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SECTION L-ANTHOROIDEA. 
Sectional CniHACTER. — Calyx permanent. Petals supine, somewhat hooked, lip obcordate, tapering into the pedicel. Stamens smoothish. 
Capsules five, erect. Roots napiform. (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — The roots of the plants contained in this division are said not only to be somewhat less 
poisonous than the rest, bnt actnally to have been formerly used in medicine, and considered as an antidote to 
the poison of the other species. The species in this section have generally yellow or cream-coloured flowers, with 
an arched helmet, and five capsules. The roots are tuberous ; and the leaves are palmately cut into linear lobes. 
This section is a very small one. 
1.— ACONITUM ANTHORA, Lin. THE WHOLESOME ACONITE, OR YELLOW MONKSHOOD. 
SvNONYMES. — A. ochroleucum, Sal.; A. tuberosum, Patrin ; 
A. salutiferum, Bauh. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag. t. 2654 ; Bot. Gard. No. 694 ; and our 
/i^. 2 in Plate 11. 
Specific Character. — Spur refracted ; germens equally pubescent- 
(G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — The upper sepal of the flowers of this plant is exactly in the shape of a helmet, having 
even a little peak in front like a traveller's cap. The petals are more like petals than in some of the species, 
hanging down in a leaf-like manner from the tip of the long pedicel or footstalk. The species is a native of the 
Alps, the Pyrenees, and other European mountains, and it was introduced before 1596. De Gandolle enumerates 
eight varieties of this species, but they appear to difl^er very slightly. It is quite hardy, and it is propagated by 
division of the root. It flowers from June to August. 
SECTION II.— NAPELLOIDEA. 
Sectional Character. — Calyx deciduous. Petals supine, obtuse, I spherical, or arched. Lobes of leaves cuneate, bipinnate. Roots 
or capitate, with a bifid lip. Stamens pilose. Capsules usually three, tuberous. (G. Don.) 
young ones diverging. Peduncles nodding. Helmet convex, hemi- 1 
Description, &c. — The plants included in this section all bear more or less resemblance to the common 
monkshood ; and they have all tuberous roots, which resemble a bunch of little black turnips ; and hence the 
name of the section, Napus, signifying a turnip. The roots of these plants are an extremely virulent poison. The 
flowers are generally blue or white ; and they are large and handsome ; but the helmet lias not a projecting peak 
in front. The leaves are deeply cut ; but the lobules are not so slender as in the preceding section. 
2.— ACONITUM NAPELLUS, Lin. THE COMMON MONKSHOOD. 
SvNONYMES. — A. vulgare, Dec. ; A. Tauricum, Schl. s A. Scblei- Specific Character. — Spur capitate ; helmet convex, hemispherical, 
cheri, lichb. ; A. tcmiifolium ; A. compactum ; A. Halleri ; A. bicolor. gaping, smoothish ; lip of the nectary rcvolute ; peduncles erect ; leaves 
Engravings. — Eng. Bot. 2d ed. t. 769 ; Bot. Gard. t. 210 ; and pedately 5-partcd. {G.Don.) 
OUT fig. 7 in Plate 11. 
Description, &c. — Perhaps few plants are more common in gardens than the common monkshood, notwith- 
standing its poisonous qualities ; its tall and vigorous habit of growth, and its showy flowers, making it a general 
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