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Class and Order. 
Monavetrnia PoryAnpria. 
( Nat. Ord —Matvacez., ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx cinctus involucello 6—9-fido. Carpella capsu- 
laria monosperma in orbem disposita. .D C. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
A.ttu#a* rosea ; caule stricto, foliis cordatis 5—7 -angulatis 
crenatis rugosis, floribus axillaribus sessilibus (v. breve 
pedunculatis) ad apicem subspicatis, petalis subcrena- 
tis, unguibus villosis. 
Attuza rosea, Cav. Diss. 2. t. 29. f. 3. Linn. Sp. PI. 
p. 966. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 437. Spreng. Syst. 
Veget. 0. 3. p. 108. 
Descr. Root biennial. Stem, in our gardens, six to ten 
- feet high, erect, stout, simple, more or less hispid with 
_ fasciculated, branched hairs. Leaves on rather short pe- 
_ tioles, cordate, five to seven-lobed, the lobes angled, une- 
 qually serrated, upper-side dark green, slightly downy, 
beneath pale, more downy, with fasciculated stipules, large, 
| unequally bifid. Flowers solitary, large, handsome. Pe- 
tiole short. Calyx large, five-cleft, downy, striated, the 
segments acute. Jnvolucre monophyllous, large, cup- 
shaped, six to nine-lobed, striated, downy, the lobes ob- 
tuse, often bifid. Staminal tube short. Anthers very nu- 
merous, pale yellow. Germens numerous, collected eae 
* From aw, to comfort or cure; from the healing qualities of plants of 
this tribe. 
