THALAMLFLOKJE. 



narrow segments. Flowers pale yellow and small. Eeadily dis- 

 tinguished by its spinous fruit. Cornfields in the neighbour- 

 hood of Exeter, Withecombe Wood, near Exmouth, FL D. (E. 

 B. t. 135.) A. Y. 



CALTHA. MAESH MAEIGOLD. 



C. palustris (common M.) Marshy places, common. Stem 

 rooting, about a foot long ; leaves nearly all radical, on long 

 stalks, kidney-shaped or roundish. Flowers very large and hand- 

 some, of a bright golden yellow. Behind Torre Abbey. Paignton. 

 KingskersweU. Forde bog. Totness. (E. B. t. 2175.) P. in.-vi. 



HELLEBORUS. HELLEBORE. 



1. H. viridis (green H.) In woods, thickets, and hedges, 

 growing frequently about old walls and ruined houses. Plant 

 about 1 foot or 18 inches high. The root-leaves large, on long, 

 broad stalks, divided into from 7 to 11 narrow lanceolate and ser- 

 rated segments, 3 or 4 inches long ; upper leaves sessile. Flowers 

 3 or 4, drooping, of a pale sickly green. Chelstone, near Torquay, 

 in an old orchard. (E. B. t. 200.) P. in. iv. 



2. H. foetidus (stinking U.) In stony pastures and thickets. 

 Flower-stem more than a foot high. Leaves not all radical, but 

 growing from the base of the stem in a large and thick tuft, 

 having narrower segments. Flowers more numerous than in 

 H. viridis, growing more in clusters, pale green, sometimes with 

 a purple tinge. Torquay. Miss A. Griffiths. (E. B. t. 613.) P. 



II.-IV. 



AQUILEGIA. COLUMBINE. 



A. vulgaris (common C.) Woods and coppices. Low 

 leaves growing in a large cluster, on long stalks, two or three 

 times divided ; segments broad and having 3 lobes. Flowering 

 stems bearing a loose panicle of large, drooping, blue, dull purple, 

 or white flowers. Near Hope's Nose. Kerswell Down. Woods at 

 Ipplepen. Chudleigh. Gidleigh, near Chagford. (E. B. t. 297.) 

 P. V.-YII. 



