154 ACONITUM. 
do not come under it, and yet are so closely linked to А. heterophyllum that I do not consider it 
worth while devising names for them with the exception of one which stands out more clearly. This I 
describe as a distinct variety, whilst marking the others briefly as “forms” l, 2, 3, 4, as they may 
when studied in the field well turn out to be mere individual variations. 
Form 1: Inflorescence loose, few-flowered; all the bracts inciso-dentate ; sepals glabrous or sub- 
glabrous, vislet-blue all over; carpels yellow-tomentose.— DisrRIBUTION: Kashmir; Toshumaidan, Falconer ! 
(Hb. Sah.); on grassy slopes above Kilan Marg, profuse at 10,000 feet, Aitchison 9! (Hb. Kew). 
Garhwal (?), Falconer Kew distrib. 74! in part (Hb. Kew).—This form answers very well Royle’s 
description of A. cordatum, Ill. Himal., p. 56, although the specimen marked “ Aconitum cordatum ” (not 
in Royle’s handwriting) in Royle’s Herbarium agrees not with it, but with 4 form 3.” 
Form 2: Upper leaves softly hairy on both sides or glabrescent above; inflorescence many-flowered, 
stiff, like the sepals, velvety to tomentose; bracts rather large, entire; carpels tomentose.— (A. hetero- 
phyllun Duthie in Rec, Bot. Surv. India, i. No. 9 (1898), p. 143).—Disrrisurion: Chitral, Lowari 
Pass, at 9,000 ft., Gaíaere 17010 in Duthie’s Distr.! (Hb. Cale. and Sah.) ; Zarkhana Pass, 9,500 ft., 
Gatacre 17013 in Duthie’s Distr.! (Hb. Sah.) 
Form 3: Inflorescence finely villous, many-flowered, stiff, almost 1 ft. long; bracts and bracteoles 
narrow, entire or sparingly inciso-dentate ; carpels spreadingly tomentose.— DISTRIBUTION : Gilgit; Kala 
Pani, 10,600 ft., Giles 664! (Hb. Kew) and without precise locality, Biddulph 9! (Hb. Sah.).—Baltistan ; 
Chatpani Nala, W. of Dras, 11,000—12,000 ft., Duthie! (Hb. Sah.); Kashmir; Sind Valley, Sonamarg, 
Clarke 27210! (Hb. Kew); Zoji-la, 11,000 ft., Thomson! (IIb. Kew); Liddar Valley, Naphran Nala, 
Inayat in Duthie’s Distr. 25376! (Hb. Sah.) 
Form 4: Inflore-cence and bracts as in the type, but the sepals more hairy, carpels densely and 
spreadingly tomentose.—Disrripurioy : Kumaon ; Darma, near Shibu, 12,000—13,000 ft, Duthie 9679! 
(Hb. Sah.) ; Byans; Kutti Yangti Valley, 13,000—14,000 ft, Duthie 2680! (Hb. Sah).—The Каш 
Yangti specimen is the “ Aconitum heterophyllum, var. alb1,” mentioned by Duthie in Rep. Bot. Gard. 
Sahar. and Muss. for 1885, p. 35. 
VAR. BRACTEATUM Stapf, 
Racemes or panicles lax; bracts persistent, inciso-dentate, narrowed into a broad, 
petiole; sepals quite blue; carpels quite glabrous, 
Півтківоттоя: Punjab, Black. Mountain, Kahi Galli, 8,000--9,000 ft., Duthie 7427! 
(Hb. Kew, Calc., Sah. and Edinb.); Chittabat Plateau, Gatacre in Duthie's Distr. 7 427! 
(Hb. Sah.); Hazara, Kagan, Inayat in Duthie’s Distr, #3996! (Hb. Kew); Karkun 
12,200 ft, Inayat in Duthie’s Distr. 19125! (Hb. Sah.); Maluk, 12,000 ft., Inayat in 
Duthie's Distr. 19124! (Hb. Sah.); Siran Range, Musalla, Inayat in Duthie’s Distr. 
23296! (Hb. Sah.) 
Prate 100. Aconitum heterophyllum Wall, (fgs. 1—12).—1, Inflorescence; 2, basal 
Jeaf, from a plant collected before flowering—natural size; 3, a flower in longitudinal 
section; 4, upper part of a nectary; 5, stamens; 6, Synecium—enlarged; 7, ап 
infructescence—naiural size; 8 and 9, seeds ; 10, portion of the axis of an inflorescence — 
enlarged ; 11, a pair of tubers—natural size; 12, transverse section of a daughter-tuber— 
enlarged. А. heterophyllum VAR, bracteatum S/apf.—13, А complete specimen—natural size. 
(1, 3—6, 10, Ріг Panjal, Jnayat, Hb. Duthie 25374; 2, Kashmir, Falconer ; 
7—9, N.-W. Himalaya, Maiden; 11, between Dalhousie and Chamba, Gammie 18106; 12, 
Simla, Col. Strong; 13, Hazara, Inayat 23296.) 
10, AcONITUM NAVICULARE Stapf, Sp. nov, 
А. feroz var. navicularis Brühl in Anm. Roy. Bot, Gard, Calcutta, v, (1896), 
li, p. 111, plate 111, figs, 2 and 14, 
[ТҮРЕ SPECIMENS : See below under ‘ distribution] 
