No. 871. 
; SOLDANELLA MONTANA. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
This is a native of Bohemia, and has 
been lately introduced into this country. 
It is larger in all its parts than the alpina: 
the leaves are much notched at the edges, 
and the corolla very deeply incised: the 
stem, which is about three inches in height, 
has usually three or four flowers. Roemer 
and Schultes seem correct in referring the 
S. Alpina major of Clusius, Hist. 1. 308, to 
this plant; by his description it grows in 
Austria and Styria, on mountains the tops of 
which are clad in perpetual snow. 
With us it is quite hardy, and best pre- 
served in a small pot in light loam. It may 
be sparingly increased by separating the 
roots. It flowers in the month of April. 
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