XLVIL 



PARIS QUADRIFOLIA. 



Herb Paris. True-love. One Berry. 



Synonyms.— Herba Paris, Eaii %*., vol. i. p. 264; Germ. Fm., 405, f. ; Park. 

 Tkeatr.,$dO; Camer. Fpit., 835, f. Paris, n. 1006, Hall Hist, vol. i. p. 429. 



quadrifolium 



Uva lupulina seu Aster, 



Trag. Hist, 307, f. 308. Aconituin pardalianches, Fuch. Hist, 87, f— k, 48 f. 



Paris quadrifolia, Linn., Sp. PI, p. 526 ; Willd., vol. ii. p. 471 ; Flor. Brit., 

 p. 431. 



Foreign Names.— Fr. : Parisette, Raisin de Renard. Port. : Parisetta. Ital. : 

 XJva di Volpe. Span. : Ubas de Zooro. Germ. : Die Einbeere. But. : Wolfs- 

 begie. Dan. : Elboer. Sived. : Hbllbar. Buss. : Woronei glas. 



Nat. Order, Smilaceje, R. Brown, LindL; Asparagi, Juss — 



OcTANDHIA, TeTRAGYNIA. 



Gen. Char. — Calyx inferior, of four spear-shaped, acute, spreading, per- 

 manent leaves, the length of the corolla. Petals four, spreading, awl- 

 shaped, equal, permanent, resembling the calyx, but narrower and 

 alternate with it. Filaments eight, awl-shaped. Anthers long, of two 

 cells, attached to the middle of the filaments. Styles four. Stigmas 

 oblong, downy on the upper side. Berry nearly globular, with four 

 blunt angles and four cells. Seeds several, attached in two rows to a 

 central receptacle. 



Spec. Chae. — Leaves egg-shaped, about four. 



History.— Gerarde (Historie of Plants, 329) states thatHerba 

 Paris was supposed to be by some the Pardalianches of the 

 earlier writers, and was used as an antidote against poisons; 

 that " Mathias de Lobel and Petvus Pena, who, having often 



Fig. 1, 2. The stamens, different views. 3. Germen. 4. Ditto, magnified. 5. 

 The berry entire, with the persistent perianth. 6. Section of the seed-vessel. The 



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dissections are from Hayne. 



The 



