12 EANUNCULAGE^E. [TuoLLius. 



Follicles transversely wrinkled, keeled, beaked. Seeds black, dotted. 

 DISTRIB. Europe (Arctic) to the Caucasus. 



8. KELLEB'ORUS, L. HELLEBORE, BEAR'S-FOOT. 



Coarse perennial herbs. Leaves palmately pedately or digitately lobed, 

 upper bract-like. Flowers corymbose, proterogyrious. Sepals 5, large, 

 petaloid or herbaceous, imbricate in bud, persistent. Petals small, tubular, 

 2-lipped, honeyed. Stamens many. Carpels separate, or cohering below. 

 Follicles dehiscing at the top. Seeds many, oblong, funicle thickened, 

 testa crustaceous shining. DISTRIB. Europe, N. and W. Asia ; species 

 10. ETYM. eAAe/3o/?os, the Greek name. 



1. H. foe'tidus, L. ; stem many-fld. perennial, leaves pedate, sepals 



erect. Stinking Hellebore, Setter-wort. 



Chalk-pastures and thickets S. and E. of England, rare, naturalized elsewhere ; 

 (a denizen, Wats.} ; fl. Feb.-March. Glabrous below, glandular-pubescent 

 above. Stem 1-2 ft., leafless, scarred below. Lower leaves petioled, leaflets 

 5-7, nearly as in H. viridis, but the outer segments recurved, upper with 

 large sheaths. Flowers drooping, 1 in. diam. Sepals truncate, green, 

 bordered with dull-purple. Petals shorter than the stamens. Follicles 3, 

 wrinkled, glandular, style subulate. DISTRIB. W. Europe, from Belgium 

 southd. Plant foetid and cathartic. 



2c H. vir'idis, L. ; stem few-fld. annual, radical leaves digitate, cauline 



sessile, sepals spreading. Bears-foot. 



Woods, hedges, &c., chiefly on chalk in the S. and E. of England, naturalized 

 elsewhere ; (a denizen, Wats.} ; fl. March- April. Glabrous, dark-green, 1-1 

 ft. Radical leaves fully developed after flowering ; leaflets 5-7, narrow, 

 serrate, lateral cleft. Flowers inclined, 1^-2 in. diam. Sepals green, oblong. 

 Petals 9-12, minute, shorter than the stamens, curved. Follicles 3 ; style 

 straight, subulate. DISTRIB. From Holland southd., but not well 

 established N. of the Mediterranean region, Ball. 



8*. ER AN' THIS, Salisbury. WINTER ACONITE. 



Low herbs. Eootstoclc stout, creeping. Radical leaves palmate ; cauline 

 whorled and involucriform. Flower solitary, pale yellow. Sepals 5-8, 

 narrow, petaloid, deciduous, imbricate. Petals small, clawed, 2-lipped. 

 Stamens many. Carpels 5-6, stipitate. Follicles separate. Seeds many, 

 ovoid or globose, testa smooth crustaceous. DISTRIB. Europe, 1ST. Asia ; 

 species 2. ETYM. cap, spring, and &vdvs, flower. 



E. HYEMA'LIS, Salisb. ; sepals 6-8 oblong. 



In plantations, parks, &c., naturalized ; fl. Jan.-March. Stem 4-6 in. Radical 

 leaves orbicular, 3-5-partite, segments obtusely lobed ; petiole long. Invo- 

 lucre of 2 sessile lobed bracts. Flower cup-shaped, 1-1| in. diam. Petals 

 shorter than the stamens. DISTRIB. W. Europe, from Belgium southd. 



9. AQUILE'GIA, L. COLUMBINE. 



Erect perennial herbs. Leaves 2-3-nately divided. Flowers panicled or 

 solitary, handsome, proterandrous. Sepals 5, regular, petaloid. Petals 5, 



