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V 
V 
50 
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to obviate that extreme laxity of the inteflines ufually fuperinduced by 
the repeated dejedions. Extradum ligni campechenfis is ordered in 
the pharmacopoeias, and may be given in the dofe of one fcruple or 
two, repeated according to the urgency of the fymptoms. 
1 
E 
HELLEBORUS NIGER 
BLACK HELLEBORE, Or 
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CHRISTMAS ROSE 
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STNONTMJ, He 
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SEU Melampodium 
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Fharm. Lond. ^ Edin, Helleborus Niger leg 
CI 
us. 
74 
Helleborus Nig 
fl 
ofeo 
Bmih, P 
^6 
H'ljl. 
Helle- 
borus Niger flore albo ; interdum etiam valde rubente. J. Bauh 
3- 635 
Helleb 
Nig 
verus. 
Gerard'* s Herb. 975. T 
Black Hellebore, or Chriflmas Flov^rer. Rail, Hijl. Plant. 697 
An noftra planta fit Eaas/Bj 
EUeborus, Veratrum. L 
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nih 
Grsecor. etHellebor 
pronu 
Clafs Polyandria. Order Polygynia. L. Gen. Plant 
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70 
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s 
EJf. Gen. Ch. Cal. o. Petala 5 f. plura. NeBaria bilabiata, tubu- 
lata. ' Caps, polyfpqrmse, erediufculse. 
Sp. Ch. II. Scapo fubbiflore fubnudo, foliis pedat 
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4 
r 
THE root is perennial, rough, knotted, and externally of a 
black' colour, internally whitifli, fending off many flrong 
d 
g fibres ; the flov^er llalks are ered:, round, tapering, and towards 
the bottom reddifh 
caly 
d 
the bradeal leaves Jupply the 
of the 
are oval, concave, and generally indented at the top 
the petals are five, large, roundifh, fpreading, at firft of a white 
Melampo qui primus purgationem Inftituit: unde KaU^jy]?, id efl purg; 
tuit, & hocce medicamento Froeti filias in furorem adas perfanavit. G 
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colour. 
