POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Cheliclonium. 147 



ture. E. B. 106. Baxter's Plates, 3. Caryophyl- 

 lata montana purpurea. G. E. 994. 



Moist meadows, ivoods. Marston. Noke. Sb. Calve's Close, 



Headington. R. W. Elsfield Copse. R. W. 

 Per. 7J%. ■ * 



Root creeping, woody, reddish. Fl.-stem erect, round, gracefully 



drooping at the top ; as the fruit ripens, becomes erect. Cor. 



tawny-brown, joeif., erect. Cal. purplish-brown, erect. FL ter- 

 minal, two, or three. 



Sir J. E. Smith considered this one of our most picturesque 

 natives, from the rich combination of the dark leaves, with the 

 glowing reddish brown of the stem and cal., delicate colour of the 

 pet., and gi-aceful position of the flowers. 



Grows also in Canada. Root astringent, very aromatic. Var. 



fl. double, in gardens. 



(CO'MARUM. Marsh-cinquefoil. 



C. palustre. Purple M. E. B. 172. Pentaphyllum 



rubrum palustre. G. E. 987- 

 Spongy, m.uddy bogs, ditches, AUesley, Warwickshire. Bree. 



Coleshill Bogs, Warwickshire. Pv,rton. 

 Per. June, July. 

 Ls. winged, with five, rarely seven, leaflets ; upper ones three- 



lobed. FL and fruit, dark-purple.) 



Class XIII. POLYANDRIA. Stamens 

 numerous, from the receptacle. - 



Order I. MONOGYNIA. Pistil \. 



CHELIDO'NIUM.' Celandine. 

 C. majus. Common G. E. B. 1581. G. E. 1069. 



Waste grounds, thickets, especially on chalk. Sm. 



Per. May, June. 



Plant brittle, tender, juice orange-coloured, fetid, about two f. Ls. 



winged, smooth, rounded, lobed, notched. Fl. umbels, on long, 



axillary stalks. Cal. soon falling. Pet. roundish, golden. 



Stain, same colour. Pod. rugged. 



Its orange juice probably suggested its being given in jaundice : 

 so the bark of the barberry has been given for its yellow colour. 

 A gay plant in May and June. 



' Gr. Chdidon, a swallow, finm its appearance and disappearance about the 

 time of those birds. A Gr. tale. See Fl. Classica, In/ Billerbeck. 



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