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“ing among thems and thefe, connecting their 
tops, form a variety of angular figures, fo that 
the whole tuft of the plant appears as if wrought 
about with cobwebs. 
From the centre of the larger of thefe tufts, 
“rifes a flalk of a foot high, round, thick, flefhy : 
toward the lower part it is covered with leaves, 
but in a manner naked higher up; the leaves 
there ftanding feparate and diftant. : 
Thefe are of the fhape of the lower leaves, 
but narrower : they are flethy, and they, as well 
as the ftalk, ufually are redith. 
At the top there fpring two or three little 
“THE BRITISH HERBAL. 
branches, which fpread out and fupport the 
flowers. 
Thefe are very large, and of a beauiful red, 
They are not like thofe of the houfeleek, com- 
pofed of twelve petals; but formed of one only, 
and that divided but into ten fegments. 
The feeds are contained in capfules, feveral of 
which fucceed every flower. 
dt is a common plant on the Alps, and in 
many parts of Switzerland ; where it roots among 
the moft naked rocks, and when in flower makes 
a beautiful appearance. ‘ 
C. Bauhine calls it Sedtm montanum tementofum. 
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