RANALES. 



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A. ferox, of upper India, supplies the people of that region with a 

 virulent poison, with which they poison their arrows. 

 Helleborus niger, Black Hellebore, H. fwtidm, Stinking Hellebore, 



FIGS. 568-73. ILLUSTBATIONS OF RANUNCULACB^E (Caltfta palmtris). 



Fig. 568. Flowering ptein. 

 Fig. 570. Flower diagram. 

 Fig. 572. -Seed. Magnified. 



Fig. 569. Vertical section of flower. 

 Fig. 571. Young carpel. Magnified. 

 Fig. 573. Section of seed. Magnified. 



and H. viridis, Green Hellebore, all natives of Europe, furnish drastic 

 and poisonous drugs. 



Among the ornamental plants of the order may be mentioned the 

 following : 



Anemone, of several species, including our native Hepaticas, now 

 placed in this genus. 



