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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. Pyj-cnaicum Linn. 1. c. 532. 



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

 A. Nafellus S. G. Gmel. It i : 8. 1768 (?). 

 A. septentrional e Koelle. Spicil. 22. 1786. 

 A. taxicarium Salisb. Prod. 375. 1796. 

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

 A. Jacqiiinianttm Host. 1. c. 68. 

 A. paiicrflonon Host. 1. c. 70. 

 A. ochroleucum Willd. Sp. PI. 2: 1233. 1799. 

 A. harbatum Patr. ex Pers. Syn. 2: 83. 1807. 

 A. galenJJorum Stokes, Bot. Mag. Med. 3: 216. 1812. 

 A. JVcapolitanum Tenore, Fl. Nap. i : 327. 1815. 

 A. hispidiim DC. Syst. i : 367. 18 18. 

 A. sqtia?'rosu)u Linn, ex DC. 1. c. 368. 

 A. ochranthtim C. A. Mey. in Ledeb. Fl. Alt. 2: 285. 



1830. . 



A. delphinifoliimi 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. excelsiim Turcz. Cat. Baikal. 70. 1842. 

 A. Hosteamun 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. L3'on, 



n. s. 16: 326. 1868. 

 A. umbracticoUcm Schur. in Verh. Naturf. Ver. Bruenn. 



15: 2. 1877. 

 Names of this accredited to Reichenbach are : ceoo- 



phonum, alienum, arcfophonuni, australe, loreale Ser., 



cynoctonum, disscctwn Tausch., Gmclini, lagoctonurn, 



Lamar ckii., luparia, lupicida, nieloctonum, moldavicu^n 



