HEXANDRIA, TRIGYNIA. 
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Breen-Jlowered Hellebore, Stvamp-poke, Indian- 
poke, 
A very fine plant, from three to six feet high, with very 
large broad root-leaves. Flowers greenish. The root is medi- 
cinal. It is also said to be useful in destroying cockroaches, 
and is brought to oar market and sold for that purpose. A 
rare plant in this neighbourhood. On the high woody hills 
above the falls of Schuylkill, west side, near a rivulet. It is 
said, by the market people, to grow in Jersey, near this city, 
but I have not found it in any other locality than the one men- 
tioned. Perennial. July. 
177. HELONIAS. Geii. pi. 622. Mich. FI. Am. 1. p, 211. 
{Junci.^ 
Corolla 6-parted^ spreading ; segments ses- 
sile and without glands. Styles 3^ distinct. 
Capsule 3-celled, 3-horned, cells few-seed- 
ed, (seeds 1 or 3.) — JSTatt. 
1. H. scape leafy, raceme spiked, niitant, pedicels dioica. 
very short, subebracteate, filaments longer than 
the corolla, petals linear, leaves oblong-lanceo- 
late. — Pursh, 
Helonias dioica, Pursh. 
H. pumila, Jacq. ic. rar. 2. t. 453. (Pursh.) 
H. lutea. Ait. — and Kerr, in Bot. Mag. 
Veratrum luteum L., Willd., and Muhl. 
Melanthium dioicum, Walt. 
M. densiim, Lamark. 
Devils-bit, Drooping Star-wort. Blazing-star, 
A very handsome dioicous plant. The drooping spike of 
white flowers on the male plant is extremely beautiful. The 
flowers of the female plant are not so pretty. Root bulbous- 
like and prjemorse. It is said to possess anthelmintic proper- 
ties. On the bluff bordering the Schuylkill, Woodlands; in the 
shady woods north of,Powelton; and in shady woods on the 
Wissahickon. Not very frequent. Perennial. July. 
£. H. leaves linear, very long; scape leafy; cap- eryt^rospa.- 
sule shortened, divaricate ; seeds ovate. — Pers, 
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