HEXANDBIA, TRIGYN1 a. L73 



Hreen-JJoirered Hellebore. Swamp- poke. Indian- 

 poke. 



\ wry fine plant, from three to si\ feet high, n\ itli very 

 bro«] root-le:i\ I s. Flowers greenish. The root is medi- 

 cinal. It is also said to be useful in destroying cockroaches, 

 Mid is brought to OUT market and sold for that pur[)Ose. A 

 rare plant in this neighbourhood. On the high wood] hills 

 rt the falls of Schuylkill, west ride, near ■ rivulet. It is 



Hid, h\ the market people, to grow in Jersey, near this city, 

 hut I have not found it in any other locality than the one men- 

 tioned. Perennial July. 



177. HELONIAS. Gen. pL 632. Mich. Fl. Am. 1. p. 211. 



(Jttnci.) 



Corolla 6-parted, spreading; segments ses- 

 sile and without glands. Styles 3, distinct. 

 Cmpsule 3-celled, 3-horned, cells few-seed- 

 ed, (seeds 1 or £.) — J\'att. 



I. II. scape leafy, raceme spiked, nutant, pedicels dioui. 

 \ ci-} short, Bdbebracteate, filaments longer than 



the corolla, petals linear, leaves oblong-lanceo- 

 late. — I'urs/i. 

 Heloniaa dioica, Pursh. 



II. pumila. Jacq. ic. rar. 2. t. 453. (Pursh.) 

 II. lutea, Ail. — and Kerr, in Bot. Mag. 

 Veratrum luteum L., \> illd., and Muhl. 

 Mrlauthiiim (lioicum, Walt. 



M. dciiMiiu, Lamark. 



Devils-bit. Drooping Star-wort. Blazing -star. 



A \tn handsome dioicous plant. The drooping 1 spike of 

 white Bowers on the male plant is extremely beautiful The 



flout n of the female plant are not so pretty. Root bulbous- 

 like and pnemone. It is said to possess anthelmintic proper- 

 ties. On the bhiff bordering the Schuylkill, Woodlands; in the 

 Is north of Powelton ; ami in shady woods on the 

 w ssahickon. Not \er\ frequent. Perennial July. 



:. II. lcaxes linear. very long; scape leafy; cap- < rytbroiper- 

 snle shortened, divaricate ; seeds ovate. — Fers, wa * 



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