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P L A T E DCXLVII.
A N D R O S A C E CORONOPIFOLIA.
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CLASS V. ORDER I.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Stamens. One Style.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
INVOLUCHUM umbellatum. Corolla liypocrateriformis,
S-loba^ ore glanduloso. Capsula
quinquevalvis.
UMBEL with an involucre. Corolla salver.shaped,
five-lobed, with glands at the month. Capsule
with five valves.
SPECIFIC
ANDKOSACE foliis lineari-lanceolatis dentatis,
umbellae radiis laxissub-capillaribus numerosisj
coroUis calyce duplo longioribus.
CHARACTER.
ANDROSACE with linear-lanced toothed leaves ;
the rays of the umbel hair-like, loose, very
numerous, and the blosssoms double .the
length of the calyx.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement.
2 . A blossom spread open.
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
4. A ripe seed-vessel.
5. The same opened to expose the seeds.
OUH drawing of this elegant little plant was taken at the nursery of Messrs. Malcolm and Co., at Kensington,
July 1811. No figure or description of the species has before been published; but we have
seen wild specimens of it in the herbarium of A. B. Lambert, esq., gathered by the Swedish naturalist
Laxman, near the Lake Baical in Siberia, and marked Androsace angustifolia. The height of the plants
in cultivation with us varies from three to ten inches, the number of rays in the central umbel are from
twelve to twenty, and in the lateral ones from six to fourteen; the plant is annual, and generally
sows itself upon the borders where it grows. We are informed it was introduced about 1806, by Mr.
Bell, of Sion Gate near Erentfordj who received seeds of it from Siberia, under the nam9 of Androsace
lactea.