 RANAIS. 149 cROWFOOTS. 
3. H. foetidus Linnzeus.—(Stinkine HELLEBore.) 
Scape many-flowered, leafy ; bracts oval ; stem leafy ; flowers green. 
Habitat. Woods and waste places. 
Quality. Leaves emetic, purgative, poisonous. Be 
‘Uses. As an emmenagogue ; against the Ascaris lumbricoides. 
Nieetita. Linnceus. 
Sepals 5, petaloid. Petals minute, unguiculate, with a scale at the base. 
Follicles 5 united into a 
spuriously 10-celled cap- 
sule. 
_1.N. sativa Linneus.—(Buack 
Cumin.) Fig. 214. 
Involucre 0; capsules rough ; 
seeds wrinkled  trans- 
; versely. 
: Habitat. Corn-fields and gardens 
in Europe. 
ity. Seeds pungent, aromatic, 
strong-smelling. : 
Uses. As a condiment instead of 
pepper ; pounded, as a sternu- 
tatory. 
— Detrniniom. Linneus. 
Sepals 5, the upper spurred, Petals 4; the 2 upper having spurs plunged 
___M the sepaline spur. Follicles 1-5, many-seeded. 
ae much magnified. 
_ Fig. 213.—Hetleborus niger ; 214. Nigella sativa ; a,a branchlet ; b, aseed 
