C 1553 ] 



ASTRANTIA MAXIMA. HELLEBORE- 



leaved Master-Wort. 



Clafs and Order. 



PENTANDSIA DlGYNIA, 



Generic Characler. 



Invokcra partialia lanceolata, patentia, aequalia, longiora, 

 colorata. Flores plurimi abortientes. 



Specific tharacler and Synonyms. 



ASTRANTIA maxima ; foliis trilobatis mucronato-ferratis, 



involucris fubdecaphyllis ovato-lanceolatis fupra medium 



fpinulofo-ferrulatis. 

 ASTRANTIA maxima. Pallas in Nov. AH. Petrop. v. 7. p. 357. 



*< 11. 

 ASTRANTIA heterophylla ; foliis caulinis integris ovatis 



ariftato-Jerratis feffilibus, involucris apice ciliato-ferratis. 



WiM. in Nov. AH. Berol. 3. 1801. p. 419. Perfoon Syn. 1. 



A<y/' 3 ° 4 * 



AoTRANTIA heterophylla; foliis tripartitis : lobis ovato-lan- 

 ceolatis acutis ciliato-ferratis, caulino medio indivifo; in- 

 volucris apice fpinulofo-ferratis. Marfchal a Bieb. Fl. Taurico- 

 Caiicqf. 1. p. 202. 



ASTR ANT 'I A helleborifolia ; foliis trifido-palmatis ; laciniis 

 fubintegris, ferrulatis : bracleis involucelli 9 — 12, late 

 lanceolatis, ferrulatis : floribus omnibus longe pedicellatis : 

 pericarpii commifTura lata. Salifb. Parad. Land. 60. 



ASTRANTIA helleborifolia,- foliis omnibus trilobis, involucris 

 lanceolatis ferratis. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 2. p. 119. 



ASTRANTIA orientalis latifolia, floribus et coma purpureis. 

 Tourn. Cor, 22. 



De sc. Stem erect, grooved, fimple, or branched at the 

 u Pper part. Radical leaves on long roundifh footftalks, divided 

 nearly to the bafe into three lobes, ovate, acute, fawed, and the 

 Matures armed with a minute mucro : cauline leaves nearly 



fimilar, 



