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PHASCUM- Ge^. pL 1189. 

 Anthera operculata, ore ciliata. Calyptra minuta. 

 mxitf.um J PHASCUM acaule, anthera feffili, foliis radicali- 

 bus obtufis, c<pntralibus ciliatis. Ha/L hiji. n. 

 1725. {Haller opufc. Botan, /. 2. p. 308. Biji, 

 Tern. III. p. ^6. t. 46. /. 3. bona- Billen. mtijc. /. 

 32./. 13. Oid. Dan. t. 2^^. fig. 3. ad dexiram.) 

 The larger mountain Phafcum. Anglis, 

 Upon rocks covered with little earth, by the fides 

 of the mountains in the highlands and low- 

 lands. The Rev. Mr. Sheffield, Fellow of PFor- 

 cejler college, in Oxford, obferv'd it in the low- 

 lands on the fides of Hart Fell, in Amandak, 

 It has been found alfo on many other moun- 

 tains. VIII. 

 The outer leaves arc oval and obtufe, the inner 

 ones lanceolate, and bearded with one, and fomc- 

 times three, Arifia. The capfule, or Anthera ^ 

 is oval, and larger than in the following fpc- 

 cies ; the Operculum, or lid, conical a/id acute* 



ttaukn 2» PHASCUM acaule, anthera feffili, foliis ovatis 

 acutis conniventibus. Sp. pi. 1570, [Dilkn. mujc. 

 t. '2,2. f, II. ^ varietas miner fig. 12. 6? Vaill. 

 Paris. /. 27./. 2. bona.} 

 Oval Phafcum. Anglis^ 

 Upon gravelly banks. O, IV. 

 The leaves, when young, connive together in the 

 form of a fmall oval bulb, about i.6th of an 



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