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A curious case is recorded of a large quantity of 

 the flowers of this plant being in a room with a 

 girl subject to fits, and that the gaseous exhalation 

 caused these to cease. This, however, seems to 

 need confirmation. 



Hellebore {Helleborusy sp.). — The two British 



Fig. II. Helleborus fostidus ; Fetid Hellebore. 



species, the Green and the Fetid ^ (//. viridis and 

 H. foetidus^ Fig. 11), are found sparingly in several 

 counties. The leaves have long stalks with a 

 divided blade and toothed segments. The flowers 

 have a green calyx of five large sepals, spreading 

 in the Green, but erect and overlapping one another 



^ This species is also called Bear's-foot, Setterwort and 

 Helleboraster. 



