RANUNCULACE. 55 
HELLEBORUS /. 
H. viridis LZ. (Green Hellebore. 
Native. EG. Woods, hedges, pastures, mostly on limestone. Rare and 
local. P. Feb.-May. 
First record, Pilkington, 1789. 
L. Wormhill; Lathkil Dale, Painter, J.B. Conksbury Bridge, and small 
valley opening into it, Cary. Doveside, Thorpe, Sm. MSS. Near Lea Hall Farm, 
Tissington (introduced?), and Wolfscote Hill; Matlock, Purchas. Ashwood 
Dale, Buxton Guide. Slopes west of Matlock Bath. 
P. Woodhouse, Bolsover, Waterfall, C.D. 
T3. Established in woods at Drakelow, Hb. Mason! 
This plant is frequently the remains of cultivation, as it had formerly a 
reputation for use amongst animals, and is still frequently to be seen in old 
farmhouse gardens. 
H. foetidus Ll. Stinking Hellebore. 
Native? EG. Woods, especially on limestone. Rare. P. Feb.-April. 
First record, Pilkington, 1789. Bearsfoot. Setterwort. 
L. Abundant on the limestone rocks, Cromford, Whittaker, B.L. Rec. 1875, 
117. Bakewell, Painter, J.B. Rocks, Hartington Dale; Matlock Bath, Purchas. 
Between Matlock Bath and Bonsall, Gibbs. 
G2. Cromford Moor; Dethick, Pilkington. 
C. Walls of Codnor Castle (probably the same plant gathered as H. viridis 
by Smith (C.D.), but referred to this by Howitt in Watson’s N.B.G.). 
Tl. Plantation, Mickleover, Bindley. 
*Hranthis hyemalis Salish.  Aconite. 
Alien. Parks, plantations, shrubberies. P. Feb.-April. 
First record, N.H. Tutb., 1863. 
L. Haddon Hall, naturalised, Crewe and Whittaker. 
T3. Repton, Rept. F. & F. Coppices and shrubberies at Coton Hall, and 
Vicarage grounds, Stapenhill, N.H. Tutb. 
AQUILEHGIA J. 
A. vulgaris LZ. Colwnbine. 
Native. EI. Woods and thickets. Local. P. June-July. 
First record, Pilkington, 1789. 
; L. Monsal Dale; Cressbrook Dale; Bakewell, Painter, J.B. Ashwood 
Dale; Miller’s Dale, Green, C.D. Moorlands, Buxton, Garner. Limestone bank 
at Matlock Bath, perhaps not indigenous, B. & N., J.B. (this is recorded in 
Sm. Eng. F. as A. vulgaris, B. alpina). Via Gellia, Hb. Mason! At the back 
of Haddon Hall, Glover. Great Rocks Dale. 
P. Whitwell Wood, Gibbs! Pleasley Park, Coke in Pilkington. Scarclitte 
Park Wood, abundant. 
T3. Willington, probably an escape, Rept. F. dé F. Drakelow, Painter, J.B. 
Calke Park, Blowam (very rare and long extinct, Purchas). In a large wood 
at Foremark, N.H. Tutb. 
