. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. I. Eranthis hyemalis (L.) Salisb. Winter Aconite or Hellebore. Fig. 1858. Helleborus hyemalis L. Sp. PI. 557. I753. Eranthis hyemalis Salisb. Trans. Linn. Soc. 8 : 304. 1803. Cammarum hyemale Greene, Pittonia 3: 152. 1897. Erect, simple, s'-8' high from a tuberous-thick- ened rootstock; roots fibrous. Basal leaves long- petioled, i^ broad, divided and cleft int
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. I. Eranthis hyemalis (L.) Salisb. Winter Aconite or Hellebore. Fig. 1858. Helleborus hyemalis L. Sp. PI. 557. I753. Eranthis hyemalis Salisb. Trans. Linn. Soc. 8 : 304. 1803. Cammarum hyemale Greene, Pittonia 3: 152. 1897. Erect, simple, s'-8' high from a tuberous-thick- ened rootstock; roots fibrous. Basal leaves long- petioled, i^ broad, divided and cleft into numerous linear or oblong lobes; cauline leaf similar, invo- lucrate, sessile, clasping; flower solitary, iJ' wide, sessile; sepals 5-9, membranous, obovate, obtuse, occasionally lobed; petals several, clawed, 2-lipped; stamens numerous; filaments filiform; anthers ob- long, obtuse; carpels several, stipitate; follicles com- pressed, s" long, tipped with a sharp beak. Naturalized from Europe at Bartram's Garden, Phila- delphia, and at Media, Pa. Wolf's-bane. Christmas- flower. February. 6. COPTIS Salisb. Trans. Linn. Soc. 8: 305. 1803. Low herbs, with slender perennial rootstocks, basal compound or divided leaves, and scapose white flowers. Sepals 5-7, petaloid, deciduous; petals 5-7, small, linear, cucullate. Stamens numerous. Carpels stipitate, few, in fruit forming an umbel of follicles. [Name from the Greek, referring to the cut or divided leaves.] A genus of about g species, inhabiting the cooler portions of the north temperate zone. In addition to the following, three others are found on the Pacific Coast of North America. Type species: Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb. I. Coptistrif61ia(L.) Salisb. Gold-thread. Fig. 1859. Helleborus trifalius L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2. 784. 1762. Coptis trifolia Salisb. Trans. Linn. Soc. 8: 305. 1803. Isopyrum trifolium Britton, Bull. Torr. Club 18 : 265. 1891. Tufted, glabrous, 3'-6' high from a slender or filiform yellow bitter rootstock. Lea
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