. Flowers of the field. Botany. BERliERIDE/E petaloid, caducous ; petals 4, minute, or absent ; fruit of one, many-seeded carpel, berry-like. (Name from the Greek aiie, the elder, from the similarity of the leaves of the two plants.) I. A. spicdta (Baneberry, Herb Christp'pher).—The only British species, i — 2 feet high ; leaves bi-ternately pinnate ; /tim'ets white ; fruit black.—Woods on limestone in the north. — Fl. May. Perennial. Poisonous. *r5. P,'h;i'iNiA (Peony).—Perennial herbs or shrubs; leai'es bi- ternate ; flowers large ; sepa/s 5, persistent; petals 5—10 ; fruit of S7. ,^P
. Flowers of the field. Botany. BERliERIDE/E petaloid, caducous ; petals 4, minute, or absent ; fruit of one, many-seeded carpel, berry-like. (Name from the Greek aiie, the elder, from the similarity of the leaves of the two plants.) I. A. spicdta (Baneberry, Herb Christp'pher).—The only British species, i — 2 feet high ; leaves bi-ternately pinnate ; /tim'ets white ; fruit black.—Woods on limestone in the north. — Fl. May. Perennial. Poisonous. *r5. P,'h;i'iNiA (Peony).—Perennial herbs or shrubs; leai'es bi- ternate ; flowers large ; sepa/s 5, persistent; petals 5—10 ; fruit of S7. ,^PIC.^T.\ iPaiU'I\. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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