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favourite. The species is a native of Switzerland, from which country it was introduced before 1596 ; but it is 
now frequently found wild in England and other parts of Europe. It is generally propagated by dividing the 
root ; as, though it ripens seeds abundantly, the seedlings seldom flower till the second or third year. 
a— ACONITUM NEUBERGENSE, Clus. THE NEUBERG, OR STYRIAN MONKSHOOD. 
Synonymes A. Napellus, Jacq. ; A. neomontanura, Wulf. j 
A. Cammarum, var. )8, Lin, ; A, Bi-aunii, Rehb. 
Engiuting. — Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1410. 
Specific Character. — Spur capitate ; filaments pilose ; helmet 
closed, hemispherical ; peduncles spreading; lip revolute. (G.Don.) 
Description, &c — This species is often confounded with the common kind ; but it difl^ers in several respects. 
The flower is much longer, and it resembles rather a lady's head-dress in the begiiming of the last century, with a 
high cap and pinners, than a monk's hood. The flowers are on rather long pedicels, and form a loose, panicle- 
like raceme ; and the segments of the leaves are short and blunt. The plant is a native of Styria and Hungary, 
whence it was introduced in 1823. It is quite hardy in British gardens, where it should be grown in light loam ; 
and it flowers from July to October. 
SECTION III.— CALLIPARIA. 
Sectional Character. — Calyx deciduous. Petals supine, truncate, i Capsules 3 — 8, erect. Helmet depressed, conical or hemispherical, 
or a little hooked, with the lip scarcely emarginate. Stamens smoothish. | Sac of petals large. (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — The name of Calliparia signifies beautiful cheeks, and it is applied to this section on 
account of the large size of the side sepals, in proportion to the helmet. This section includes all the Nepaul 
species, which are remarkable for their entire leaves, in which respect they difibr from all the other kinds of 
Aconitum . 
4.— ACONITUM HETEROPHYLLUM, Wall. THE VARIOUS-LEAVED MONKSHOOD. 
filaments winged ; ovaries pubescent ; bracts approximate, rounded or 
oblong, entire. Leaves cordate acuminate ; crenulated or sinuately 
toothed at the margin. 
Synonymes — A. atees, Royle. 
Engravings. — Royle lUust. t. 13 ; and our^i;^. 1 in Pkte 11. 
Specific Character. — Flowers in a racemose panicle. Helmet 
pubescent, semicircular. Spur obtuse, limb elongated and recurved ; 
Description, &c. — This very singular, and, as Dr. Royle calls it, " highly ornamental species," is found on 
lofty mountains in India, nine or ten thousand feet above the level of the sea. It is remarkable for its leaves, 
the upper ones being sessile, cordate, with a notched or toothed margin, and the lower ones on long petioles, 
deeply and sharply toothed, and sometimes slightly lobed. The roots have two oblong oval tubers, which are 
used in medicine, and called atees by the Indians. The flowers, which are disposed in a panicled raceme, are 
large and roundish, and the five follicles are somewhat pubescent. The cordate leaves form the most remarkable 
feature in this and the two other Indian species, A. cordatum, Royle, and A. ovatum, Lindl. ; though probably 
these names may be applied to one plant, as they appear to agree in construction, and both come from Cashmere. 
A. heterophyllum and A. ovatum were introduced in 1840. A.ferox, another nearly allied Indian species, but 
with palmate leaves, was introduced in 1820. 
