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FIG. 316. STINKING HELLEBOKE (Helleborus fcetidua). 



The foliage offers good examples of the pedate leaf. The sepals constitute tfa e conspicuous part of the flower, .and are 

 pale yellow-green rimmed with red-purple. The petals have been converted into nectanes and are hidden below th< 

 stamens . It is a native of Western Europe only, and a rare plant in the South and East o 

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