p-7^_ Of the Hiftory of Plants. Lib. 2. 
6 The leaues of this are fomwhat like, yet leffe than thole of our common Monks- hood, bJac- 
ki(h on thevpper fide and fhining. The ftalke is fome cubit and balfe high , hrme , full ot ;pitli, 
fmooth and fhining ^diuided towards the top into fome branches carrying icry houres, like in 
forme to thofe of the vulgar Monks-hood,of a molt elegant and deepe violet colour : the feed s are- 
like the former, and roots round, thicke, and fhort,vvith many fibres . It growes vpon the litis nigh 
Saltsburg, where it floures in Inly : but brought into gardens it floures kroner than the reft pf tins 
kinde towitinMay. Clufuts calls this Acomtum lyoClotmm 4 . Taurtcum. 
_ ’ jhi s hath leaues broader than thofe of our ordinarie Monks, hood, yet like them : the ftalke 
is round, ftraight, and firmc,and of fome three cubits height, and oft times toward the top diui- 
ded into’many branches, which carry their floures fpike-iafhion, of a purple colour , abfolutely 
like thofe of the common fort, but thatthethrummiematterin rhemiddeftof the floures is of a 
duskier colour. The root and reft of the parts are like thofe of the common kinde: it growes na- 
turally vpon the Styrian Alpes, whereas it floures fomewhat after thecommou kinde, to wit, in . 
Iuh' Cl itf‘ M hath it by the name of Aconitumlycoftomim 5 . ?{r u Urgtn{i . 
8 - The leaues of thisarealfodiuided into 
fine parts, and fnipr about the edges, and doe 
very much refemble thofe of the final Wolfs- 
bane delcribed in the fecond place , but that 
the leaues of that fhine,when as theft- do not .- 
the ftalke is two cubits high, not very thicke, 
yet firme and ftraight, ofagreenilh purple co- 
lour 5 and at the top carries fine or fix floures, 
thelargeftofall the Monks hoods, confiding 
offoure leaues, as in the reft of th is kind, with 
a very large helmet oner them, being fome- 
times an inch long, of an elegant blevvifh ’ 
purple color : the feed-ve/fels, feeds, and roots 
are like the reft ofthis kinde. This growes on 
Iudenberg, the higheft hill ofall Stiria , and 
floures in Auguft ; in gardens about the end 
of Inly. Clufius names it Acomtum Ljcocl. g. 
ludenher^enfi. 
9 This rifes vp to the height of three cu- 
bits, with a (lender round ftalke which isdi- 
uided into fundry branches , and commonly 
hangs downe the head ; w hence Clufius cals i t 
Kslconitum lyccfftmum 8 . coma nutante. The 
floures are like thofe of the common Monks- 
hood, but of fomewhat a lighter purple co- 
lour. The leaues are larger and long, and much 
morecutinordiuided than any of the reft. 
The roots, feeds, and other particles are not 
vnlike thofe of the reft ofthis kinde. £ 
The Place. 
Diners ofthefe Wolfs-banes grow in fome 
gardens, except Acomtum lycoctonon , taken 
forth of the Emperors booke. 
The Time. 
Thefe plants do floure from May vnto the end of Auguft. 
The Names. 
The firft is Lycottsni ftecics, or a kinde of Wolfes- bane, and is as hurtfull as any of the reft , and 
called of Lobel, Acomtum florc Delphir)tj,or Larke-fpur Wolfes-bare. Auicen fpeaketh hereof in his 
fecond booke, and afterwards in his fourth booke, Fen. 6. the firft Treadle ; bailing his reaTons 
why and wherefore he hath feparated this from Canachadq, that is to fay, the W olfes ftrang!er,or 
the Wolfcs-bane. • 
The later and barbarous Herbarifts call the third Wolfes hane'io Latire N of elks ^ of the figure 
and fhapeof the roots of Nap us, or Nauet, or Nauew gentle : it is like wife Aconite lyccffm/Jpceus, or 
a kinde of Wolfes-bane : alfo it may be called Texicum • for Toxicum is a deadly medicine where- 
with the Hunters poyfon their fpeares, darts, and arrovves, that bring prefent death : fo named of 
arrowes which the Barbarians call Toxcumat.i , and Tcxa. Diojcoridis letting downe the fymptomes 
-p e> Aconitum maximum nutante coma. 
Monkes-hood with the bending or 
