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tate et in aqua coctione adeo iners evadens ut qusedam 

 species ( v. g. Ac. septentrionale ) edules sint ! Extractum 

 Aconiti cl. Storck felici cum successu administravit in rhu- 

 matismis chronicis , podagris veteribus , antiquisque venereis 

 tumoribus. Storckius A. paniculato usus est sed medici 

 promiscue Aconita flore ceeruleo donata omnia incaute hinc 

 inde admiserunt. 



Hab. Species 28 huc usque cognitae habitant aspera 

 dumeta sylvasque hemispha3rce borealis , 11 in Europa , 11 in 

 Sibiria, 1 in Japonia, 1 in America boreali,i Sibiriae etAme- 

 ricae boreali occidentali communis. 



Obs. Genus naturalissimum sed quoad specierum diagno- 

 Sim difficillimum nec satis rite elaboratum. Clusius olim 

 species Europaeanas optime cognovit et ante omnes autores 

 consultandus ! 



Div. Ex habitu potiiis quam ex caracteribus Aconita divi- 

 duntur, in sectiones divisionesve quinque, nempe : 

 Sect. I. Anthora. Flores ochroleuci; galea convexa; folia 



in lobos lineares multipartita Sp. 1-2. 



Sect. II. Lycoctonum. Flores ochroleuci aut rarissime 



caerulei j galea conica elongata, antice vix mucronata; 



folia in lobos cuneiformes lobata Sp. 3- 10. 



Sect. III. Napelltjs. Flores caerulei aut albijgalea convexa ; 



folia in lobos lineares multipartita Sp. 11-14. 



Sect. IV. Cammarum. Flores ceerulei aut albi ; galea conica 



aut valde convexa , antice longe mucronata ; f olia in lobos 



cuneiformes partita Sp. i5-20. 



Sect. V. Anabates. Flores ca^rulei aut albi ; galea convexa ; 



caulis scandens subvolubilis . . . Sp. 21*25, 



-j-. Aconita non satis nota 26-28. 



j -J-. Aconita dubia aut incerta. 29-35. 



Sect. 1. anthora. 



Car. Flores ochroleuci ; galea convexa apice acuta 5 radix 

 tuberibus duobus oblongis j folia palmatipartita, in lobos 

 lineares multifida. 



i. Aconitum anthora. 



A. galea convexa apice in acumen desinente y calcare spirali, 

 labio obcordato , foliis multifidis , laciniis linearibus. 



Anthora sive antithora, Math. comm. 769./. *. Cam. epit. 837. ic. Kiv- 

 pentap. irr. ic. 



