THE 



FLORA DOMESTICA, 



I. 



ACONITUM NAPELLUS. 



Common Aconite^ Wolffs-bane, or Monk's-hood. 



Class XIII. PoLYANDRiA. — Order III. Trigynia. 

 Nat. Ord. Ranunculace.^, Hellebores. 



Gen. Char. Calyx petaloid, irregular ; the upper leaflet 

 helmet-shaped. The two upper petals or nectaries on 

 long stalks, concealed beneath the helmet. 



Spec. Char. Upper leaflet of the calyx arched at the 

 back ; lateral ones hairy on the inner side. Germens 

 three to five, smooth. Leaves divided down to the 

 petiole into five cuneate lobes, fiiiTowed above. 



SYNONYMES. 



Greek . . . axovirtm. Tkeophrastus, Dioscorides. 



/conitum cceruleum seu Napellus. Bauh. Pin. 183. Tourn. 

 Inst. 425. 



Aconitum Napellus. Lin. Sp. PI. ^b\. 



Aconitum vulgare. De Candolle. 

 French.. Aconit Napel ; Coqueluchon ; Capuchon de moine ; Madriette. 

 Italian . . Aconito Nappello. 



Spanish . Aconito Napelo ; Matalobos de flor azul. 

 German . Blaue Monchskappe ; Sturmliut ; Wolfswurz ; Eisenhiitlein. 

 Dutch . , Blaauwe Monnikskap ; Blaauwe Wolfswortel. 



Latin. 



Description. — The root is perennial, fleshy, of a dark colour 

 without, whitish withiTi, fusiform or turnip-shaped, and sending 



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