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ptivcfctuy,! 1 h- ror)t> arcf covered wifh a rufty (li)v\ n. Some 

 ■^' . *..l" the ftaiks arc long, prolxrate, and creeping, 



like runner-s ihinly bcict with alttrnate oval or 

 roundiili leaves ^ others are cwCt .nnd fhorter, 

 iiuving z kw Inidl leaves towards the bafe, and 

 a chiller of large ones at the top ; all of which 

 ".':q of a fine green pellucid fhining colour, di- 

 vided by a red nerve, and furrouf>ded With a car- 

 V. ulaginous red margin, waved on the edges, but 

 r • r.ct ferraced, and, Vi viewed through a magni- 



fier, the upper furface cv^rioufly dotted or reti- 

 culated. 

 t !"ie filaments, or peduncles, arife our of the tops 

 of the flalks, often fngly, but ibmctimes two, 

 ihree, or four together, iron:i an inch to two 

 inches high, e'eCt, ftrong, and of a yellowifh 

 red colour, furnifhed with an oblong red tuber- 

 cle at tlieir bafe. The iintbera^ or ccpfulc^ is 

 oval and pendulous ; the operculum acuminated y 

 : liie coJyftra long, fubulate and white \ the young 

 capfuks erccl. 

 Some of the flalks are terminated with a rofacecus 

 f.-?'>r, con lifting of five or fix broad leaves, fur- 

 lounding a granulated fufcous difc, 

 Cf this mcfs there arc feveral varieties, fome ot 

 v;h:ch many authors confidcr as diflinfl fpecies. 

 The firft has oval-lanceolate, acute leaves, ferrated 

 on the edges, and p'^duncles in cluftcrs. Dillen, 



The 



