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Linn. (Toiim. 310. Ital. Helv. 77. Tab. t8.) " Leaves 

 of the partial involucres united ; Uiiivtvfal involucre ot three 

 leaves." Ry't perennial. Stem about a foot high, rcuind, 

 almoll rnkcci, often fnnplc. Rool-lci^vcs very long, fniooth 

 and erafs-likc. Univcrfal umttl loofe, of hve or fix rays. 

 i'-.V :;\t,' invi.'iicre ii( one, two, or thice lanreolate l; aves. 

 / 'iidl iir:oIucre of one leal, (liglitly cut at the edge into 

 I- ht or nine f-gnKnt?, fniTounding tlu flowers in tlie foim 

 or a cup, or bafin. La Marble .nnd Marlyn. A native of 

 the Alps of Switzerland, a d Dauphine, introduced iiuo 

 EngUi-.d in 1775 by Dr. Pitcairn and Dr. Futhergill. 3. 

 Vi. pctrsum, Linn. andVVilid. " Partial involucres united ; 

 univerial involucre of five leaves." L'nn. "Little invo- 

 lucres of about five united leaves ; univerfal involucre of five 

 leaves ; (Icm-leavts hcart-ftiaped-lanceohite, embracing the 

 ileni ; radical leaves linear." Willd. Radical leaves hnrar, 

 feffilc. Z,<-,;t)i-j- of the univerfal involucre five, cqunl, rather 

 broad ; of the partial involucres five, united as far as the 

 middle. Linn. A native of the Alps of Switzerland. Ac- 

 cording to Villars this is only a variety of the preceding. 

 4. B. gramir.ifo'him., Willd. (B. pttrn:urn, Jacq. Collec. I. 

 p. 209. Icon. rar. i. t. ^6. ViU. dili>h. 2. p. 576. t. 14. 

 AUion. Auit. p. 44. La Marck, Flor. Franc. 990. 10. 

 Encyc. vol. i. 517. Martyn in Miller; defcription but not 

 the fpccific chavafter nor all the fynonyms. Sedum pe- 

 tnEum bupleuri folio, Pon. bald. 247. B. alpinum, Scguier 

 Veron. 2. p. 1^. j. p. 221.) " Root-leaves long, very nar- 

 row, grafs-Lkc ; partial involucres di(lin£\, general one of 

 about five leaves." La Marck. Root perennial, long, thick 

 toward the lop. R'jot leai-es numerous, five or fix irches 

 long. St.'m about C'ght inches high, round, fimple and 

 Icaflefs. or having a fingle branch near the top, with one 

 leaf at the bafe, and an umbel of flowers at the end, fmallcr 

 than that which terminates the ftem. Umhel looie, of fix 

 or fcvcn rays. Univerjlil involucre of three or five leaves; 

 partial invohicre of five, fix or feven fmall, lanceolate, nerved, 

 very diftinft leaves. A native of the mountains of Dau- 

 phiny, Provence, and Switzerland. 5. B. an^ulofum, Linn. 

 (B. ranunculoides & La Marck.) " Partial involucre five- 

 leaved, orbiculate, general involucre three-leaved, ovate ; 

 leaves embracing the Item, heart-fliaptd-lancco'.ate." Nearly 

 allied to B. ftellatum, but the leaves of the partial involucre 

 are always diftincl : it varies in having its leaves very narrow 

 and Ibiated, or lanceolate, and not llriated. Linn. The 

 former variety is a native of Switzerland, the latter, of the 

 Pyrenees. 6. '^. pyrenaieum, Willd. (B. pyrenoeuin, Gouan 

 and La Marck.) " Partial involucres roundii}], emarginate, 

 united ; univerfal three-leaved, cut at the bafe ; leaves lan- 

 ceolate, heart-ili,iptd, embracing the ftem." Willd. It 

 differs from B. angulofum in having much broader, lanceo- 

 late, acute leaves, the radical ones narrowed at the bafe ; 

 and in the rays of the umbel being (horter and fewer ; as 

 well as in the peculiar fhape of the general and partial invo- 

 lucres expreffed in the fpccific charadler : from B. ftellatum 

 which it refcmbles in habit, in its broader leaves, tliofe of 

 the ftem being more numerous and heart-ftiaped at the bafe ; 

 and in the number of the divifions ol' the partial involucres. 

 Willd. A native of the Pyrenees. 7. B. hngifulium, Linn. 

 ♦' Partial involucres five- leaved, ovate ; g::neral one of about 

 five leaves ; leaves embracing the ftem." Root perennial. 

