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Erythronium Dens Canis. Dogs-Iooih, 
or Dogs-Tpoth Violet. 
Clajs and Order. 
Hexandria Monogynia. 
Generic Char after. 
Corolla 6-peta!a, campanulata: NeQario tuberculis 2-petalorum 
alternorum baft adnatis. 
Specific Charafter and Synonyms. 
ERYTHRONIUM Dens Cams. Linn . Syfi. Vegetal, p. 269. 
Sp. Pip. 43 7. 
Dens Canis latiore rotundioreque folio. Bauh. Pin. 87. 
Dbgs-Tooth with a pale purple flower. Park. Parad. p. 194. 
Of this genus Mr. Miller makes too fpccics; Linnaeus, per- 
haps with more propriety* only one, for breadth of leaves or 
colour of flowers can fcarcely be conftdered as fulhcient to 
conflitute a fpecific difference. 
It is found in the gardens with purple flowers of two different 
tints, alfo with white and yellow bloffoms, grows naturally in 
Hungary and fome parts of Italy, and blows in the open border 
at the beginning of April. 
“ They are propagated by offsets from their roots. They 
“ love a fhady fituation and a gentle loamy foil, but fhould not 
be too often removed. They may be tranfplanted any time 
after the beginning of June, when their leaves will be quite 
decayed, till the middle of September; but the roots fhould 
not be kept very long out of the ground, for if they (brink 
it will often caufe them to rot. The roots of thefe flowers 
** fhould not be planted fcattering in the. borders of the flower- 
garden, but in patches near each other, where they w ill make 
“ a good appearance." Millers Card. Dift. 
