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,4 Aconitum brevicalcaratum (Fin. et Gagnep. s. tit. var.) Diels. 
A. Lycoctonum, mete var. brevicalcaratum, Fin. et Gagnep., 
ft. bracteatum, Fin. et Gagnep. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, li 
(1904) ; Contrib. Fl. As. Orient. i. (1905), 199, pt. vi, fig. 29. 
Planta 06-09 m. alta, tota pilis sericeo-velutinis (siccis) 
aureo-nitentibus vestita. Folia fere omnia basalia, longissime 
(30-35 cm.) petiolata; lamina ambitu fere rotunda, 10-13 cm. 
longa et lata, alte 5~7—-fida, segmentis obovatis iterum fissis atque 
inciso-serratis, nervi primarii et secundarii subtus prominentes, 
dense velutini. Racemus angustus, simplex, vel basi ramis 
erectis 2—4 auctus ; bracteae inferae partitae, mediae trifidae, 
supremae integrae flores novellos superantes. Flores subsessiles 
vel demum pedicello brevi aureo-velutino praediti, luride livido- 
violacei; perianthium+pilosum vel pubescens, Cassis 2°2—-2°5 
cm. alta, basi 1'2 cm. lata in rostrum conspicuum progressa. 
Sepala lateralia circ. 1:2 cm. diamet., inferiora oblongo-ovata 
r cm. longa, 0-4 cm. lata. Petala calcare obtuso brevissimo 
et lamina linguiformi illo multo longiore nuda praedita 2-2-2 
cm. longa. Carpella 3, ovarium parce pilosum. 
“Plant of 2-3 ft. Flowers dull livid purple. Open, grassy 
mountain slopes on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. 
Lat. 27° 20’ N. Alt. 11-12,000 ft. July 1906.” G. Forrest. 
No. 2777. 
This fine species of the Lycoctonum section is recognised by its 
conspicuously beaked hood, the obsolete spur of the petals, 
the nearly sessile flowers, and the golden hue of the whole 
plant. 
Aconitum Bulleyanum, Diels. oe nov. 
Planta fere glabra, circ. 1°2 alta. oe glaberrimus, 
nitidus, superne subvolubilis. paler inferiorum petiolus 
10-12 cm. longus, superiorum 6—7 cm. longus ; lamina herbacea, 
in utraque facie glabra, ro-13 cm. longa, 15-20 cm. lata, alte 
5~7-lobata, segmentis alte incisis, argute dentatis, dentibus 
mucronulatis, nervi in utraque facie (sicci), colore pallidi. 
Inflorescentiae ex axillis foliorum etiam inferiorum ortae, patentes, 
pauciflorae, 11-14 cm. longae; pedicelli subrectangulo-patentes 
vel refracti, 3-35 cm. longi. Sepala extus glabra, margine et 
intus pilosa, saturate violacea, cassis circ. 2 cm. longa, I°2-1°5 
cm. lata, basi linea obliqua truncata; sepala inferiora circ. 
15 cm. longa. Petala usque 1°5-1°7 cm. longo et lamina I cm. 
longa emarginata praedita, calcare recurvato. Stamina glabra 
non dentata. Carpella 5 glabra. 
“Plant of 4 ft. Flowers deep purple. Open situations on the 
margins of pine forests on the eastern flank of the Tali Range. 
