Dirt s-—k ANTIINCTITACKAR 269 
iterum alte fissa, ultima linearia vel anguste triangularia, utrinque 
glabra, subtus pallidiora. Racemus 10-15 cm.longus. Pedunculi 
stricti, pubescentes, 2-3 cm. longi. Flores 3-3°3 cm. longi, 2-2°3 
cm. lati, (ex collectore) ‘‘ intense caerulei basin perianthii versus 
pallidiores.’’ Sepala extus minute pilosula; cassis mediocris 
conspicue curvata rostrata; petala ungue circ. 2 cm. longo, 
lamina brevi, calcare parvo praedita. Staminum filamenta 
dentata. Carpella 5, ovarium (siccum) luteo-velutinum. 
_ “Plant of 14-2 ft. Flowers bright blue, lighter towards 
base of perianth. Open, grassy situations in, and on the margins 
of, pine forests on the eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 
27° 25’ N. Alt. 11-12,000 ft. September 1906.” G. Forrest. 
No. 3044. 
The species is.easily recognised by its short petioles, the curved 
and conspicuously beaked casket of the flower, and the dense 
velvet of the ovary. 
This is close to part of A. Napellum, Linn., var. sessiliflorum, 
Fin. et Gagnep., as far as Soulié, No. 3034 of Yargong, and Soulié, 
No. 358 of Tizou, are concerned. 
Aconitum venatorium, Diels. Sp. nov. 
Caulis ex collectore 05-1 m. altus. Folia prope basin caulis 
conferta, longe (15-20 cm.) petiolata ; lamina utrinque glabra, 
subtus pallidissima, 10-12 cm. longa, 18-25 cm. lata, tripartita, 
segmenta primaria petiolulata vel saltem tenuissime contracta, 
iterum tri- vel quinquefida, segmenta ultima alte serrata serraturis 
ustulato-mucronulatis. Racemus simplex angustissimus, brac- 
teatus, pubescens, ad 40 cm. longus, 4-4'5 cm. latus; pedunculi 
stricti, erecti, cauli fere adpressi. Bracteae integrae, ovatae. 
Flores 2°5 cm. longi, 1°5 mm. lati. Sepala puberula, intense 
violacea. Cassis circ. 2°2-2'5 cm. alta, 1'4-1°6 cm. lata, apice 
breviter rostrata. Petala calcare parvo obtuso ornata. Stamina 
plerumque haud dentata. Carpella 5, ovarium pilosum. 
“Open, grassy, rocky situations on the descent from the 
Ming-Kwong-Irrawadi_ divide towards Tsu-yu-ho, in _ the 
Irrawadi basin. Lat. 26° N. Alt. g-10,000 ft. Upper Burma. 
October 1905.”’ G. Forrest. No. 826. This is the species of 
Aconitum from the tubers of which is expressed the arrow poison 
in use by the Tibetans, Mossoo, Lissoo, Minchia, Lutzu, Chintzu, 
and other tribes of N.-W. Yunnan, and S.-E. China.” 
“‘ Erect plant of 14-3 ft. Flowers deep violet purple. Moist, 
open hillsides, edges of scrub, etc. Irrawadi-Salwen divide. 
Lat. about 26° N. Alt. 8—11,000 ft. October 1905.’’ G. Forrest. 
No. 883. 
“ Fragments of a plant collected and brought in by a Lissoo 
boy. Habitat, head of Ming Kwong valley in pine-woods ? 
