ACONITUM. 
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long acute, entire or bifid or 2-4 serrate pe- 
duncles divaricate ebracte 2-4 flore, hood 
convex lower petals ciliate outside— In West 
Kentucky and Illinois, pedal, upper leaves near- 
ly sessile, lobes nearly entire at right angle, 
flowers small on pedicels, violet purple. Seen 
alive. Autikon 3. Perhaps the real type of 
A. Jlexuosum and A, diver gens. 
5. A. div ergens II af. Smooth, stem nearly twi- 
ning with divergent branches, leaves coriaceous 
deeply trilobed, flowers terminal 3 to 4, hood 
conical, spur inclined twisted, capsules 3 — In 
mountain swamps of the Alleghanies, flowers 
large purple, leaves with 3 equal lobes — A . un - 
cinatum Dec. Torrey, Beck. A. volubile 
Muhlenberg. 
6. A. cordatum Raf. Smooth, stem erect 
flexuose, nearly simple ; leaves on long petiols 
cordate palmate, 5 lobed, clefts acute, lobes un- 
equal oblong broad and bifid or trifid acute mu- 
cronate : flowers terminal on long pedicels 2 to 
5, hood convex conical, petals elliptic, capsules 
3 — In Ohio and Kentucky in rich woods ; about 
one foot high, flowers large deep blue : very 
rare. Undescribed till now, sent to Europe yby 
me as the A. uncinatum of my florula Kent. 
Seen alive 1818. 
Yar. Bijlorum , semipedal, 3 leaves, 2 flow- 
ers. Cumberland Mts. Figures, Autikon rar. 
1— leones n. sp. 1. 
7. A. napellus L. Said by Muhlenberg to 
grow in Virginia, and by Hooker to grow in O- 
regon. Bartram found it in his travels in Flo- 
rida, but he meant probably another sp. Ours 
undescribed as yet. 
8. A. fischeri Reichenberg. ill. ac. 22. A. 
nasutum Fischer, Spr. Hooker, Eaton, Seringe 
