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SECTION IV.— EUCHYLODEA. 
Sectional Character. — Calyx deciduous. Petals (nectaries) su- I smooth. Capsules 3 — 5, young ones converging. Peduncles erect, 
pine or erect, inflated, somewhat hooked, gibbous. Stamens pilose or I Helmet depressed or high, conical or arched. (^G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — The species included in this section differ widely from all the other kinds of monkshood, 
in their stems being twining, or at least so flexuose as to require support. The flowers are blue or violet, and 
loosely disposed on the raceme ; and the leaves are very much cut, into long slender segments. In some of the 
species the leaves are on long footstalks, and in others the roots are tuberous. The name of Euchylodea signifies 
wholesome juice, because these plants are considered not so poisonous as the others. 
6.— ACONITUM TORTUOSUM, Willd. THE TWISTED MONKSHOOD. 
Synonyme. — A. illinitum, Rchb. 
SpEcii'ii; Character. — Petals supine ; beak blunt ; helmet sub- 
conical ; spur thick, long, abruptly pointed ; filaments rather pilose. 
(G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — The root is tuberous ; and the flowers, which are large and violet-coloured, are produced 
in loose panicles. The plant is a native of North America, whence it was introduced in 181 2. 
A. VOLUBILE, Pall. 
This species differs from the last chiefly in the stem being decidedly twining and growing twelve or sixteen 
feet high. The flowers differ in the beak being sharp, the spur hooked at the apex, and the filaments not hairy. 
The lobes of the leaves are pinnate, with linear lobules. The species is a native of ^iberia, whence it was 
introduced in 1799. 
SECTION v.— CORYTHiEOLA. 
Sectional Character. — Calyx deciduous. Petals (nectaries) su- 
pine, somewhat hooked. Stamens pilose. Capsules 3 — 5, converging. 
Helmet arched or conical, variegated. Young peduncles nodding. 
Root tuberous. Lobes of leaves trapeziform, pinnate. (G. D(yn.) 
Description, &c. — 'The species included in this section have generally very beautiful flowers, from the 
helmet being variegated : a peculiarity which is expressed by the Greek name of the section. They have all 
tuberous roots, and shaded purple, or striped blue and white flowers. 
6.— ACONITUM STOERCKIANUM, Rchb. BARON VON STOERCK'S MONKSHOOD. 
Synonvmes. — A, Tauricum, Ram. ; A. intermedium, Dec. 
Engraving. — Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1991. 
Specific Character. — Stamens pilose. Helmet arched. 
Variety. — A. S. bicolor, Rchb. ; A. versicolor, Lodd. Bot. Cab. 
t. 794 ; Bot. Gard. t. 436 ; and oav Jig. 6 in Plate 11. Plant quite 
smooth. 
Description, &c. — A very showy plant, which produces its large, purple shaded flowers in August. It 
may be kept in a pot, when it will flower profusely when only about a foot high, or it may be planted in the 
open ground in any good garden soil, when it will attain the height of three or four feet. It is a native of 
Austria, whence it was introduced in 1820. The variety is a native of Switzerland, whence it was introduced 
