( 2979 ) 
-POLEMONIUM PULCHERRIMUM. Bricut- 
FLOWERED JAcoB’s LADDER. 
So oe oe as On oe Os Os Os Os Dn 
Class and Order. 
PentanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.— Po LemoniAceEz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx campanulatus, 5-fidus. Cor. rotata. Filamenta 
basi dilatata, pilosa, Capsula subrotunda, 3-locularis, 
polysperma. 
Specific Character. 
Potemonium * pulcherrimum ; caulibus pluribus adscen* 
dentibus foliosis calyceque pubescentibus, foliolis ova- 
tis glabris, paniculis subcorymbosis, corolla segmentis 
ovalibus subacutis. 
Descr. Root perennial, slender, subfusiform, much at- 
tenuated, throwing out many fibres and entering deep into 
the earth. Stems scarcely a span high, several from the 
Same root, at the base more or less decumbent, then erect, 
herbaceous, downy, branched upwards, bearing few leaves. 
Leaves, with a faint smell of musk, mostly radical, spread- 
ing, pinnated, with several small, mostly alternate, rather 
distant, ovate, obtuse, entire leaflets, which are quite gla- 
brous: the rachis a little downy, especially near the base: 
Upper leaves gradually smaller, and with fewer leaflets. 
lowers in small, terminal corymbs, drooping before ex- 
Pansion, then erect. Calyx campanulate, with five broad 
Segments or teeth, downy. Corolla between rotate and 
— i eee -campanulate : 
* : . “s ; : 
: From woazuos, war. It is said the discovery of its supposed properties, 
Ccasioned a war between two kings. 
