C 963 ] 



Veratrum Nigrum. Dark-Flowered 



Veratrum. 



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CAt/} <2/^/ Order. 



POLYGAMIA MoNCECIA, ,/f« HeXANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 



Generic. Character. 



Hermaphrod. Cal. o. Cor. 6-petala. St am. 6. Piji. 3. 

 Cap/. 3. polyfpermee. 



Masc. Cal. 0. Cbr. 6-petala. Stam.6. Pift. rudimentum. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



VERATRUM nigrum; racemo compofito, corollis patentif- 



fimis. Sp. PL 1479. Reich. 4. 297. Hort. 



Kew. 3. p. 422. «5Vo/>. Gzr//. ». 1234. J acq. 



Auftr. 4. />. 18. /. 336. Mart. Mill. Dicl. a. 3. 



Kniph. Cent. 4. ». 91. 

 VERATRUM (lore atrorubente. Toum. lnfi. 273. 

 HELLEBORUS albus fiore atrorubente. Bauh. Pin. 186. 



Morif. Hijl. 3. p. 485. / 12. /. 4. /. 2. £<//. 



i7or/. Eyjl. PL JEji. Ord. 8. /. 9. 

 HELLEBORUS albus praecox atrorubente flore. Park. Tbeat. 



2i 6. ». 2. /. 217. ». 2. GVr. jEwjr. 440./. 2. 



This (lately herbaceous plant is a native of Auftria 

 and perfeelly hardy. Miller obferves, that it fhould 

 be planted in an open fituation, as, when near to walls or 

 hedges, it is apt to be disfigured by fnails ; from whence he 

 infers that it muft be lefs acrid than the White Hellebore, 

 which is rarely touched by them. Flowers in June and July. 

 Is an old inhabitant of our gardens, being cultivated by 

 John Gerard, in 1596. We received our fpecimcn from 

 Mr. Spon, Nurferyman, at Egham. 



