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50. Stenanthium frigiddm. 

 Kunth. Enumeratio Planta- 

 rum, vol. iv. p. 190. (Verat- 

 rum frigidum, Chamisso and 

 Schlechtendahl in Linncea., 

 vol. vi. p. 46.) 



Received from Mr. Hartweg in 

 February, 1846, under the 

 name of Cebadilla de tierra fria. 

 Common in the higher parts of 

 Anganguco and Ajusco, at an 

 elevation of 10,000 feet on the 

 mountains of El Guardo. 



This is a perennial grassy-leaved 

 plant, very much like a Tuberose 

 in appearance before it comes into 

 blossom. It is remarkable for the 

 dull blackish-purple colour of its 

 flowers, which appear in drooping 

 panicled leafy racemes at the top of 

 a leafy stem about 3 feet high. 



The only interest that attaches to 

 this plant consists in its poisonous 

 qualities. From the name under 

 which it was sent home by Mr. 

 Hartweg it may be supposed to fur- 

 nish a part of the venomous Saba- 

 dilla seeds of commerce, from which 

 Veratria is prepared. Dr. Schiede 



