

1643 



HELLEBORUS* oddrus. 



Sweet Hellebore. 



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POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 



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Nat. ord. Ranunculace,e Juss. (Introduction to the natural system 



Botany, p. 6.) 



HELLEBORUS L. — Calyx persistens, 5-sepalus, sepalis subrotundis, 

 obtusis, magnis, ssep& viridibus. Petala 8-10, brevissima, tubulata, infern6 

 angustiora, nectarifera. Stamina 30-60. Ovaria 3-10. Stigmata termi- 

 nalia, orbiculata. Capsulce coriacese. Semina duplici serie disposita, elliptica, 



umbilicata. Herbse perennes, dura, coriacece, glabra, aut vix subfoliis 



pubescentes. Folia radicalia, petiolata, palmatim pedatimve secta, segmentis 

 oblongis dentatis; caulina scepd nulla, for md varia. Caules nunc ramosi, 

 multifiori, foliosi, nunc subramosi bracteas sub ramis gerentes, pauciflori, 

 nunc aphylli \-fiori. De Cand. syst: veg. 1. 315. 



H. odorus ; acaulis, foliis radicalibus rugosissimis lucidis pedatis subtils 

 pubescentibus : segmentis oblongo-lanceolatis argute serratis basi in- 

 tegris, caule bifido, sepalis ovato-subrotundis virescentibus. 



H. odorus. Waldst. et Kitaib. in Willd. enum. 592. De Cand. syst. 1. 

 318. Prodr. 1,47. 



Acaulis. Folia perennantia, erecta, petiolo pedali f sesquipedem lata, 

 nitida, rugosissima, subtus venis valde prominentibus reticulata, pedata, 

 segmentis oblongo-lanceolatis incequaliter serratis basi integerrimis; inodora. 

 Caulis foliorum longitudine, erectus 9 bijidus, pubescens, foliis palmatis apice 

 tantum serrulatis, petiolis latis membranaceis vaginantibus. Flores magni f 

 virides, odore debili qratissimo uvarum moschatarum vulgb de Frontignan 



dictarum. 



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alt 



foliis 



foliis 



petalis brevioribus ; atrorubenti propior accedit, sed petalis obtusis nee 



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foliorum ft 



formd et colore, carpellortm figurd 



A very desirable addition to the scanty store of winter- 

 blowing flowers, lately introduced from Hungary by the 



* The black Hellebore of the ancient Greeks, with which it is said that 

 wells were sometimes poisoned, and which had so great a reputation as a 

 dangerous medicament, was undoubtedly a species of the present genus. 



