POLYANDRIA MOhOGYNIA. 



202. ACTiEA. Bane-berries. 



Linn. Gen. 261. Juss.235. Fl. Br. 562. Lam.t.iiS. Gcertn. 



t.\l4. 

 Christophoriana. Tourn, t. 154. 



Nat. Ord. Multisiliqucje. Linn. 26. Ranunculacece spurice. 

 Juss. 61. DeCand. Syst v. 1. ord. 1. 



Cal. inferior, of 4 roundish-oblong, concave, obtuse, deci- 

 duous leaves. Pet. 4-, alternate with the calyx, oblong or 

 obovate, with claws, deciduous. Filavi. numerous, about 

 30, cj'lindrical, swelling upwards. Anth. of two lobes, 

 sessile on the inner side of the summit of each filament. 

 Germ, superior, ovate. Style none. Stigma round, thick, 

 obliquely depressed. Ben-y nearly globular, with a late- 

 ral furrow, smooth, of one cell, not bursting. Seeds nu- 

 merous, semiorbicular, depressed, ranged vertically over 

 each other in two rows. 



Perennial herha, natives of cold countries, with compound 

 or lobed, cut leaves, and clustered white Jlowers. Bei-~ 

 ries black, red, or white. Qualities fetid, nauseous, and 

 dangerous. The many styles, and capsular yj7/?V, of Ci~ 

 micifuga may surely keep that genus distinct ; but De- 

 Candolie thinks otherwise. 



] . A. s'/jicata. Black Bane-berries. Herb Christopher. 

 Cluster dense, ovate. Petals the length of the stamens. 



A.spicata. Linn. Sp.PI.722. irilld.v.2. l\39. Fl. Br. 562. Engl. 



Boi.v. 13. t. 918 Hook. Scot. 167. DeCa7id. Syst.v. I. 384. Fl. 



Dan. f. 498, not 589, as in Willdenow and DeCandoUe. Bull. 



Fr. t. 83. WoMenb. Lapp. 150, a not /3. 

 A. n. 1076. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 24. 

 Christophoriana. RaiiSyn. 262. Ger.Em.979.f. Clus. Hist. 



V. 2. 86. /. Tillands Ic. 148. /. 

 Napellus racemosu.s. Dalech. Hist. 1 747./. 

 Aconitum racemosum, Actsea quibusdam. Baiih. Hist. v. 3. p. 2. 



660./, 



In bushy mountainous lime-stone situations, rare. 



In the north-west corner of Yorkshire, as about Malham Cove, 

 Clapham, Askrigg, and the base of In2:leborough hill ; found 

 by several botanists in Ray's time, and by others in our days. 

 The Rev. Mr. Wood of Leeds noticed it about Thorpe Arch. 



Perennial. Mat/, June. 



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