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Notes  and  Nezvs. 
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Aconitum  columbianum,  NuTT. ,  known  also  as  "iron  hat,"  "  storm  hat," 
"blue  weed,"  "wolfsbane,"  "friar's  cap,"  and  "monkshood,"  is  found  in 
moist  open  woods  and  alongside  of  brooks  in  the  mountains  from  Washington 
and  Oregon  southward  to  Lake  County,  Cal.,  and  the  southern  Sierra  Nevadas 
(occurring  sparingly  in  Arizona),  and  eastward  in  the  mountains  to  Montana, 
Wyoming,  Colorado  and  as  far  south  as  South  Dakota.  Four  other  species  of 
aconitum  are  native  to  the  United  States,  and  a  fifth,  the  common  monkshood 
of  Europe  {A.  napellus),  is  a  common  garden  plant.    The  western  species  {A. 
columbianum,  Xutt.)  of  our  American  plants- is  of  most  interest  to  us  in  the 
United  States,  as  it  is  the  most  abundant  and  most  widely  distributed.  The 
illustration  is  taken  from  Bulletin  No.  20,  U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture, 
Division  of  Botany,  with  the  permission  of  Professor  Coville. 
Alkaloids  of  Curare. — R.  Boehm.  [Arch.  d.  P/iartn.,  1897,  No.  9)  has 
investigated  the  Tubo-Curare  (Paracurare)  of  Brazil  and  Peru.  The  principal 
alkaloid  is  Curine,  which  has  the  formula  ClsHlyN03,  forms  white  crystals  with 
