POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 



262. ACTiEA. Bane-berries. 



Linn. Gen. 261 . Jnss. 235. Fl. Br. 562. Lam. t. 448. Gcertn. 



t.\\4. 

 Christophoriana. Town, t, 154. 



Nat. Ord. Multisiliquce. Linn. 26. Ranunculacece spur ice, 

 Juss. 61. DeCand. Syst. v. 1. ord. 1. 



Cal. inferior, of 4 roundish-oblong, concave, obtuse, deci- 

 duous leaves. Pet. 4, alternate with the calyx, oblong or 

 obovate, with claws, deciduous. Filam. numerous, about 

 30, cylindrical, swelling upwards. Anth. of two lobes, 

 sessile on the inner side of the summit of each filament. 

 Germ, superior, ovate. Style none. Stigma round, thick, 

 obliquely depressed. Berry nearly globular, with a late- 

 ral furrow, smooth, of one cell, not bursting. Seeds nu- 

 merous, semiorbicular, depressed, ranged vertically over 

 each other in two rows. 



Perennial herbs., natives of cold countries, with compound 

 or lobed, cut leaves^ and clustered white Jlowers. Ber- 

 ries black, red, or white. Qualities fetid, nauseous, and 

 dangerous. The many styles., and capsular fruity of Ci- 

 micifuga may surely keep that genus distinct; but De- 

 Candolle thinks otherwise. 



\ . K. spicata. Black Bane-berries Tlerb Christopher. 

 Cluster dense, ovate. Petals the length of the stameiik 

 A. spicata. Linn. Sp. PI. 722. mild. v. 2. \ 139. FLBr.562. tngl. 



Sot. V. 13. /.018 riook. Scot. 167. DeCand. Syst.v. 1 384. Fl 



Dan. t. 498, not 58!), ^.s In IFilldenow and DeCandolle. Bull. 



Ft. t. 83. U'ahtenb. Lapp. 150, a not jS. 

 A. n. 1076. Hall. Hist. V. 2. 24. 

 CMiristophoriana. Rail Syn. 262. Ger. Em. 970. f. Clus. Hist. 



V. 2. 86. f. Tillands fc. 148./. 

 Napellus racemosus. Dalech. Hi.s-f. 1747. /'. 

 Aconitum rjicemosuni, Actaea quibusdam. Bauh. Hi.^t. r. 3. p. 2. 



660./. 

 In bushy mountainous lime-stone situations, rare. 

 In the north-west corner of Yorkshire, as about Malham Cove, 



('laphani, Askrigg, and the base of Ingleborough hill ; found 



by several botanists in Ray's time, and by others in our davs. 



The Rev. Mr. Wood of Leeds noticed it about Tliorpe .\rch. 

 Perennial. Mai/, Junr. 



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