CALIHA. HELLEBOET78. 13 



Tribe IV. Helleborece. 

 7. Cai'tha Linn. Marsh. Marigold. 



1. C. palus'tris (L.) ; st ascending, I. cordate rounded crenate. 

 —B.B.&)^. JE.iv. 101.— About a foot liigli. Fl. large. Sep. 

 bright yellow. — a; Sep. roundisb-ovate contiguous, carp, spread- 

 ing their beak very short. — j3. C Guerangerii (Bor.) : sep. 

 oblong-ovate not contiguous, carp, spreading their beak long. — 

 •y. minor ; st. decumbent mostly 1-flowered, fl. small, sep. not 

 contiguous, cam. erect their beak very short. — Marshy places, 

 common, y. Mountains. P. 111. — V. E. S. I. 



2. ? C radicans (Forst.) ; st. creeping, 1. triangular serrate-cre- 

 nate small, sep. not contiguous narrow. — U. B. 2175. — Base of 

 the 1. almost at right angles with petiole. — " In a ditch that 

 runs from the farmhouse called Haltoun, on the estate of 0. 

 Gray, Esq., of Oarse " (2 miles north of Forfar near Rescobie). 

 Mr. G. Bon. P. V. VI. S. 



8. Tkol'litjs Linn. Globe Flower. 



1. T. europa'us (L.) ; sep. 10 — 15 concave converging into a 

 globe, pet. 10 about equalling the stam., 1. palmately 6-parted, 

 segments rhomboidal 3-partite incise-serrate. — B. B. 28. R. 

 iv. 101.— Fl. bright yeUow. Pet. ligulate. St. 1—2^ feet 

 high. — ^Damp mountain pastures. P. VI. VII. E. S. I. 



9. Erah'this Salish. Winter Aconite. 



[* E. hyemdlis (Salisb.) ; sep. 6—8 oblong.— &/. E. B. 43. R. 

 iv. 101. — Radical 1. on long stalks, 5 — 7-parted, deeply cut 

 into linear-oblong segments. St. 4 — 6 in. high; invol. of 3 

 sessile leaflets just below the solitary yellow fl. Rhizome tube- 

 rous.— Naturalized in thickets. P. II. III.] E. S. ? 



10. Hbllbb'okits lAnn. Hellebore. 



1. H. vir'idis (L.) ; radical I. digitate stalked, stem-1. sessile 

 at the ramifications, st. few-flowered, calyx spreading. — E. B. 

 200. — Veins of the 1. prominent beneath. Stigma erect. St. 1 

 foot high, annual. Fl. greenish-yellow. — Thickets on a cal- 

 careous soil. P. III. rV. Green Hellebore. Bear'sfoot. E. 



2. S. fcet'idus (L.) ; Z. ^etoe stalked, st. leafy many-flowered, 

 calyx converging. — E. B. 613. — L. successively contracting up- 

 wards into bracts. St. 2 feet high, perennial. Fl. globose, 



