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ApoNnis VERNALIS. 
| Clafs and Order. 
 PotyanpakiA Poryeynia 
Generic CharaGer. 
"Cal. 5-phyllus. Pefa/a quinis plura abfque neflario, Sen 
nuda. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
ADONIS verialis flore dodecapetalo, fru€tu ovato. Lina. 
| Syft. Vegetab. ed. Murr. p. 514. Ait. Hort. Kew 
tbe Be Pe SOds 
HELLEBORUS niger tenuifolius, Buphthalmi flore. Baub. 
Pin. 186. 
BUPHTHALMUM Dodon. Pempt. 261. 
- HELLEBORUS niger ferulaceus five Buphthalmum. The 
great Ox-eye, or the great yellow Anemone. 
_ Parkinf. Parad. p. 291. f. © 
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Of this plant Linn 2s makes two fpecies, viz. the vernalis 
and appennina, differing in their fpecific charafter merely 10 
the number of their petals, which are found to vary from 
fituation and culture; as the firft name taken from its time 0 
flowering is the moft expreffive, we have followed Mt 
Mitver and Mr. Arron in adopting it. 
It is an old inhabitant of the Englifh gardens, and a moft — 
_defirable one, as it flowers in the fpring; produces fine fhewy 
bloffoms, which expand wide when expofed to the fun, '8 
hardy and readily cultivated. 
Grows wild on the mountainous paftures of fome parts of 
Germany, 
It may be increafed by patting its roots in Autumn OF 
Spring, or by feed, Mize recommends the latter mode. 
