MELANTIIACEAE a. cuay. (Veratrum.) 187 



It. 1. 49. Ej. Sib. 3. 320. Schkuhr. Handb. t. 341. Bxdl. Herb. 

 t. 155. Gaertn. Fruct. 1. 71. t. 18. f. 4. Wilid. Spec. 4. 895. 

 Brot. Lus. 1. 604. Smith. Prod. 249. -BernA. in Schrad. N. 

 Jozirn. 2. 2. 355. Biebersl. Flor. 2. 445. Wahlenb. Lapp. 277; 

 j&$ Carp. 323. jSy*. Sii<?c. 663. Carcrf. £atf. 3. 1 94. Redoute, Lil. t. 

 447. JYor. jDan. t. 1120. Seiasf. etf MaaW, Prod. 135. itferf. e* 

 Koch. Germ. 2. 625. &ait/. //e/v. 2. 294. ifes a& Esenb. Arznei- 

 gew. 15. *. 24. Roem. et Schtdt. Syst. 7. 1554. Ledeb. Alt. 2. 63. 

 Brandt et Ratzeb. Giftgew. 25. t. 5. Z/aywe, ^Watt 13. t. 26. 

 Koch. Synops. 724. Racemis paniculatis, pubcscentibus ; brac- 

 teis ad basim ramorum oblongis ; pedicellis calycc multo brevio- 

 ribus; sepalis oblongis, obtusinsculis, subfirnbriato-denticulatis ; 

 foliis plicatis, inferioribus ellipticis. Mert. ct Koch. 



/?) viridiilorum Mert. et Koch. Germ. 2. 625. Wimm. et 



Grab. Siles. 1. 353. V. Lobelianum Bernh. in Schrad. 



N. Journ. 2. 2. 356. Schidt. Austr. 1. 586. Bess. Enum. 



15. Roth. Germ. 1. 2. 133. Nees ab Esenb. Arzneigew. 



15. t. 25. Roem. et Schult. Syst. 7. 1555. excl. §. Koch. 



Synops. 724. V. album var. Smith. in Rees Cycl. V. ai- 



bum fi viride Lapeyr. Abr. 611. V. album A virescens 



Gaud. Helv. 6. 311. V. viride Roehl. Germ. ed 2. 237. 



Helleborum album, flore subviridi Lobel. Stirp. p. 168. 

 — Lusitania, Hispania, GalHa, Italia, Helvetia, Germania (Austria, 

 Bohemia, Tyrolis, Salisburia, Styria, Carinthia, Moravia, Siiesia, 

 Bavaria caet.), Dania, Suecia, Norvegia, Laponia, Polonia, flim- 

 garia , Transsylvania , Russia, Lithuauia, Volhynia, Caucasus, 

 Sibiria (Gmel. Sib. 1. 75. Ledeb.), Graecia (mons Pindi), in 

 pratis alpinis, subalpinis atque planitei, cumprimis irriguis, var. 

 a in solo siliceo, /5 in solo calcareo. 2|i — In varietate a : Flo- 

 res intus albidi, extus virides; sepala patentia; bracteae pedi- 

 cello longiores ; folia oblique in vaginam transeuntia; in varic- 

 tate |5 *) : flores dilute viridcs ; sepala campanulata; bracteae 

 pedicello longiores, inferiores florem subaequantes; folia infe- 

 riora vaginae transversim truncatac insidentes (fide Koch.). Lon- 

 gitudo bractearum valde variabilis. (Mert. et Koch.) Folliculi 

 tres, oblique lanceolati , lateribus compressiusculi , stylo per- 

 sistente recurvato rostrati, angulis rentrairbus inferne connati, 

 superne liberi ibique dehiscentes. Semina 10-12 in quolibet fol- 

 liculo (Gaertn.), biseriafa, erecta, obliquc ovato-pblonga, com- 

 pressa, subconcava, obtusa, laevia, glabra, stramineo -paliida. 

 Testa quasi in alam nucleum cingentem relaxafa, papyracea, 

 integumento interiori tenuissimo nucleum arcte vestienti ipsi- 

 €|ue adnato adhaerens. Nucleus subclavato-cylindraceus, ad ex- 



e ) Var. /? nou differre videtur nisi floribus minoribus viridibus. Brac- 

 tearum longitudo iu utraque variabilis nobis videtur. (Ledeb.) Quid Me- 

 lanthium album Thunb. Diss. 3? 



