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(a) (b)
(c)
Fig. 1.46. Cobaeasp.: (a) fol. 4v; (b) flower ofC. scandens(Source: Michael Wolf,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cobaea_scandens_03.jpg); (c) herbarium sheet
ofC. biaurita(F1662840) (Source: Neotropical Herbarium Specimen Scans, The Field
Museum, Chicago).
Actaea rubra(Aiton) Willd. f.neglecta(Gillman) B. L. Rob (Fig. 1.47b).
Actaea rubrais native to Eurasia, and North America from Canada
to New Mexico, but f.neglectais more common in North America
(Compton et al. 1998). As the common name baneberry would indicate,
this is poisonous.
- Fol. 52r.Anemone patens(Fig. 1.48).This has a terminal, pubescent
blue flower with many linear bracts; leaves are deeply laciniate; roots