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Upon the highland mountains near their fummits, 

 and by the fides of rills in feveral places, as up- 

 on Ben-tejkerny and Ben-cballum, two mountains 

 to the well of Lcch-Tay^ in Jh'eadalbane^ plenti- 

 fully •, and upon a mountain m Rum^ called 

 Baikeval, &c. ^. VII. VIII. 



It forms large green mofiy tufts : the ftalks are 

 ^ about two inches high, clofely matted together, 



and covered with crowded leaves, growing op- 

 pofite to each other, of a narrow linear acute 

 form, and firm texture, and a little rough on the 

 edges ; the flowers grow out of the fummits of 

 the branches, fingle, ere6b, and on very lliort 

 peduncles, of a yellowifli green color: the leaves 

 of the calyx are of an oval lanceolate form, and 

 llreakM on the back with three lines : the neda- 

 ria are much fliorter than the calyx, and heart- 

 fhap'd : the whole plant, at firft view, has a 

 great refcmblance to a tuft of the female Poly- 

 trichum commune^ or fome fpecies of mnium. 



It has never yet been difcover'd In England^ but is 

 peculiar to alpine countries. 



PENTAGYNIA. 



COTYLEDON. Gen. pL 578. 



Cal. 5-fidus. Cor. i-petala. Squama nedariferae 5, 

 ad bafin germinis. Caps. 5. 



umbilicus COTYLEDON foliis cuculato-pekatis ferrato- 

 "veneris. i. dentatis alternis, caule ramofo, floribus eredis. 



Sp. 



