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Tas. 5808. 
ANDROSACE PUBESCENS. 
Downy Androsace. 
Nat. Ord. Primutacem.—PentanpRia Monoeynia. 
Gen. Char—Calyx quinquefidus vy. quinque-dentatus, demum sepius 
auctus. Corolla infundibuliformis v. hypocraterimorpha, tubo calycem 
vix superante ovato, apice contracto; fauce fornicibus brevibus instructa. 
Stamina 5, corolle tubo inserta, ejusdem laciniis opposita, inclusa, fila- 
mentis brevissimis; anthere ovate. Ovarium uniloculare ; placenta basilari 
globosa, substipitata; stylus filiformis, inclusus, stigmate obtuso v. subglo- 
boso; ovulis 5 v. indefinitis, peltatim amphitropis. Capsula unilocularis, 
apice v. juxta totam longitudinem quinquevalvis. Semina 5 v. indefinita, 
placentz basilari globose libere stipitate inserta, dorso complanato rugulosa, 
ventre convexo umbilicata; embryo in axi albuminis carnosi rectus, umbi- 
lico parallelus—Herbe in temperatis et frigidis hemisphere borealis obvie, 
plurime alpicole, scpissime cespitose. Pedunculi solitarit v. umbellatt. 
Flores parvt, sepissime albi v. roset. 
Anprosace pubescens; dense c#spitosa, caulibus procumbentibus, foliis 
confertis patentibus lineari-oblongis oblongo-obovatisve obtusis BT 
sepius furcatis pubescentibus ciliatisque, floribus solitariis albis, 
pedunculis foliis seepius brevioribus sub calyce paulo si crassatis, 
calycis segmentis ovatis obtusis v. subacutis ciliatis. 
Anprosace pubescens, De. Fl. Frane. v. 3, p. 438. 
Awprosace alpina, Gaud. Fl. Helvet. v. 2, p. 107. 
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A lovely little alpine, belonging to a genus notoriously 
difficult to keep in cultivation. It is a native of the lofty 
mountains of Dauphiny, the Pyrenees, and Swiss Alps, at 
elevations of seven to nine thousand feet, and often occurs 
near the glaciers, on whose detritus it likes to grow. For 
the plant here figured I am indebted to Mr. Backhouse, of 
York, in whose splendid collection of Alpines it appears to 
flourish. Beautiful as this species is, it cannot compare with 
the 4. glacialis of the Tyrolese and Enghedien Alps, which 
DECEMBER Ist, 1869. 
