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leaves, on the bottom of the ftalks, are fomewhat 
long, and have the pedicles on their fides. 
Helleborus, Hellebore. The leaves are digitated : 
The empalement confifts, for the moft part, of 
five leaves, fometimes of more : It has a Rofe 
flower, with five, ten, or fifteen fmall petals, re- 
‘fembling pipes: The middle part is furnifh’d 
with a great number of chives •, and the ovary 
grows on the top of the pedicle, having two, 
three, four, or more, long eredt pods, ending in 
a horn. The fpecies are : 
^ 1 . Helleborus niger hortenfis flore viridi^ R. 271, I 
C. 185. Hellehoraftrum^ G. 825. Hellehor after mi- ^ 
nor^ flore viridante^ P. 212. Bearsfoot, or Wild 
Black Hellebore. In IVeftmoreland it is called Felon- ■ 
grafs. In Biggin clofes, near Cambridge \ Arundel 
caflle, in Sujfex. The fegments of the leaves are j 
much broader than thofe of the following *, more : 
tender, and pointed, ferrated about the edges, and | 
not of fo dark a colour. I 
2. Helleb or after maximus^ R. 271, G. 826. ma- -1 
ximus feu Confiligo^ P. 212. Helleborus niger fceti^ il 
dus^ Enneaphyllon Plinii^ C. 185. Great Ballard 1 
Black Flellebore, or Bears-foot, Setterwort. At f 
Cherry-Hint on ^ near Cambridge •, Brundijh^ in Suffolk ; .*1 
and upon the downs in Sujfex^ towards Chichefter. : 
The flalk is round and woody, having a greenifli j 
pith : The leaves are deeply divided, for the mofl i 
part, into nine long fegments, ferrated about the 3 
edges : The leaves of the empalement, which look j 
like the petals of the flower, are gtten, with reddifh i 
edges. 
The leaves of the firft fpecies, being dried and powder’d, are^ -i 
accounted good to kill worms in children. The fecond Ipecies, 4 
according to Mr Martiny is dangerous. His words are : 
I'he country people frequently give the powder of this ! 
herb to their children for the worms ; but how dangerous a me- ^ 
dicine it is may be underllood by the following accident : Some t 
years ago, when the ground was covered with a deep fnow, a 1 
hock- i 
