POLYANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Actea. 
MONOGYNIA. 
ACT EVA. Bloss. 4 petals: cal. A leaves: berry 1- 
l 
celled: seeds semi-circular. 
A. Bunch egg-shaped: fruit berry-like. 
Blackw. 505-—F1, dan. 498—Clus. ti. 86. 2—Dod. 402. 1-Lob. 
obs. 389. 1, avd ic. i. 682. 1—Ger. em. 979—Park, 379. 
1-Ger, 8290—H: ox. i. 2. 8—F. B. iii. 660. 1. 
Petals ee ees flat, membranaceous. Linn. Blossoms 
white. Berries blac 
Herb Chrittopher. Bane-berries, Woods and shady places. 
Near Malham Cove, and in a wood near Clapham, Yorkshire. 
[ Whitfell Gill, or Arthur’s wri near Askrig, Yorkshire. Curr. 
On Ingleborough: Mr. Woopwarp. And im the fissures of the 
very curious natural pavement cof limestone at the foot of it. St. 
About Thorp Arch, and in Wensley Dale, near ponies Yorks. 
Mr. Woop 3) P, May, June.* 
CHELIDO’NIUM. Bloss. 4 petals ; cal. 2 leaves : 
pod strap-shaped ; receptacle of the seeds 
(generally) lattice-like, 
C. Fruit-stalks forming umbels. 
Ludw, 132—Kniph. 8—Fl. dan. 542-Woodv. 263-Blackw. 
91-Mill. 92. 1-Wale.—Fuchs. 865~F. B. iii. 482-Trag. 
107-Ger. 911-Clus. ii. 203. 1-Dod. 48—Lob. obs. 440. 
1, and ic. 1. 760. 2-Ger. em. 1069. 1—Park. 617. I= 
Lonic. i. 105. 3-Matth. 628-H. ox, iii. 2. row 1. 2. 
Leaves winged ; segments, nearly circular, scolloped. Flowers 
yellow. Stamens sometimes not more than 20. Seed-vessel cy 
lindrical, but compresse 
Greater or Common on Colendine, ee rough shady places, 
on rubbish and uncultivated ground. | P. May—July. 
Var. 2. Jagged-leaved. 
Kniph. 8, first fig -Fl. dan. 676—Mill 92, 2~F. B. iii. 483 
—Clus, ii. 203-Ger. em. 1069, 2-Park. 617. 2, 
* The plant ep saetagg: repellent. The root is useful in some 
oe cases, but i t be administered with caution. The berries 
sonous in a ie ‘hig hdegree., It is said that toads, sue by the 
foctid pty of this plant, resort to it; but it grows in shady places, and 
toads are fond of damp and shad Hg tuations. Sheep and goats eat it; 
cows, horses, and swine refuse i 
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