146 ACONITUM. 
Hb. Sah.); Marpu Nala 13,000—14,000 ft. Duthie 11818! (Hb. Sah.) ; on Pensi-La, 
12,000—15,000 ft., Stoliczka! (Hb. Kew and Calc.).—Kasumi: without precise locality, 
Lance 15! (Hb. Kew); Thomson! (Hb. Sah.) Reyl?s Coll.! (Hb. Cambr.); Burzil-La, 11,000— 
13,000 ft, Duthie 14026! 14,029! (Hb. Sah.); Margan Pass, 11,000 ft, Atkinson 
in Clarke Distr. 24162! (Hb. Cale.); from Gulmarg up to 14,000 ft., Aitchison 83! 
(Hb. Cale.); on the pass above Kilian, 13,000 ft., Aitchison 135! (Hb. Kew); above 
Pir Panjal, 9,000— 10,000 ft., Royle’s Coll.! (Hb. Cambr.); Jaequemont 1237! (Hb. 
Кезч).--Снамва: Pangi Kilar, 10,000 ft., Ellis in Hb. Watt 2152! (Hb. Edinb.); Sanch 
Pass, 12,000— 14,000 ft., .Ells 1677! (Hb. Kew and Cale.); Els 364! (Hb. Calc.), 
Lace 1210! (Hb. Sah.) Ravi Valley, Silrundi, 12,600 ft., Watts Coll, 2052! (Hb. 
Edinb.); Kangra, Май» Coll, Reg. Хо. 8992! (Hb. Edinb.)—SPrr: without precise 
locality, at 12,000 ft., Stewart! (Hb, Kew); “ Ghuycemeoul,” Jacguemont 1962! (Hb. 
Kew .—Basmaug: Shatal Pass, 11,000—14,000 ft., Madden! (Hb. Kew), Werung Pass, 
13,200 ft., Inglis according to Royle; Kailas Range, 14,000 ft., Lace, 613! (Hb. Sah. 
and Edinb.); between Yurpo and Gontang-La, Jacguemont 1765! (Hb. Kew); “Chinese 
Tartary," Munro 988! (Hb. Kewj.—TrunrGagHwaL: Kedarkanta, Falconer! (Hb. 
Sah.); 10,000--11,000 ft, Duthie 1035! (Hb. Suh.); Dudu glacier Moraine under 
Srikánta, 14,000—15,000 ft. Duthie 723b! (Hb. Sah.); Nila Valley, Ourie Gadh, 
14,000—15,000 ft., Duthie 724! (НЬ, Sah.); Gangotri, Duthie’s Coll. 771! (Hb. Sah.).— 
British GARHWAL: Liti above Мапа, 9,000—13,000 ft., Edgworth 47! (Hb. Kew).— 
Kumaon: above ‘‘Cheenee,” Vicary! (Hb. Cale.) Barjikang, 13,500 ft, Strachey $ 
Winterbottom 5! (Hb. Kew); Milam glacier, 12,500 ft, S. of Laptel, Strachey & Winter- 
bottom 2! (Hb. Brit. Mus.); Laptel, 15,000 ft., Strachey & Winterbottom 2! (Hb. Kew) ; 
Darma, Nipchang, 13,000—14,000 ft., Duthie 2678! (Hb. Sah.); Byans, Kali Valley; 
I Yangti, Duthie 24135! (Hb, Sah.); North Kumaon, 13,800 ft. La Touche! (Hb. 
Sah.) | 
VERNACULAR NAMES: Tilia Kachang, Sutlej Basin, Cleghorn, 7, с.; Stewart, I е. ; 
Madden, /. е. (?,: Dudhia (bazaar term for the root) Stewart, 1. c. 
PROPERTIES AND USES. Munro says on the label accompanying his specimen from 
the “Chinese Tartary” that the root is used medicinally * for good purposes, ” 
and the statement in Hook fil and Thoms, Fl. Ind. 1., p. 58, on the authority of 
Colonel Munro, “that the roots of the alpine form (of A. JNapellus) are eaten by the 
hillmen of Kanawer as a pleasant tonic, under same name (Atees) as those of the 
next species” (A, heterophyllum) evidently also refers to A 
. violaceum, and ; 
to A. rotundifolium which із found in the same area. : possibly 
Var. ROBUSTUM Stapf. | 
A, Napellus var. multifidum Duthie in Rec, Bot. Sury. Ind. i, No. 3 (1894), р. 37 
А. Napellus var. spicatum Duthie, 1. с. (in part). E 
A. Napellus var, tauricum Duthie, 1. c. 
Plant 30—50 (rarely 60 em.) high; daughter-tuber 1-6—9:5 em. ios ac 
thick. Stem erect, usually stiff and often rather stout. Leaves more bun and oft 
more numerous, blades larger, up to 8 сш. across, lacinie usually longer and t ru 
narrower than in the type. Inflorescence an often many-flowered, d 42. 
and stiff raceme, up to 12 cm. long; rhachis someti ule ; 
over 25 сш. long. : mes stout; lower pedicels rarely 
10 mm. 
