NAPELLUS. 153 
89 а! (Hb. Sah.); Kalatop forest, 8,000 ft. Lace 786! (Hb. Calc. and Edinb.) Drummond 
891 (Hb. Sah.); between Dalhousie and Chamba, 6,000 ft, Gammie 18106! (Hb, Sah.), 
Ваш, 7,000, Watt's coll. 2153! (Hb. Edinb.); Sauch Pass, 11,000 ft. Lace 1997! (Hb. 
Calc., Sah. and Edinb.) ; Pangi, head of Ssnch Valley, 12,000—15,000 ft., Harsukh in 
Hb. Duthie 23395 ! (Hb. Kew), 13,000 ft., Ellis 1674! (Hb. Cale.), Heyde! (НЬ. Calc.)— 
Lanur: Bhagha Valley, in meadows, 9,000 ft., Jaeschke 212! (Hb. Cale), without precise 
locality, Jacschke 152! (НЬ, Kew).—Kurv: Sarahan, in Kangra, 8,000 ft, Watt 136051 
(Hb. Edinb.).—Sirmor: without precise locality, Wallich 4792 В. (Hb. Linn. Soe,); 
Simla, Baghi Forest, Drummond 1019! (Hb. Sah.); Strong! (Hb. Sah.); Muhassu, 7,000— 
10,000 ft. Edgeworth 46! (Hb. Kew), Madden! (Hb. Kew), Lady Dulhousi! (Hb. Kew), 
Thomson! (Hb. Kew and Cale.); Brandis! (Hb. Brandis); Mt. Hattu, Drummond 1018! 
(Hb. Sah.); Mt. Chor, Aoyle! (Hb. Sah. and coloured drawing from Royle's collection 
аб Kew), JDrumnond, 10211 (Hb. Sah.); Jubal, 10,000 ft., Collett 5423 A! (Hb. Sah.); 
Fagu, Thomson! (Hb, Kew), 8,500 ft., Collett 5155! (Hb. Sah.) "8,700 ft., Gambie, 
5505! 6581! (Hb. Sah.); Nagkanda, Drummond 1020! (Hb. Sah.); between Kotgarh and 
Koroo, Vicary! (Hb. Calc.).—Basnaur, Waits Coll, Reg. No. 6805 (Hb. Cale.)!— 
JAuNSAR: Deoban Range, 7,000—9,000 ft., Hb. Drummond 1033! (Hb. Sah.), Keshava 
Nand 108! (Hb. Edinb.)—.GazHwar: without precise locality, Falconer Kew Distrib. 741 
partly (Hb. Kew and Cale.); Watts coll. Reg. No. 10118 (Hb. Edinb.); Kedarkanta! 
(Hb. Sah.) Brandis! (Hb.. Brandis); Duthie(?)! (Hb. Sah.), Dudu Gach under Srikanta, 
14,000—15,000 ft., Duthie 723! (Hb. Cale. and Sah.); high meadows under Srikanta, 
Duthie 8! (Hb. Edinb.), Chinpul, opposite Bandarpunch, 12,000—13,000 ft., Duthie 
723 a! (Hb. Sah.); Derali in the Ganges Valley, 9,000—10,000 ft., Duthie 1349! (Hb. 
Sah.).—Kumaon: without precise locality, Wallich 4722A! (Hb. Linn. Soc, Kew and 
Cale.); Reid 5274a! (Hb. Sah.); Davidson! (Hb. Sah.); Milam Glacier, in open situations, 
13,000 ft. Straebey 8 Winterbottom 1! (Hb. Kew); Surajkund, Duthie 94134! 
(Hb. Sah.) U 
VERNACULAR NAMES: "Alis or Ates (Hind.), the usual name of the root, as sold 
in the bazaars, Royle, Dymock, Pharm. Ind,, H. ce., eto.; Ais (Leh), Aitchison, Trade 
Prod. Leh, p. 6; Ataicha, Ativiské (Sanskr.), Dymock, Warden, Hooper & Pharmacogr. 
Ind. p. 15, Dutt, Lc, Watt Agric. Ledg. l c.; Patis or Batis (Punj.), Baden-Powell, 
Punjab Prod. р. 824; Stewart, Punjab Pl. р. 1; Aitchison, le. ete.; Nar-Mada 
(Kashmir), Lawrence, 1. c. 74; Aanguálu (Kashmir), Duthie in Rec. Bot. Surv. i. 
No. 3, p. 87; Bonga* (Lahul) Aitchison, l c. 
PROPERTIES AND USES: “The root is extensively exported from the North-West 
Himalaya to the plains of India, and can be had practically in every drug-shop 
throughout the country . . . That it is a mild and pleasant tonic is universally 
accepted by Indian medical men” (Watt in Agric. Ledger, 1902, No. 8, рр. 92, 93). 
The active principle is Atisine, an alkaloid, non poisonous іп small doses and of a 
chemical structure very different from aconitine and pseudaconitine. Ап elaborate 
account of the chemistry of the root by Dr, Jowett may be found in the Agric. 
Ledger, 1896, No. 82. N ш. 
Тһе description of А. heterophyllym, as given above, makes allowance for а considerable amplitude 
of variation, There are, however, several forms represented in the collections at. my disposal which 
* This is, according to Aitchison (Z e, p. 31), ‘also the Tibetan term in Ladakh for the root of an Aconite from 
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