THE 



BRITISH 



FLORA MEDICA 



I. 



ACONITUM NAPELLUS. 



Commo7} Aconite, Wolf's-hane, or Monk's-hood. 



Class XIII. PoLYANDRiA.— Or(/e»- III. Trigynia. 

 Nat. Ord. Ranunculace^. 

 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, furrowed above. 



SYNONYMES. 

 Greek . . . «xovjtov. Theophrastus, Dioscorides. ' 



fAconitum cceruleum seu Napellus. Bauh. Pin. 183. Tourn. 

 J ,. J Inst. 425. 



I Aconitum Napellus. Lin. Sp. PI. 751. IJug. Fl. iii. p. 31. 



LAconitum vulgare. De Cand. Sj/st. vol. i. p. 372. 

 French.. AconitNapel; Coqueluchon ; Capuchon de moine ; Madriette. 

 Italian . . Aconito Nappello. 



Spanish. . Aconito Napelo ; Matalobos de flor azul. 

 German.. Blaue Monchskappe ; Stui-mhut ; Wolfswurz; Eisenhiitlein. 

 Dutch.. . Blaauwe Monnikskap ; Blaauwe Wolfswortel. 

 Danish . . Blauemunke ; IMunkehoette ; Stormhat. 

 Swedish . Stormhatt. 



Description. — The root is perennial, napiform, fleshy, of a 

 ilark colour without, whitish within, and sending off numerous 

 fibres. The stem is erect, simple, subangular, smooth, and 



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