VERATRUM VIRIDE. 
American Hellebore. 
PLATE XXXII. 
Ix many parts of the United States the swamps 
and wet meadows, whicli have been converted into 
mowing lands, are peculiarly marked in the early 
part of spring by two species of plants. These 
are the Ictodes fotidus already described (Pl. 
xxiv) and Veratrum viride, usually denominated 
Poke root and Hellebore. Both of these plants 
spring up more rapidly than the grass around | 
them, and from the largeness and bright green 
colour of their leaves they are often the most no- 
ticeable objects in the places of their growth. As 
the season advances, the Ietodes continues only a 
tuft of radical leaves, while the Veratrum sends 
up a straight leafy stalk, which frequently acquires 
the full height of a man. 
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