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

 rirulent poison, with which they poison their arrows. 

 Hetteborus niger, Black Hellebore, H. fcetidus, Stinking Hellebore, 



PIGS. 568-73. ILLUSTRATIONS or RANUNOULACB^E (Caltha palvstris). 



FIG. 568. 



Pig. 568. Flowering stem. 

 Fig. 570. Flower diagram. 

 Fig. 572.-Seed. Magnified. 



FIG. 570. 



PiG. 571. 



FIG. 572. 



FIG. 573. 



Fig. 569. Vertical section of flower. 



Fig. 571. Young carpel. Magnified. 



ion of a 



Fig. 573. Sectic 



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. 



