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Tuss1ILAGO ALPINA. ALPINE CoLTsrooT, 
ARIS eeobiaiak 
Clafs and Order. 
SYNGENESIA PoLtycAaMia. 
Generic Chara@er. 
Receptaculum nudum. Pappus fimplex. Cal. {quame equales, : 
difcum equantes, fubmembranacez. . 
_, Specific Lace and Synonyms. , 
TUSSILAGO alpina {capo unifloro fubnudo, foliis corda‘o 
‘orbiculatis crenatis utrinque virentibus. Lint. — 
Syft. Vegetab. p. 755+ 
TUSSILAGO alpina rotundifolia glabra. Baub. Pin. 197+ 
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This fpeciés, a native of the Alps, of Switzerland, and 
_ Auftria, is frequently kept in gardens for the fake of variety; 
_ like the-reft of the genus, it flowers early in the fpring, 1” 
March and April; is a very hardy perennial, increafes mo! 
readily in a moift fhady fituation, is ufually kept in pots for 
the convenience of fheltering it in very fevere feafons; but 
it will grow readily enough in the open’border. All plants — 
___ that flower early, though ever fo hardy, require fome kind 
_ of fhelter, previous to, and during their flowering. a 
Is propagated by parting its roots in autumn, 
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