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sessile ; all dark, large, cordate, coarsely dentate : sepals yellow 

 with violet or blue margins ; hood arched, beak rather blunt : 

 follicles 5, erect pubescent. Widely distributed. Himalaya re- 

 gion. Not yet introduced to the American trade, but has re- 

 cently been used in European gardens because of its striking 

 flowers and leaves. It is used in India as a tonic medicine. 



A. Lycoctonum LINN. Sp. PI. 532. 1753. 

 A. Pyrenaicum LINN. 1. c. 532. 

 A. altissimum Mill. Gard. Diet. 8 ed. no. 2. 1768. 

 A. Napellus S. G. GMEL. It 1 : 8. 1768 (?). 

 A. septentrionalc KOELLE. Spicil. 22. 1786. 

 A. taxicarium SALISB. Prod. 375. 1796. 

 A. intermedeum Host. Fl. Aust. 2: 69. 1797. 

 A. Jacquinianum HOST. 1. c. 68. 

 A. pauciflorum HOST. 1. c. 70. 

 A. ochroleucum WILLD. Sp. PL 2: 1233. 1799. 

 A. barbatum PATR. ex Pers. Syn. 2 : 83. 1807. 

 A. galeriflorum STOKES, Bot. Mag. Med. 3: 216. 1812. 

 A. Ncapolitanum TENORE, Fl. Nap. 1 : 327. 1815. 

 A. hispidiim DC. Syst. I : 367. 1818. 

 A. squarrosum LINN, ex DC. 1. c. 368. 

 A. ochranthum C. A. MEY. in Ledeb. Fl. Alt. 2: 285. 



1830. 

 A. delphinifolium HORT. ex Steud. Nom. 2" ed. I : 18. 



1840. 



A. ochroleucum HORT. ex Steud. 1. c. 19. 

 A. rubicundum FISCH. ex Steud. 1. c. 20. 

 A. triste FISCH. ex Steud. 1. c. 20. 

 A. excelsum TURCZ. Cat. Baikal. 70. 1842. 

 A. Hosteanum SCHUR. in Verh. Seibenb. Ver. Naturw. 2: 



177. 1851. 

 A. Transilvanicum LERCH. ex Schur. in same, 10 : 165. 



1859. 

 Lycoctonum sylvaticum FOURR. in Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, 



n. s. 16: 326. 1868. 

 A. umbracticolum SCHUR. in Verh. Naturf. Ver. Bruenn. 



15: 2. 1877. 



Names of this accredited to REICHENBACH are : cego- 

 phonum, alienum, arctophonum, australe, loreale SER., 

 cynoctonum, dissectum TAUSCH., Gmelini, lagoctonum, 

 Lamarckii, luparia, lupicida, meloctonum, moldavicum 



