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Hellebortts, Liii. — Sepals herbaceous, persistent. Petals tubular. 

 EuANTUiS, Salisb. — Sepals 5-8, petaloid. Petals and follieles 5-8. 

 Aquilegia, Lin. — Sepals petaloid. Petals spurred. 

 Delphinitim, Lin. — Sepals 5, unequal, the xipper one spvu'red. Petals 4 by 



abortion. 

 AcONiTTTM, Lin. — Sepals petaloid, unequal, the upper one with a hood. 



Caltha, Lin. — Herbaceous, glabrous plants, with roundish 

 reniform leaves, simply crenulate or toothed. Peduncles axillary, 

 with solitary large flowers. Sepals 5-7, coloured (petaloid), ca- 

 ducous (falling off). Corolla none. Fruit consisting of 5-12, 

 free, diverging, many-seeded carpels (follicles). 



C. palustris, Lin. Marsh Marigold. — e.b. 506. l.b.s. 26. 

 A. 18. C. 83. Lat. 50-01°. Alt. 0-1150 yds. Tciii. 51-36°. 



Root vertical, short, with thick fibres. Stems 4-8 inches, 

 mostly ascending, branching above, many-flowered. Leaves 

 roundish, reniform, thick, glabrous, shining ; the root-leaves on 

 long petioles, the upper ones sessile or nearly so. Follicles ter- 

 minated by a beak formed by the prolongation of the dorsal 

 (back) nerve. 



In watery places and marshy meadows. Per. ; March-May. 



TiiOLLius, Lin. — Stems erect. Sepals 5-15, petaloid, cadu- 

 cous. Petals numerous, very small, linear, with a nectariferous 

 pore. Involucre wanting. Carpels numerous, verticillcd in se- 

 veral rows, free, sessile. Seeds in two rows. {Grenier.) 



T. europseus, Lin. Globe Flower. — e.b. 28. l.b.s. 27. 

 A. 11. C. 15. Lat. 52-61°. Alt. 0-1050 yds. Tern. 47-37°. 



Root fibrous. Stem erect, few-flowered. Leaves palmate, 5- 

 parted, with rhomboidal trifid segments, which are incised or 

 toothed. Sepals 12—15, concave, connivent, elliptical, blunt. Pe- 

 tals 12-15, narrow, linear. Follicles linear-oblong, with a short 

 beak. 



Mountain pastures. Yorkshire, about Settle. Per. ; June-July. 



Helleborus, Lin. — Herbaceous, glabrous plants, with coria- 

 ceous (leathery), sometimes persistent leaves. Sepals herbace- 

 ous, sometimes coloured, persistent. Petals 5-10, shorter than 

 the sepals, tubular, obliquely truncate or toothed at the sum- 

 mit. Follicles (carpels) 2-10, usually slightly united below, 

 diverging above. 



H. foetidus, Lin. Stinkinfj Hellebore. — e.b. 613. . l.b.s. 30. 

 A. s. C. 20. Lat. 50-55'\ Alt. 0-200 vds. Tern. 51-47°. 



