AC0N1TUM. 
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feet high, leaves 2 to 5 inches long, petiols I to 
3 inches. The only sp. found by Elliot who 
was doubtful about it. 
ACONITUM. This singular natural genus 
of all the botanic d writers, is far from being 
well understood : we see by Decandolle and 
Smith that many doubtful species exist ! and 
that our A . uncinatum is a triple species! many 
kinds grow in Oregon as in Siberia, and I am 
able to present some of them. 
A. uncinatum L. Smith. Elliot. Stem near- 
ly twining downy, leaves smooth, base truncate, 
3 to 6 lobes 3dentate, 3nerve acute, flowers 
clustered, pedicles ramoses lax downy, 2 oblong 
bracts, hood unguiculate convex rostrate, wings 
round hairy 3 to 5 capspules. — This is the origi- 
nal linnean sp. described by Smith in Sup. to 
Rees Cyclopedia, from the linnean herbarium, 
and the specimen sent by Bartram, collected in 
the Alieganies, not near Philadelphia as stated 
by L. Smith quotes the figure of Curtis Mag, 
1119. The flowers are large violet color, 
known to few botanists. The description of El- 
liot appears to agree. 
2. A. scandens Raf. Stem climbing very lofc 
ty, leaves trifid, flowers small in axillary pani- 
cles — At the peaks of Otter in Virginia, merely 
indicated by Pursh as a variety, but quite dis- 
tinct : growing 9 feet high. 
3. A. flexuosum Raf. Smooth, stem erect 
flexuose, leaves palmate 3 or 5fid, lobes rhom- 
boidal lanceolate acute, hood conical rostrate — 
High Mts. Unaka of Carolina, flowers blue. 
A. uncinatum of Michaux and Eaton. 
4. A. truncatum Raf. Stem erect flexuose 
smooth multiflore, leaves glaucous beneath, 
broadly truncate at the base, trilobe, lobes ob~ 
