POLYANDRIA— PENTAGYNIA. Aconitum. 31 

 272. ACONITUiM. Wolfsbane. 



Linn. Gen. 274. Juss. 234. Tourn. t. 239, 240. Lam. t. 482. 

 Gcertn. t. 65. DeCand. Syst. v. 1. 364. 



Nat. Orel, see n. 270. ■ 



Cal. none. Pet. 5, inferior, unequal, 4 of them in pairs, 

 opposite ; the upper one hooded, or tabular, inverted, 

 the convex or hind part being uppermost, the deflexed 

 point recurved ; 2 lateral ones roundish, opposite, con- 

 verging ; 2 lowermost oblong, deflexed. Ncctm-ies 2, 

 within the hollow of the uppermost petal, on long awl- 

 shaped stalks, tubular, drooping, oblique at the orifice, 

 recurved at the honey-bag behind. Filam. numerous, 

 broad at the base, awl-shaped, short, directed towards the 

 upper petal, some of the innermost often dilated and abor- 

 tive. Anth. roundish, small, erect. Germens superior, 

 3, 4, or 5, oblong. Styles terminal, awl-shaped, spread- 

 ing. Stigmas simple, acute. Caps, {follicles), as many 

 as the germens, straight, ovate-oblong, of 1 valve, burst- 

 ing at the inner side. Seeds numerous, angular, rugged, 

 at the edges of the capsule. 



Perennial herbs, of a very dangerous quality, highly nar- 

 cotic and acrid. Roots fleshy. Stems erect, or twining. 

 Leaves fingered and cut. Clusteis terminal, many-flow- 

 ered, bracteated. Fl. dark blue, whitish, or pale yellow. 

 The nectaries are full of honey. 



1. A. Napellus. Common Wolf's-bane, or Monk's- 

 hood. 



Upper petal arched at the back ; lateral ones hairy at 

 the inner side. Germens three, smooth. Leaves deeply 

 five-cleft, cut, with linear segments, furrowed above. 



A. Napellus. Lmn. Sp. PL 751. Willd. v. 2. 1235. Woodv t.6. 



Purt. V 3 47, note. Seringue Aeon. 152. i. 15./ 41, 42, 50. 

 A. vulgare. DeCand. %s^ p. 1.371. 

 A.n 1197. Hall. Hist. V. 2.90. 

 Napellus. Dod. Pempt. 442. f. 



N. verus csevuleus. Ger. Em.972.f. Lob.Tc.679.f. 

 Eisen hiitlin. Trag. Hist. 248./. 

 Lycoctonum sativum tricarpum. Cord. Hist. 145. same/. 



In watery places, a doubtful native. 



By the side of the river Teme, Herefordshire ; and still more abun- 

 dantly on the banks of a brook, running into that river, to all 



