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in 1819. It grows about two feet high, with many branches forming a pyramid ; and the flowers, which are 
blue and white, are produced in August. Both the species and variety are quite hardy, and they are increased 
by dividing the tubers. 
SECTION VI.— TOXICOIDEA. 
Sectional Craiucter..— Calyx deciduous. Petals supine, capitate, I Helmet arched, or conical. Roots tuberons. Lobes of leares trapezi- 
or a little hooked. Stamens smooth. Capsules 3 — 5, erectish. | form, pinnate. Flowers blue or violet, rarely flesh-coloured. {G.Don.) 
Description, &c. — These plants take their name from ioxicon, poison ; their qualities being very dangerous. 
The flowers are blue, violet, or flesh-coloured ; and the roots are tuberous. 
7.— ACONITUM PANICULATUM, Lodd. THE PANICLED MONKSHOOD. 
Synonymes. — A. cemuum, Koelle ; A. Cammarum, Schleich. 
Enghatings. — Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 810 ; aud ouv Jig. 5 in Plate 11. Specific Character. — Helmet large, arched, beaked. 
Description, &c. — A very pretty species, from the lightness of the elevated helmet, its panicles of flowers, 
and its flexuous stem. It is a native of Switzerland, whence it was introduced in 1800. It is quite hardy, and 
grows two or three feet high in any common garden soil, flowering in August. There is a variety with pinkish or 
flesh-coloured flowers. It is propagated by separating the tubers of the roots. 
SECTION VII.— CAMMAROIDEA. 
Sectional Character Calyx deciduous. Petals erect, clavately hooked. 
Capsules usually five, erect, fringed at the suture. Stamens smooth. Helmet conical. Lobes of leaves trapeziform, pinnate. 
Description, &c. — This section takes its name from the word Cammarum, which signifies a crab, lobster, 
or crawfish ; because the upper part of the flowers resembles the recurved tail of a crawfish. The flowers are 
purplish and sometimes variegated. The roots are tuberous. 
8.— A. ROSTRATUM, Bern. THE BEAKED MONKSHOOD. 
SvNONVMEa. — A. alpinum. Mill. ; A.Cammaruro, Lam. ; A. luri- 
dum, Sal. 
Engravings. — Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 203. 
Specific Character. — Helmet bending forward, compressed, beak 
stretched out. 
Variety. — A. r. album, G. Don i A. album. Ait. ; A. lovigatum, 
Schl. Flowers pure white, or slightly tinged with blue or violet. 
Description, &c. — This very distinct species is known by its elongated, compressed helmet, which ends in 
an abrupt point or beak in front. It is a native of Switzerland and Central Europe, and it was introduced in 
1752. It flowers from June to August, and usually grows about a foot high, in pots, though it will attain a 
much greater height in the open ground. It should be grown in loam, and may be propagated by separating the 
tubers or by seeds, which, however, it does not ripen freely, and which sometimes do not come up till the second 
spring. 
