Order III. 
POLYANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 
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7838 Stem erect branch. Lvs. 5-part. Lobes obi. acurain. Pet. shorter than cal. Caps, netted with color pubescent 
7839 Petioles not dilat. at base, Lvs. cord. 5-7-fid : up. 3-lobed, Lobes cut serr. Ped. bract, cal. and ovaries smooth 
7840 Petioles not dilated at base, Leaves downy 5-lobed, Lobes cuneate at base trifid cut. Spur inflexed 
7841 Petioles not dilated at base, Lvs. orbicular cord. 5-fid, Lobes cut acute deflexed, Bractes 3, Ovaries smooth 
7842 Petioles sheathing at base, Lvs. many-part, with lin. lobes. Raceme close. Spur straight longer than flower 
7843 Lvs. somewhat dilated at base, Segm. cuneiform serr. cut in front. Stem upwards and peduncles pubescent 
7844 Petioles not dilated at base, Lvs. flat trifid beyond the middle. Lobes cuneiform trifid at the end acuminate 
784.5 Pet. scar, dilat. at base, Lvs. 3-5-part. multif with lin. lobes, Rac. straight, Pet. beard, at end : low. very vill. 
7846 Pet. scar, dilat. at base, Lvs. 3-7-lob. Lobes obi. ac. cut pinnatifid : up. 3-part. Caps. nett. at keel and edge cil. 
7847 Pet. smth. but scar, sheath, at base, Lvs. 5-par. Lobes 3-5-fid lin. Pet. sh. than cal. Caps. refl. from their base 
7848 Petioles not dilated at base, Leaves concave beyond the middle trifid, Lobes cuneiform cut acuminate at end 
7849 Petio. not dilat. at base, Lvs. 5-lob. with cut lobe.s. Stem flexu. and petioles hairy, Bractes lin. Caps, smooth 
7850 Petioles sheathing at base, Lvs. many-par. with lin. subul. segm. Fl. pubesc. Spur acute longer than flowers 
7851 Pet. not dilat. at base, Lvs. 3-7-lob. with obi. ac. cut pinnat. lobes, Rac. lax branch. Bractes and ovaries pub. 
7852 Petioles sheathing at base, Lvs. many-parted in lin. lobes, Rac. long. Spur straight blunt longer than pedicel 
7853 Spur very short, Bracteoles inserted at base of pedicel. Petioles hairy. Pedicels twice as long as flower 
7854 Spur scarcely shorter than cal. Bracteoles inserted at base of pedicel. Petioles pubesc. Pedic. scarcely longer 
7855 Spur nearly as long as calyx, Bractes inserted in the middle of pedicel. Petioles hairy [than flower 
7856 Pan. divaricating. Branches tortuose, Helmet conical half circular, Spur short thick spiral [at end 
7857 Fl. spiked or panic, numerous, Lvs. deeply 3-5-lobed with cuneate trifid lobes. Spur slender straight curv. 
7858 Helmet conical cylindric. Spur slender spirally twisted. Lip divaricating, Lvs. palm. 3-5-lob. beyond middle 
7859 Veiny smooth. Pan. smoothish with ascend, branches. Bag of hoods very large ventric. Spur thick subinvol. 
7860 Pan. divaricating very smooth. Branches tortuose. Spur thick somewhat spiral. Lobes of leaves rhomboid 
7861 Fls. panic. Sep. and pet. persist. Bag of hoods scarcely any. Spur thick spiral, Lvs. multif. with lin. ac. segm. 
7862 All over densely pubesc. Lvs. very large palmate 3-5-lobed beyond middle pubesc. Helmet conical cylindr. 
7863 Like Anthera, but flowers smoothish variegated with a low subconical helmet [compressed 
7864 Like Lycoctonum, but flowers panicled. Stem peduncles and flowers villous. Ovaries smooth or hairy 
7865 Ovaries 4-5, Flelmet conical with a long claw, Rac. lax simple, Lvs. 3-5-parted with trifid toothed lobes 
7866 Pan. lax, Helmet conical elongated abruptly mucronate in front. Spur thick spiral, Ovaries 3-5 
7867 Pan. lax, Branches 1-4-fl. Spur thick long abruptly kneed, Bags of hoods inflated, Ovaries 3-5 smooth 
7868 Ovaries 3 smooth. Raceme lax corymbose, Ped. smooth, Helmet very convex subconical 
7869 Pan. lax, Helmet exactly conical. Spur very thick blunt very short. Bag of the hoods very large 
7870 Fl. panic. Helmet conical. Spur thick blunt very short. Lvs. deeply lobed with narrow diverging segments 
7871 Stem very short, Low. lvs. few on long stalks 5-part. with palm. segm. Hoods hook, blunt. Ovaries 3 villous 
7872 Ovaries 3 smooth. Raceme cylindric. long. Leaves divided down to petiole with linear acute furrowed lobes 
7873 Ovaries 3 smooth, Rac. cylindr. long very compact. Pedicels smooth shorter than bractes, Lvs. subpedate 
7874 Stem twining with spreading hairs. Petioles ciliated. Leaves 3-5-parted with pinnatifid lobes. Ovaries 5-7 
7875 Pan. lax. Branches diverging, -Helmet exactly conical, Leaves 3-lobed with entire lobes, Ovaries villous 
PENTAGYNIA. 
7876 Leaves very rough toothed 
But the root is unquestionably the most powerful part of the plant. Matthiolus relates, that a criminal was 
put to death by taking one dram of it. DodonEeus gives us an instance, recent in his time, of five persons at 
Antwerp, who ate the root by mistake, and all died. Dr. Turner also mentions, that some Frenchmen at the 
same place, eating the shoots of this plant for those of masterwort, all died in the course of two days, except 
two players, who quickly evacuated all that they had taken by vomit. We have an account, in the 
Philosophical Transactions, of a man who was poisoned, in the year 1732, by eating some of this plant in a 
salad, instead of celery. Dr. Willis also, in his work De Anima Brutorum, gives an instance of a man who 
died in a few hours, by eating the tender leaves of this plant also in a salad. He was seized with all the 
symptoms of mania. The Aconite, thus invested with terrors, has, however, been so far subdued, as to become 
a powerful remedy in some of the most troublesome disorders incident to the human frame. Baron Stoerck 
led the way by administering it in violent pains of the side and joints, in glandulous scirrhi, tumours, ulcerous 
tubercles of the breast, &c. to the quantity of from ten to thirty grains in a dose, of an extract, the method of 
making which he describes. 
Willdenow and the Dublin College consider that the plant used by Stoerck was the A. neomontanum, in 
which opinion Mr. Thomson agrees in his London Dispensatory. 
All the species are poisonous in a high degree. The limits of the species are extremely obscure, and in a 
very unsettled state ; DecandoUe in his Systema, increased the number at that time known, but in his 
Prodromus many of the species of the Systema are considered mere varieties. Dr. Reichenbach has, however, 
multiplied the species prodigiously, but with little reason. 
1206. Trachytclla. From rgocxv-r-A?, roughness. These are climbing shrubs with racemose white flowers, 
and hard rough leaves, which are used in China for polishing metals and hard wood. 
