( 4005 ) 



Androsace lanuginosa. Shaggy-leaved 

 Androsace. 



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Class and Order. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



( Nat. Ord. — PrimulacejE.) 



Generic Character. 



Calyx quinquefidus vel quinquedentatus, demum saepius 

 auctus. Corolla hypogyna, infundibuliformis vel hypocra- 

 terimorpha, tubo calycem vix superante ovato, apice con- 

 tractor fauce fornicibus brevibus instructa. Stamina 5, 

 corolla? tubo inserta, ejusdem laciniis opposita, inclusa;J?/#- 

 menta brevissima; antherte ovatae, biioculares, longitudina- 

 liter dehiscentes. Ovarium uniloculare, placenta basilari 

 globosa, substipitata. Ovula 5 v. indefinita peltatim am- 

 phitropha. Stylus filiformis inclusus; stigma obtusum vel 

 subglobosum. Capsula unilocularis, apice vel juxta totam 

 longitudinem quinquevalvis. Semina 5 vel indefinita, pla- 

 centae basilari globosae liberae stipitatae inserta, dorso com- 

 planato rugulosa, ventre convexo umbilicata. Embryo in 

 axi albuminis carnosi rectus, umbilico parallelus. — Herbae 

 in temperatis etfrigidis hemisphcera borealis obvice, plurimts 

 alpicolce scepissime caspitosce, pedunculis solitariis vel um- 

 bellatis. Endl. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Androsace* lanuginosa ; caulescens demum procumbens 

 tota pilis longis sericeo-lanosa, foliis sparsis obovato- 

 lanceolatis acutis, pedunculo terminali elongato, um- 

 bello multifloro, calyce tubum corollae ventricosum 



aequante. 



Androsace 



* From ocrnf, atfyof, a man, and a*fxo<;, a buckler, thu 

 the common species having been thought to resemble an ancient buckler 



