MELANTERITE

(Yunanca köken — orijinale bakınız.) A mineralogical name of the native sulphate of iron. MELANTHACEvE. (Melanthium, one of the genera ) An order of Endogenous plants, with a regular six-parted inferior perianth, and six stamens with the anthers look ing outwards. The number of species included in it is in considerable; but among them are the Vcratrum, or white hellebore, and Colchicum, or meadow saffron, the poisonous qualities of which indicate the general properties of the order. [s. 747]