Puiur Barker Wess, Esq. It is indeed an extremely deli- 
cate and pretty plant *, and has at first sight the appearance 
of a distinct species, though on a closer examination, it will 
be difficult to discover characters by which it may be satis- 
factorily separated from our British A. vulneraria. The 
side leaflets of the leaves are perhaps more uniform, the 
bracteas are less deeply cut, the calyx is more cylindrical 
and longer, and the whole herb is clothed with soft, white, 
silky hairs, on which, together with the rose-coloured blos- 
soms, it depends for its beauty. It is hardy, and should be 
cultivated on a dry soil. 
Descr. Root perennial. Stems one or more from the 
same root, erect, or decumbent only at the base, six to eight 
or ten inches high, branched, silky. Leaves mostly from 
near the root, pinnated with from seven to eleven, oval, 
acute leaflets, of which the terminal one is the largest ; all 
of them white with appressed, silky hairs. Flowers in ter- 
minal and more or less compound heads. Bracteas round- 
ish, cuneate, multifid, silky. Calyx densely silky, cylin- 
drical while in flower, with five unequal teeth. Corolla of a 
delicate rose colour. Petals, especially the carina, on very 
long, white claws. Germen stipitate, three-seeded : Style 
long, filiform: Stigma capitate. 
* It is teed this species which is mentioned in the List of Plants by 
Bory DE St. VINCENT, in his “ Essai sur les Isles Fortunées, where, how- 
ever, it only stands as “‘ ANTHYLLIs,” without any name or remark. 
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Fig.1.1. Flower. 2. Carina, 3. Pistil : magnified. 
