268 PLANTAE CHINENSES FORRESTIANAE. 
Lat. 25° 40’ N. Alt. ro-11,000 ft. September 1906.” G. Forrest. 
No. 
‘Allied perhaps to A. Delavayt, but distinguished by its glabrous 
leaves and flowers, by the dark colour of the flower and the 
glabrous carpels. 
It is the same as “‘ Aconitum palmatum, Don” (Delavay, 
No. 4242.) 
Aconitum aay Fin. et Gagnep. in Contrib. Flore As. 
Orient. i. (1905), 212, pt. ix, f. B. 3-5. 
Flore violaceo. 
** Pine woods at an altitude of 14,000 ft. On range between 
Chung tien plateau and Yangtse valley.’’ Forrest. No. 
The leaves are more glabrous than in the type, and the flowers 
violet, not pale yellow as in Soulie’s plant. 
Aconitum transsectum, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Caulis o°9-1°6 m. altus, pubescens, superne ramosus. Folia 
infima tempore florendi evanida, inferiora petiolo circ. 5-7 cm. 
longo praedita, lamina 5-7—palmata, praeter nervos subtus pilosu- 
los glabra, segmenta primaria ambitu anguste obovata alte 
pinnatifida, segmenta secundaria inciso-dentata dentibus ae 
mucronulatis ; segmentum primarium medianum circ. 8-9 c 
longum, 4-4°5 cm. latum, nervi principales subtus eciniuentes 
Folia superiora brevius petiolata, cum illis ramorum demum 
fere sessilia. Rami floriferi inferiores arcuato-adscendentes ; 
racemus terminalis ad 35cm. longus. Flores breviter pedunculati, 
cum pedunculo extus minute pubescentes, pallidissime coerulei 
vel albescentes, margine intense coeruleo-tincti. Cassis ampla 
circ. 2-2°3 cm. lata et alta, latere infero linea rectissima truncata, 
apice rostro parvo praedita. Petala ungue circ. 1 cm. longo 
piloso instructa, calcare fere recto apice saccato atque lamina 
bifida ornata. Filamenta glabra. Carpella 3-4 sericeo-pilosa. 
“ Plant of 3-5 ft. Flowers very pale blue, almost white, with 
the margins of the perianth rich bright blue. Open mountain 
meadows on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 
27° 30’ N. Alt. 1r1-12,000 ft. August-September 1906.” 
G. Forrest. No. 2868. 
In habit, similar to A. Kusnezoffit, Rchb.,and A.Wilsoni, Stapf, 
but distinguished by the petals which are not unlike to those of 
A. ferox, Wall., and remarkable by its very pale flowers, with a 
large hood, being truncate at the base by a completely straight line. 
° Aconitum brachypodum, Diels. Sp. nov. 
aulis basi nudus, 0°5-0°6 m. altus, superne pubescens. Folia 
conferta, brevissime (vix I cm.) petiolata, 5~7—partita, segmenta 
