it, "of sufficient heate of the Sunne."




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~Helleborus lividus. Livid or Purple Hellebore.~


_Class and Order._

~Polyandria Polygynia.~

_Generic Character._

_Cal._ nullus. _Petala_-5. sive plura. _Nectaria_ bilabiata, tubulata.
_Caps._ polyspermæ, erectiusculæ.

_Specific Character._

HELLEBORUS _lividus_ caule multifloro folioso, foliis ternatis. _Ait.
Hort. Kew. ined. 2. p. 272._

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It is not a little extraordinary that this plant which has for many
years been cultivated in this country, should have escaped the notice of
LINNÆUS; it is equally wonderful that we should at this moment
be strangers to its place of growth.