HELLEBOREif: 4? 



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Ohs. Genus constans 10-12. speciebus inclusa Eran- 

 thide quse nimis afllnis ut distinctum genus consti- 

 tuere valeat ; hinc melius in duas sectiones dividen- 

 dum sc: Eranthides ( involucrum sub flore , calyx 

 deciduus , semina i-seriata ) , et Helleboroides ( in- 

 volucrum a flore distans vel nullura, calyx persistens, 

 semina 2-seriata). Herbse perennes subcoriacese, foliis 

 digitatis vcl pedatis palmatisve, caule saepius ramoso 

 multifloro rarius aphyllo i-floro. 



Sect. I. Eranthides. 



^ \. H. hyemalis = L. sp: 783. = Spr: syst: II. 

 658. = lacq: fl: austr: t. 202. (Eur: austr:, in collib: 

 Taurinensib: prope Heremum, et in vinetis Monre- 

 galensis provincise, et Ligurice All: n. i5ii.j montib: 

 del Margozzo Biroli fl: acon: I. p. 192.). 



Sect. 11. Helleboroides. 



% 2. H. niger = L. sp: ^83. = Spr: sysl: II. 658. 

 = lacq: fl: austr: t. 201. ( Eur: med: et austr: In 

 valle jiugustce Prcetorice Lobel: ; in Montisferrati et 

 Nicceae collibus All: n. i5i2.j in sy Ivis di J^arallo 

 et J^ogogna Biroli fl: acon: I. p. 19^.). Variat fl: 

 minori vel majori, foliisque diversimode divisis. 



^ 3. H. uiridis = L. sp: 784. = Spr: syst: IL 

 659: = lacq: fl: austr: t. 106. Ic: Taur: vol. 4« t. 80. 

 (JEur: med: Ad radices montium Taurinens: frequens 

 All: n. i5i3. In sylvis del Margozzolo di Varallo 



