240 POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. [CL. XIII. 



1. T. Europte'us. Mountain Globe-Jlower. Petals about fifteen, con- 

 verging into a globular form ; nectaries from five to ten, as long as the 



stamens. Stem nearly two feet high, round, hollow, branched at the 



top : leaves cut into five deep segments, which are themselves divided, 

 the root-leaves on long stalks. Flower globular, bright-yellow. Peren- 

 nial: flowers in May and June: grows in shady, mountainous situations: 

 not common. Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 28. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. p. 56. 841. 



21. HELLE'BORUS. HELLEBORE. 



Calyx none. Petals five, inferior, roundish, permanent. Nec- 

 taries numerous, very short, in a circle within the petals, consist- 

 ing of one leaf, tubular, narrowest beneath, with two erect, un- 

 equal lips at the orifice. Filaments very numerous, awl-shaped ; 

 anthers roundish, two-celled. Germens superior, from three to 

 ten, egg-shaped, compressed, erect. Styles awl-shaped; stigmas 

 roundish. Follicles egg-shaped, compressed, leathery. Seeds 

 several, oval, in two rows at the edges of the follicle. Named 

 from helem, to injure, and bora, food. 278. 



1. H. viridis. Green Hellebore. Stem many-flowered, leafy ; leaves 



fingered ; petals spreading. Stem erect, round, a foot and a half 



high, forked : flowers few, terminal and axillar, green. Fetid and acrid. 

 Perennial : flowers in April and May : grows in woods and thickets : 

 rare. Eng. Bot. vol. iii. pi. 200. Eng. Ft. vol. iii. p. 57. 842. 



2. H. fxtidus. Stinking Hellebore. Stem many-flowered, leafy ; 



leaves pedate ; petals converging. Stem two feet high, branched : 



flowers numerous, panicled, drooping, green, tinged with purple. Fetid, 

 acrid, and violently purgative. Perennial : flowers in March and April : 

 grows in thickets and waste ground : rare, and like the preceding, never 

 truly wild. Eng. Bot. vol. ix. pi. 613. Eng. FL vol. iii. p. 58. 843. 



22. CA'LTHA. MARSH MARIGOLD. 



Calyx none. Petals five or more, inferior, egg-shaped, spread- 

 ing. Nectaries none. Filaments numerous, thread-shaped, shorter 

 than the petals ; anthers oblong, two-lobed, erect. Germens 

 superior, from five to ten, oblong, compressed, erect. Styles none; 

 stigmas obtuse. Follicles cylindrical, pointed, two-edged. Seeds 

 numerous, oval, arranged along the edges of the follicle. Named 

 from calathos, a cup. 279. 



1. C. palustris. Common Marsh Marigold. Stem erect ; leaves heart- 

 shaped, rounded. Root large : stem about a foot high, hollow, round, 



branched : lower leaves stalked, upper sessile : petals h' ve, roundish, 

 bright-yellow. Perennial : flowers in May and June : grows in marshy 

 places, and about the edges of rivers and lakes. Slightly acrid, some- 

 times eaten by cattle. Eng. Bot. vol. viii. pi. 506. Eng. Fl. vol. iii. 

 p. 59. A variety, with somewhat triangular acutely crenate leaves, and 

 a creeping stem, is bv some made a species under the name of C. radicans. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. xxi. pi. 2175. Eng. Ft. vol. iii. p. 60. 844. 



