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1. V. nigrutn (L. Spec. 1479) panicula composita pubescenti- 

 tomentosa, bracteis oblongo-Iinearibus; inferioribus pedicellum aequan- 

 tibus v. brevioribus, perigouii foliolis elliptico-oblongis subintegerrimis 

 patentissimis pedicellum vix aequantibus, foliis inferioribus lato-ellip- 

 ticis glabris. 



V. nigrum. Kun™ Euum. IV, p. 186. — Pall. It. II, p. 538. 649; ///, p. 317. 



320. 436. — Georgi It. I, p. 237; //, p. 720. — Lepech. It. III, p. 38. — 



Falk Beitr. II, p. 269. — Guldenst. It. I, p. 424. — Sievkks in Pall. h. 



nord. Beitr. VII, p. 346. — Georgi Beschreib. d. Russ. R. III, 5. p. 1363. 



— Besser Enum. p. 15 , No. 433. — Hofft Cat. Kursk. p. 26. — Ledeb. 



Fl. alt. II, p. 63. — Turcz. Cat. Baikal. No. 1159. — Karel. ct Kikil. 



Enum. pl. Fl. alt. No. 872. — Hook. et Arn. in Beechey's Voyage p. 118. 

 V. pedunculis corolla patentissima longioribus. Gmel. Fl. sib. I, p. 76, No. 41. 

 Veratrum. Guldenst. It. /, p. 275? 

 Melanlhium nigrum. TnuNB. Diss. de Melanlh. 4. 

 Helonias nigra. Ker. in Journ. of sc. II, p. 184. 



Hab. in Rossia media [Volhynia (Besseb, Eichw.), Kursk (Hofft) ad Wolgam 

 et Kumam fl. (Falk)] et australi [Podolia (Besser)] , provinciis cauca- 

 sicis [in Ossetia ? et Imeretia (Guldenst.)] , Sibiria uralcnsi (Georgi, 

 Falk) pr. Jekateriuenburg (Usfenski) et Turinsk (Lepech.) , altaica! (J. G. 

 Gmel., Pall., Fl. alt) in descrto soongoro-kirghisico pr. Ajagus (Karbl. et 

 Kiril.), ad super. fl. Irtysch (Sievers), ad Jenisei fl.! (Lessing in herb. reg. 

 bcrol.) pr. Krasnojarsk (Turcz. in litt.), baikalensi (J. G. Gmel. , Georgi, 

 Turcz.) et orienfali non supra 55° lat. bor. (J. G. Gmel.) , inque Davu- 

 ria (Pall., Turcz.) et Kumtschatka (Beechey ex Hook. et Arn.). 2J. 



Planta altaica flores fert nonnibil majores, quarn europaea. 



2. V. album (L. Spec 1479) panicula decomposita pubescente, 

 bracteis inferioribus oblongis pedicello longioribus, perigonii foliolis 

 ellipticis obtusis subserrulato-denticulatis patulis pedicellum Jonge supe- 

 rantibus. foliis inferioribus ovato-ellipticis subtus pubescentibus. 



V. album. Kun^h Enum. IV, p. 186. - Pall. It. /, p. 49; //, p. 538; ///, 

 p. 320. — S. G. Gmel. It. p. 155. — Lepech. It. I, p. 45. 187; ///, p. 136. 

 163. — Falk Be.itr. II, p. 269. — Guldenst. It. II, p. 133. 144. 155. 163. 

 179. 262. 425. — Sievers in Pall. 71. nord. Beitr. VII, p. 345. 349. — 

 Georgi Beschr. d. Russ. R. III, 5. p. 1363. - M. a Bieb. Fl. t. c. II, 

 p. 445. — Jundz. Fl. lithuan p. 112. — MaRt. Fl. mosq. p. 66. — Besser 

 Enum. p. 15, No. 434. — Hofft Cat. Kursk. p. 26. — Ledeb. Fl. alt. II, 

 p. 62. — C. A. Meyer Ind. cauc. p. 34. — Fellm. lnd. Kola. No. 142. — 

 Eichw. Skiztse p. 122. — Ej. casp. cauc. p. 32. — Claus Ind. des. in Gobel 

 It. II, p. 313. — Wirzen Fenn. p. 81. — Turcz. Cat. Baikal. No. 1160. — 

 Karel. et Kiril. Enum. pl. Fl. alt. No. 871. 

 V. polygamum. Gilib. Exerc. phytol. I, p. 463. 



V. pedunculis corolla erecta, patente brevioribus. Gmel. Fl. sib. I, p. 75, No. 40. 

 Veratrum. Pall. It. I, p. 162; //, p. 190. 

 Nieswurz. Pall. II. I, p. 66. 75. 184. 

 Helleborus albus. Guldenst. It. II, p. 196. 



/}. floribus viridibus. Chamiss. in Linnaea VI, p. 581. — Ledbb. Fl. alt. II, p. 63. 

 W. Lobelianum. Bernh. in Schrad. n. Journ. f. d. Botan. II, 2 et 3, p. 356. 

 — Besser Enum. p. 15, No. 435. — Eichw. Skizze p. 122. — Weinm. 

 Tambow. No. 55. — C. A. Meyer Beitr. ss. Pflantsenk. d. Russ. R. I, 

 No. 22. — F. Nylaisder Spici/eg. pl. fennic. I, No. 100. — Ruprecht Fl. 

 Samojed. cisural. No. 278. — ld. in Beitr. «. Pflanzenk. d. Russ. R. VII, 

 p. 8. 17. 72. 



Hab. in Rossia arctica [territor. Kola (Fellm), Lapponia (Schrenk in litt., 

 F. Nylander) , terra Samojedarum (Schrenk in litt. , Ruprecht)] , septen- 

 trionali [Fennia (Wirzen), terra Samojedarum (Schrenk in litt.)] , media 

 [Lithuania (Gilib., Jundz., Eichw.)], Volhynia (Besser, Eichw.), Tschernigow 



