Ill KAXr.NCL'LACE.E. (CUOWKOOT FAMILY.) 



14. HELLEBORUS, 1-. IIki.i.iik.kk. 



Sepals ;'), nuiiHled, jicrfisteiit. Petals 8-10, very small, tiilmlai, 2-li]»|ifii. 

 Stainoiis iiuiiu'niiis. Fullick's 3-10, coriaceims, iiian\ -sueilod. — IViTiiuial 

 hcrlis, with ](almatc' nr pcilate leaves, aud solitary iioddinjj flowers. 



I. H. viridis, I.. Sicm l°-2°liigli; lowest leaves jiedate, lon^'-jietiuled, 

 the U|iiier palmate and uearly sessile, the divisions lanreolate ; sej)als oval, 

 green; follicles obloug. — N. Carolina (JJijains). Intiudueed. 



15. COPTIS, Salisb. GoLU-TiiKiiAD. 



Sepals 5-6, colored, regular, deciduous. Petals 5-6, thickened aud 

 hooded at the apex. Stamens numerous. Follicles 3- 10, long-sti])itate (as 

 if umbellate), ixdnted with the hooked style, few-.^ecded. — Perennial smooth 

 herbs, with teruately divided leaves, aud 1 -4 small flowers at the summit of 

 a uaked scape. 



1. C. trifolia, Salisb. Scape 4' -6' high, from a slender yellow root- 

 stock, 1 dowered; leaves persistent, trifoliolate, long-petioled, the leaflets 

 obovate and slightly lobed ; flowers white. — Mountains of E. Tennessee {Gat- 

 linger). June. 



16. ZANTHORHIZA, Marshall. Ylllow Root. 



Sepals 5, regular, colored, deciduous. Petals 5, small, gland-like, 2-lobed. 

 Stamens 5- 10. Ovaries 5- 10, 2-ovuled. Style .subulate, incurved, at length 

 dorsal. Follicles sessile. Seed solitary, susjiended. — A smooth slender 

 shrub, 2° -3° high, with yellow roots. Leaves pinnate, long-petioled, the 

 3-5 ovate leaflets lobed and toothed. Flowers iu slender compound racemes, 

 appearing before the leaves, dark purple. 



1. Z. apiifolia, L'Herit. — Shady banks, chiefly in the upper districts. 

 March- A])ril. 



17. HYDRASTIS, L. Golden Se.al. 



Sepals 3, ovate, colored, caducous. Petals none. Stameus numerous. 

 Ovaries 12-20, fleshy, 2-ovuled, ri])ening into a head of 1 -2-seeded crimson 

 berries. — Stem 1° high, from a thick knotted rootstock, 2-leaved, l-flowered; 

 leaves palniately 5-7-lobed, toothed and serrate, the lower ])etioled, the upper 

 sessile under the short-stalked greenish white flower. 



1. H. Canadensis, L. — liidi oj)en woods. Mountains of Georgia, and 

 northward. May. 



18. ACTJEA, L. Bani-rerry. 



Sepals 3-5, ovate, colored, caducous. Petals 4-10, eutire. Stamens nu- 

 merous. Ovary solitary, 1-celled, ripening into a many-seeded berry. — Per- 

 ennial herbs. Stem simple, bearing one or two large 2-3 teruately coinpnund 

 leaves, and a single oval or oblong raceme of small white flowers. 



1. A. alba, Bigel. (White Cohosh.) Smooth or nearly so, 2° high; 

 leaves mostlv 2, long-petioled, the ovate leaflets acutely toothed ; raceme 

 long-peduncled, the pedicels in fruit thick and red; berry white —Rocky 

 woods. Mountains of Georgia, and northward. jNIay. 



