ERANTHIS

(Lat.), n. f. Ear(ar)-asn(asn)'thias. Gen., eran'thidos (-is). Fr., eranthe. Ger., Winter ling. Of Salisbury, a genus of ranunculaceous plants, referred by Bentham and Hooker to the Helleboreae; of Baillon, a section or the genus Helleborus. [B, 42, 121, 180 (a, 24).] E. hiemal is. Fr., ellebore driver. Ger., sternbliithiger Winter ling, Winter wolfs kraut, Winterchristwurz. Winter aconite; a species found in central and southern Europe. The root, radix hellebori hiemal is (seu aconite hiemal is), has properties similar to those of Helleborus niger. [B, 19, 180 (a, 24).] [s. 740]