Though a kind of biennial, it is often increased by parting its roots, but more advantageously by seed; the latter, however, are but sparingly produced with us, probably for the want, as Parkinson expresses 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.