P O L Y G A M I A M O N O E C . I A.
V R A T R U M.
HERMATHRODITUS FLOS. Fig. i .
<C A L Y X . . nulltts,\n ifi corollam d icat. - '
The HERMAPHRODITE FLOWERS. F ig ..
'G A L Y X . • none, except the Corolla; is tafcen for it.
C . COROLLA.
F ig/ i., 2.'
P h t a la fix ,
oblonga, • ’
lanccolata,
margine tenuio,
lpcrjijlmtia.\
C . The COROLLA.
F ig . i . 2 .. ' /
The Pe t a l s fix,
oblong, ‘
lanceolatcd,
at the margin thin,
lerrated, -
permanent.
f f . F i la m e n t Ay<x,' -
' * fùbulata,?r.-
. gerrpina prcmentia,
l ; ’apicibus’patentiora,
I . corolla dnnidio brcvtora, ■ V
1.a. AntiieU/K quadrangulct.
- S T A M IN A. ’ •
f/ . The F il a m e n t :
The S T A M E N S , I awwll--lihhaapPeedd>.
i f f l ln M J preffing cloie to the germen.
* Magnified. -I ipreadinS at the apex,
■ . • I half the length of the corolla,
' ^<i. The A n t h er-as quadrangular.
P I S T I L L ¡G fM . à
Fig. 5.
* Lente auctum.
f g . G ermina tria,
: crccla, ■
J.,* oblong a,
| s. defmentia /« S ty lo s v ix manifeftos,
| Ï . Stiomatibusfimpiicibus, ■
I; palUlis., ' !'
The PISTILLUM.
T i g . S.
* Magnified.
~g. The Germens three,
ereft, '
.oblong,
ending in St y l e s fcarCely manifèft,
The St igm a s fimple,
fpreading.
P . PERICARPHJM,
F ig .fi. ?.
rCAPSULÆ tret, '
I oblonga,
•j comprejfa, .
I uniloculares,
I univalves,
\inti orJum dc/ii/ccntes. ;
fT h e Ca p s u l e s three,
P.The PERIGARP1UM J ere£t’ F i g l f i . ^ ^ comprefled,
unilocular,
vinivalvular,
opening on tl
; $5/ Thé S E.,E D Si 4
■ : Fig. 8. end obtüiè*.--.
comprefTed, _ ;
membranaceous.
MASÇULUS FLOS in eadem planta, infra femineoi
. Fig. * Lente audtus. Fig. 11.;
C A L Y X , ‘ r -
C . C O R 'O L L A , lu t in-hermaphroditus, (Eig. ij.);
: S T A M I N A : ^ I .
F I S T I L L U M. rudimenium obfole turn, vanum. Fig. 9. v .
The M A L E FLOWERS on.the lame Plant,.’below the
■ Females. Fig? 9V ¡* Magnified/ Fig. 1 1 : *>
: C À L Y X , • r
C . C Q.R,'0 ; L L A , i the:fame-as in the hermaphrodite,- (Fig. oiV?
■’ S Î M I N A , I . - ' • g \ ~
T h e P I S T I L L U M . an obfolete rudiment, ufelefs. Fig, 9, v.
„G a u Lis' herbaceus,- . V> fT h e St em herbaceous,
■folidiis,^ • ' ’ y, . . i-.; t . I Iblid, p j
« t i S n c u | 3 s S “ " - , T Th? /
Fig^lf-^ ^ V-koliatus,- - ^ - J Æ Ê Ê h % I I ^ N eafy> I
„ I-Iseyis, v ' V ^ ( Ijfmpoth,;-
v ,<®L fim p le x. - , * " ' ' ‘ s ’ LfimPle- •
f Caulinaplurima, |
amplexicaulia, '
ob tonga,
integerima, '
:'obtufa,jSr'
plicata.
F . T h e L E A V E S ;
: r 'T ig / io . ;^'.i-
’The Cauline leaves ni
alternate, .■ :
embracing theflem,
'belong,, ,
, obùiiè, ■ .,
•nervous, ’•:
l_plicate<i.
. b r a c t e l æ .“ -
1 ig. 10 . -jit I 1H » H
B . T h e B R A G T E A S . I
■ m m 1 1 .
' (-racemofi,
F L 6 R E S. , | racemo fupra-decompofita,
Fig. « g 1 pedunculati,
Lpedunculis breviffimis,
corollas virefcentes. .
Figii'IflOiCi \ L 5 iina_racemus,
The F L O W E R S .
the ripemüs with fubdivided footftalks,
pedunculated, -
the peduncles very fiiort.
the corolla greenilh.
Nomen triviale VERATRUM ALBUM. .
Habitat in Ruffi*, Siberæ,' Auftriw, Helvetite, Italiae,
Grxcise montofis. Sjx El:1.
The common name W HIT E H E LLEBOR E. ',
Is a native o f the mountains in Riiffia, Siberia, Aufiria,
Switzerland, Italy, and Greeoc. Sp: PI;