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A. VARIEGATUM, Lin. ; Maiind. Bot. Gard. t. 629 ; and onr fg. 8, in Plate 11. 
A very elegant plant, with blue and white flowers. One variety has pure white flowers ; another is quite a 
dwarf plant ; and a third grows upwards of six feet high. It is a native of Central Europe, and was introduced 
before 1597. There are many other varieties besides those above enumerated, one of which produces bulbs in 
the axils of the leaves. 
A. UNCINATUM, Lin.; Bot. Mag. t. 1119 ; A. SCANDENS, Muhl. 
A handsome, tall-growing species, with large, deep purple flowers, and broad, lobed leaves, the lobes being 
only cut into three or four broad teeth at the tip. A native of North America ; introduced in 1768. 
A. JAPONICUM, Thunb. 
The flowers of this species are flesh-coloured, but there is a variety with flowers of a very pale blue. The 
species grows six feet high, and flowers from July to September. It is a native of Japan, and was introduced 
in 1790. 
SECTION VIII.-LYCOCTONOIDEA. 
drical. Root tuberous, emitting numerous fibres. Lobes of leaves 
wedge-shaped, pinnate, rarely bi-pinnate. (G. Don.) 
Sectional Cbarjcter. — Calyx deciduous. Petals oblique ; spur 
clavate, straight, arched, hooked or spiral. Capsules three, adult ones 
erect, or diverging. Stamens smoothish. Helmet conical or cylin- 
Description, &c. — The plants belonging to this division should all be called "Wolfsbane, which is the 
translation of the Sectional name, instead of Monkshood, as they have quite lost the monk's cowl which 
distinguished the former species. The helmet in these species is conical or cylindrical ; and the colour of tlie 
flowers is yellowish or dark purple tipped with green. The roots are tuberous ; and the leaves very much 
divided. One of the species, A. Lycoctonum, was formerly used to poison wolves. 
9.— ACONITUM BARBATUM, Swt. THE BEARDED WOLFSBANE. 
SvNONYMES. — A. squarrosum, Lin. ; A. boreale, Ser. 
ENoajviNo. — Swt. Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 164. 
Specific Character. — Helmet conical, obtuse ; spur straight ; lip 
obovate ; wing ciliately bearded. Bracts very small. Stem pubescent. 
Leaves five-parted, lobes linear-acuminate. 
Description, &c. — This very singular species has yellowish flowers, densely bearded at the lower part with 
long white hairs. The helmet is conical, or rather it forms a long, narrow-pointed cap, with the point. The 
stems grow from two to six or eight feet high, according to the depth and richness of the soil ; and several stems 
spring from the same root. The species is a native of Siberia, and was introduced in 1807- It is increased by 
separating the tubers of the root. 
10.— ACONITUiVI AUSTRALE, Reich. THE CARPATHIAN PURPLE WOLFSBANE. 
SvNONVMES. — A. vulparia, var. Carpathi, Ser.; A. septentrionale Specific Character. — Helmet conical, elongated. Leaves pal mately 
j3 Carpathicum, Sims. 
Enghavinqs.— Bot. Mag. t. 2196; and oar Jig. 4 in Plate 11. 
five-lobed ; lobes wedge-shaped, incised. Petioles dilated, and stem 
clasping at the base. 
Description, &c. — The stem is flexible, angular, quite smooth. The leaves are of a dark green on the npper 
surface and pale below, with the footstalks dilated at the base, so as to clasp the stem. The helmet is very mnch 
