No. 27. OOPTIS- 127 



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COPTIS TRIFOLIA 



English Name— COMMON GOLDTHREAD. 

 French Name — Coptis triphylle, 

 German Name — Kleinste christwurz. 



Officinal Names — Helleborus trifolius, Coptis, 

 Fibraurea, &c. 



Vulgar Names — Gold-Thread, Mouthroot. 



SvNONVMs — Helleborus tnfoUus Linnaeus, &.c. 

 Fibra aurea Golden and Schoepf. Anemone groeU 

 andica Oeder. Chryza Jibraurea Haf. 



Authorities — Linnasus, Michaux, Pursh, Sails- 

 bury, Schoepfj Pallas, Oeder, Thacher, Coxe, B. 

 Barton, Bigelow, M. B. fig. 5, & Sequel, W- Bart 

 V. M. M. fig 34. 



Genus Coptjs — Calix corolliform and caducous, 

 with five or six leaves. Corolla with five or six nec- 

 tariform cucullate petals. Many hypogynous stamina. 

 Pistils five to eight, stipitate, germs oblong, styles re- 

 curved. Capsuls as many, stipitate, oblong, beaked, 

 one celled, many seeded, dehiscent longitudinally. 



Species C. trifolia — Roots filiform, creeping ; 

 leaves sub-radical, ternate ; folioles sessile, rounded, 

 crenate; scapes one flowered. 



DESCRIPTION— Roots perennial, creeping, fill- 

 form, of a bright yellow, with many small fibres 



Caudex or base of the scapes and radical leaves, cover- 



