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PARIS QUADRIFOLIA. 

 Common Herb-Paris. 



Class Vni. OcTANDRiA. — Order III. Tetragynia. 

 Nat. Ord. SmilacejE. 



Gen. Char. Calyx of four sepals. Petals four. Anthers 

 attached to the middle of the filament. Berry fom*- 

 celled ; each cell with several seeds in two rows. 



Spec. Char. Leaves ovate, usually four in a whorl. 



SYNONYMES. 



'Solanutn quadrifolium bacciferum. Bauh. Pin. IC7. 



Herba Paris. Ger. Em. 405. Rail Syn. 2G4. Park. Theatr. 

 390. 

 Latin -{ Aconitum pardalianches. Fuchs^ 91, c. 30. 



Aconitum salutiferum. Tahern. Hist. 720. 



Paris quadrifolia. Lin. Sp. PI. 526. Enc/. Fl. ii. p, 241. 

 Eng. Hot. t. ?• 



French. , . . Parisette ; Herbe a Paris; Raisin de renard. 

 Italian .... Uva di volpe. 

 Spa7iish .... Uva de zorro. 

 Portuguese. Parisetta. 



German.... Einbeere ; Wolfsbeere; Fuchstraube. 

 Dtitch .... Wolfsbezie. 

 Danish .... Elboer. 

 Swedish ... Trallbcer. 

 Polish .... Wronie oko. 



Description. — The root (rhizoma) is perennial, creeping, 

 fleshy, somewhat jointed, and furnished with a few fibres. The 

 stem is erect, simple, cylindrical, smooth, naked below, obso- 

 letely striated, and about a foot in height. The leaves are gene- 



