4 POLYANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Chelidoniiim. 



Root creeping, somewhat fleshy. Stem triangular, 12 or 18 inches 

 high, leafy, but little branched. Whole plant nearly or quite 

 smooth. Leaves twice or thrice ternate j lea/lets ovate, of a 

 deep shining green, an inch or two long, sharply serrated, cut, 

 partly lobed. Flowers several, white with a slight blush-colour, 

 in a rather close ovate cluster, resembling a spike j each with a 

 small solitary hractea, under its downy partial stalk. Berries 

 purplish-black, juicy, the size of currants, not eatable. 



Toads are reported to enjoy the fetid odour of this plant. 



263. CHELIDONIUM. Celandine. 



Linn. Gen. 262. Juss.236, Fl.Br.o62. Tourn. t. \\6. Lam. 

 t. 450. Gcertn. t. 11.5. 



Nat. Ord. Rhceadece. Linn. 27. Papaveracea. Juss. 62. 

 DeCand. Syst. v. 2. ord. 9. N. 264, 265 the same. 



Col. inferior, of 2 roundish-ovate, concave, acute, decidu- 

 ous leaves. Pet. 4, equal, roundish, flat, spreading, nar- 

 rowest at the base. Filam. numerous, about 30, dilated 

 upwards, shorter than the corolla. Antli. vertical, erect, 

 compressed, obtuse, of 2 lobes. Germ, superior, cylin- 

 drical, the length of the stamens. Style none. Stigma 

 small, obtuse, cloven. Pod linear, somewhat cylindrical, 

 of 1 cell, and 2 undulated, deciduous valves. Seeds nu- 

 merous, nearly oval, dotted, polished, with a pale, com- 

 pressed, notched crest along the upper edge; disposed in 

 2 rows, on short stalks, along a linear, permanent, mar- 

 ginal receptacle, at each side, between the edges of the 

 valves. 



Herbaceous, brittle, with orange-coloured juice. Root 

 perennial. Leaves pinnate, or pinnatifid, Fl. umbellate, 

 yellow. 



1. Ch. majus. Common Celandine. 



Ch. majus. Linn. Sp. PL 723. Willd. v. 2, 1 141. FL Br. 563. 



EngL Bot. V. 22. t. 1581. fVoodv. SuppL t. 263. Hook. Scot. 167. 



DeCand. Syst. v. 2. 98. FL Dan. t. 542. Bull Fr. t. 61. Ger. 



Em. 1069./. Fuchs. Hist. 865. f. Trag. HisL 107. f. Matth. 



Valgr. V. 1. 576./. Corner. EpiL 402./. 

 Ch. n. 1059. HaU. HisL v. 2. 13. 



Ch. majus vulgare. Bauh. Pin. 144. Mill. Ic. 61. t. 92./ 1. 

 Chelidonia. Brunf. Herb. v. 1 . 236./. Bauh. Hist. v. 3. p. 2. 482./ 

 Papaver corniculatum luteum, Chelidonia dictum. Raii Syn. 309. 

 /3. FL Br. 563. 

 Ch. majus, foliis quernis. Bauh. Pin. 144. Dill, in Raii Syn. 



309. MilL Ic.6\. t. 92./. 2. FL Dan. t. 676. 

 Ch. majus, folio magis dissecto. Ger. Em. 1069./. 



