FEAT E- ‘i, 
CORTUSA MATTHIOLL. 
Alpine Sanzcle. 
CLASS VY. ORDES -I- 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNI4.._ Five Chives. 
One Pointal. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Caxryx. Perianthium quinquefidum, perfiftens; 
laciniis obtufis, concavis. : 
Coroxtxa. Monopetala, rotata, quinquepartita, 
laciniis fub-rotundis, ad quarum bafin pro- 
minent tubercula quinque. 
Stamina. Filamenta quinque brevia. Antherz 
bipartite, oblonge, erecte, exteriori parte 
affixe. 
Pistintum. Germen ovatum. Stylus filiformis. 
Stigma fimplex. 
Pericarrium. Capfula ovata-oblonga, utrinque 
longitudinaliter fulcata, unilocularis, apice 
quinquevalvi, valvularum marginibus in- 
volutis, 
Semina numerofa, oblonga, fcabra. 
SPECIFIC 
Cortufa, foliis cordatis, laciniatis, petiolatis; 
calycibus corolla brevioribus. 
Empatement. Cup with five divifions, perma- 
nent; the fegments blunt, and concave. 
Brossom. One leaf, wheel-thaped, five divifions, 
fegments nearly round, having five promi- 
nent tubercles at their bafe. 
Cuives. Five fhort threads. Tips divided in 
two, oblong, upright, and fixed to the 
bloffom by their backs. 
Porintat. Seed-bud egg-fhaped. Shaft thread- 
fhaped. Summit fimple. 
Seep-vEssEL. Capfule oblong egg-fhaped, 
channelled on each fide, of one cell, the 
top has five valves, which are turned in- 
ward at their margins. 
Sezps many, oblong, and rough. 
CHARACTER. 
Sanicle, with heart-fhaped jagged leaves that 
have foot-ftalks; empalements fhorter than 
the bloffoms. 
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REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 
1, The Empalement, and Fruit-ftalk. ' 
2. The Bloffom cut, and {pread open, to expofe the fituation of the Chives. 
3. The Pointal, magnified. 
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Tuts beautiful little herbaceous plant, a native of the Germanic Alps, was known to, and defcribed 
by all the elder, as well as modern botanical theorifts; yet till this time, has there not been one good 
reprefentation of it. Having been nearly loft to us for a number of years, it may be confidered as 
deferving a place amongft thofe plants we deem rare; as a fpecimen of fuch it has been given. It 
delights much in fhade; is perfe€tly hardy; thrives beft in a light but pure foil; as dung, or other 
mixtures, are apt to rot the roots when in a ftate of ination 3 flowering in May and June, and 
producing feeds. But the fureft mode of propagation is by the root, which may be divided with 
fuccefs about September. : 
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