Aconitum.] flora indica. 57 



4-5-pollicaria, palmatim S-iiila, lobis ovalibns vel oblongis basi cuueatis, superne pin- 

 natifide incisis et gro8se ientetis ; Jloralia conformia, minora, anprema trifida vel 

 lineari-lanceolata. Racemus terminalis, seepe pedalis, basi compositus; pedicelli 

 longi, floriferi patentes, fnictiferi patentes vel erecti, bracteolia pluribus alternis mu- 

 niti, apice dilatati. Flares ultra-poUicares. Sepala extus fulvo-pubescentia. Fe- 

 tala ungue longo incurvo superne iu saccum magnum inflatum dilatata, calcare re- 

 curvo obtuso, labello elongato oblongo apice retnso. Filamenta pilosa. Ovaria 

 plenimque 6, dense viUosa. 



As this is the best known and most extensively distributed Bikk, or poisonous 

 Aconite, of the Himalaya, it appears desirable to retain for it Dr. 'Wallicb's original 

 name, notwithstanding that be has confused with it certain states of the next 

 species, one of which he has figured in the ' Plantse Asiaticse Kariores.' As the de- 

 scriptions given by Seringe, De Candolle, and Don apply chiefly, if not entirely, to 

 this species, there is much less inconvenience in retaining than there would be in 

 changing the name. 



6. A. Napellus (L. Sp. 751) ; foliis multifidis, racemo denso vel 

 laxo terminali interdum basi composito (in alpinis pauoifloro), floribus 

 cwruleis, casside hemisphserica sensim in rostrum breve producta, pe- 

 talorum ungue incurvo filiformi, calcare brevi obtuso interdum brevis- 

 simo, follieulis 3-5 erectis (in planta Indica 5 tomentosis), seminibus 

 triquetris Isevibus. — Seringe, Mus. Helv. i. 162 ; DC. Prod. i. 63 ; 2b?*- 

 rey et Gray, M. N. Am. i. 34 ; Ledeb. M. Boss. i. 69. A. dissectum, 

 Don, Prod. 197 ; Vail. Cat. 4724 ! Boyle! III. 56. A. ferox, JTall. 

 Cat. 4721 A! («o» B, C, D), Plant. As. Bar. t. 41. A. 4elphinifo- 

 lium, Beick.; Ledeb. M. Boss. i. 70. A. multifidum, Boyle! III. 56. 



Planta polymorpha ; formse Indicse sequentes : — 



1. Caule erecto basi glabro superne tomentoso, foliis palmatim 

 partitis, segmentis inciso-pinnatiiidis, lobis linearibus, racemo simplici 

 denso vel laxiusculo. — A. dissectum, Bon. A. ferox, JFall. I. c. 



3. Caule humili diflfuso basi glabro superne pubescente, foliis 

 lineari-multifidis, racemo paucifloro, floribus longe pedioellatis. — A. 

 multifi-dum, Boyle! 



3. Caule humili foliisque adpresse puberulis, foliis rotundato-re- 

 niformibus palmatim 5-lobis, lobis obtuse inciso-crenatis. — A. delphi- 

 nifolium y, Ledeb. A. rotundifoHura, Kar. et Kir. in Led. PI. Boss. 

 i. 740? 



Hab. In Himalaya interiori alpina, alt. 10-16,000 ped.: a Gilgit, 

 Winterbottom ! usque ad Nipal, Tfall.! et Sikkim !— (Fl. Jul.-Sept.) 



(v. w.) 



DisTRiB. Europa australis ! Asia et America temperata et arc- 



tica! 



1. Caulis erectus, 2-8-pedalis, simplex, foliosus, glaber, apice tomento brevi fulvo 

 pilosus. Folia glabra, 3-6-pollicaria, trisecta vel pedatim 5 -partita, segmentis in- 

 ciso-pinnatifidis, lobis divaricatis linearibus acutis. Facemus terminalis, densus vel 

 (in spec, et ic.'Wallicbianis) laxus, pediceUis stricto-ereetis. Fractem trifida vel 

 lanceolate. Flares f-l-poU. Se-gala extus puberula. Fetala ungue longo inciu-vo. 



reni- 



xanceojiai.a;. in//oo i i-,<««. ~-r- \W „ -a ■! ° 



sacco parvo, calcare brevi obtuso subrecurvo, labello mflexo a;quilongo. 



2 Caulis diffusus, i^-l -pedalis. Falia radicalia 1-3-pollicaria, rotundato- 

 formia, ad basin 5-pai'tita, lobis inciso-multifidis ; caulina pauca, lineari-multifida ; 

 Jloralia trifida vel linearia. Flares ultra-pollicares, in summo caule 3-5, cserulei ; 



