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A'TRAGENE CAPENSIS. GAPE AtRACE?*£U 

 Clafs and Order. 



PoLYANDRIA PoLVCYNiAt 



Generic Character* 

 Cat. 4-phyllus. Petala 12. Sem. caudata. 



Specific Character and Synonyms* 



ATRAGENE capenfis ; foliis ternatis ; foliolis, incifis dentati^ 



petalis exterioribus quinis [retlius fenis], Spi 



PI. 764. Reich. 2. 640. Berg. Cap. 148. Mart. 



Mill. Dicl. a. 3. 

 ATRAGENE capenfis ; erefta, foliis biternatis, foliolis incifo- 



dentatis, petalis exterioribus numerofis. Willd. 



Sp. PL 2. p. 1286. Bot. Rep. t. 9. 

 PULSATILLA foliis trifidis dentatis, flore incarnato pleno* 



Burnt. Afr. 14& t. 52. 

 PULSATILLA apiifolio rigido, flore magno. Hem. Afric. 



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Desc. Scape rigid, hifpid, branched; each branch bearing 

 one terminal flower. Involucre an ovate leafy ftipule ; ge- 

 nerally more leafy than in the fpecimen figured ; of thefe 

 there is frequently one to every branch, an inch or two below 

 the flower. Calyx or external feries of petals conftamiy fix, 

 broader than the internal, hairy underneath, fiefli-coloured* 

 Petals or internal feries about fourteen, white or (lightly tinged 

 with flefli colour* Leaves twice ternate : leaflets wedge-fliaped, 

 trifid, middle one elongated : Segments generally three-toothed. 



Linn^ius probably firft formed his fpecific character partly 

 from Burman's figure, in which the external petals are only 

 five; but in his accurate description, afterwards added, he fays 

 they are fix. The internal petals feem to be very fubjed to 



multiplication; 



