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SOLDANELLA montana.
Mountain Soldanella.
N a tura l Order. P r im u l a c E jE . Brown prodr. Y27.
S O L D A N E L L A . Calyx 5-partitas. Corolla campanulata,
ore lacero multifido. Stamina 5, filamentis antheras adnatas
sagittatas superantibus. Stigma 1. Capsula apice multivalvis.
S. montana, foliis reniformibus crenato-repandis reticulato-
venosis ; petiolis hirsutis, scapo multifloro.
Soldanella montana. Willd. enum. 1. p . 192. Link enum.\.
p. 158. Bcem. et Schult. syst. 4 .1 3 2 . Hort. sub. lond. p . 33.
Soldanella Clusii. Botan. magaz. 2163.
R o o t perennial, tufted. Stem none. Leaves reniform,
waved, slightly crenate, reticulately veined, sinus
generally overlapping at the base. Petioles nearly
cylindrical, gradually tapering upwards, densely
clothed with short white hairs. Scape slightly pubescent,
gradually tapering upwards; from 4 to
8-flowered. Bractes 4 to 8, 1 at the base of each
pedicle; unequal in length, the uppermost longest,
smooth, ligulately-linear, obtuse. Pedicles yevy pubescent,
unequal in length. Flowers nodding, ot a
pale blue colour. Calyx 5-parted, segments lanceo ate,
bluntish, slightly wrinkled. Corolla campanulate,
mouth multifid, unequally and deeply lacerate. Stamens
5, inserted in the mouth of the corolla. Filaments
flat and reaching beyond the anthers, terminating in a
simple subulate point. Anthers joined to the front ot
the filament, 2-celled. Pollen white, farinaceous
Germen smooth, with 5 gland-like pellucid warts round