p. 68. are hardly va- 

 rieties. A. Monauense, Smidth. Stem smoothish below, but 

 covered with yellowish pubescence above. Racemes furnished 

 with lateral racemules. Flowers small, pale yellow. Ovaries 3, 

 smooth. 



Mousebane Aconite, Fl. July, Aug. PI. 1 to 3 feet. 



5. Spur spiral. Capsules smooth, but in some of the varie- 

 ties of A. vulpdria they are pubescent. 