 Rool-hifues narrowed into a petiole at their bafe, and broad 

 towards their fummit. Stem-leaves ovate, acuminate. Um- 

 tel terminal, compofed of from fix to nine rays. It 

 refcmbles B. rotnndifolium, but differs in its perennial 

 root and longer leaves. Native of mountains in Germany, 

 Switzerland, &c. S. B./a/fa/um, Linn. Harc's-ear. " Partial 

 involucres live-ltaved, acute j general, commonly five-leaved ; 



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leaves lancpoi.ife ; ftem z'gzag." Root perennial. Stem 

 upright, about a foot high, flcnder, round, flightly zig- 

 z.'g, much branched, f<;nKti[nes tinged with purple. Leaves 

 frequently fic'-.lc-fliapcd ; thofc next the root narrowed at 

 their bafe into petioles, ovate-lanceolate, bright green, 

 fmooth, a 1 tile nerved ; the others alnio^ linear. Univerfal 

 umbel loofe, fuiail, terminal, of about feven rays ; partial, 

 ol ten or twelve. Univerfal involucre of from two to five, 

 very unequal, lanceolate, ftiarp leaves ; partial, of five 

 lanceolate, regul.ir leaves, the length of tlie partial umbel. 

 A native of di7 rocky foil in the fouth of Europe. It has 

 the charafler of being a vulnerary and ftbrifu-^ze. La Marck 

 and Martyn. 9. B. caricifolium, Willd. (B. gramineum, 

 Viilars ) " Partial involucres, five-leaved, fharppointcd ; 

 univerfal one-leaved, lanceolate; leaves linear, attenuated at 

 the bafe." Root perennial. Radical leaves very long, 

 acute ; Jlan-leaves, the lower ones a little attenuated, the 

 reft feffile. Umhel of five or fix unequal rays longer than the 

 involucre. Partial involucre five-leaved, lanceolate, fliarp- 

 pointed. Willd. from a dried fpecimen. A natiw of 

 the fouth of France and Switzerland. 10. B. odonlides, 

 Linn. " Pait'al involucres, five-leaved, acute ; univerfal, 

 three-leaved; the central floret higher; branches divari- 

 cated." Linn. " Both involucres five-leaved, ftellate ; 

 leaflets lanceolate, three-nerved ; rays of the umbel very 

 unequal." La Marck. Root annual. Sxem from three to 

 eight inches high, fomewhat angular, much branched. 

 Leaves linear-lanceolate, narrow, fniooth, fefiile. Involucres 

 awned, concealing the umbels. La Marck and Martyn. 

 Seeds only a quarter the fize of thofe of B. rotundifolium, 

 not ilriated, either flightly wrinkled or entirely plain, ovate- 

 cylindrical, brown or blackifh. Gtertner. A native of 

 the fouth of Europe. 1 1. Yi.femicompofitum, Linn. " Umbels 

 both compound and fimple." Root annual. Stem fix inches 

 high, furnifhtd from its bafe with alternate, rather divari- 

 cated branches. Leaves oblong, narrowed into petioles 

 at their bafe, broad and obtufe at their fummit, and 

 eniling in a particular fmali point. Simple umbels peduncled ; 

 compound, almoft feffile. Allied to the preceding, but 

 differing from it conft..ntly in fuch remarkable charafters, 

 that it ought to be regarded as more than a variety. La 

 Marck. A native of the fouth of Europe. 12. B. ranun- 

 culoides, Linn. " Partial involucres, five-leaved, longer ; 

 univerfal, three-leaved ; ftem-leaves lanceolate." Root pe- 

 rennial, creeping. Stem about eight inches high, fimple. 

 Z.M^l« grafs-like, ftiff. Umbel wntc^wA. Univerfal involucre 

 ovate, acute, ihort ; partial, equal, obovate, acute. Partial 

 vmhels fmall, the length of the involucre. La Marck follows 

 Haller in uniting tills fpecies with the angulofum. Gouan 

 adds the petrceuni, to which Villars objects as far as the 

 fedum petriEum bupleuri folio, gatiiered by Pona'on Mount 

 Baldo is concerned, the gramiinfolium of Vake and this- 

 diftionary ; but Villars himfelf fufpefls that the angulofum, 

 and his graminium, which is Willdenow-'s and our caricifo- 

 lium, may be only varieties of ranunculoides. A native 

 of Switzerland and the Pyrenees. 13.8. rigidum, Linn. 

 " Stem dichotomou,^, almoil naked ; involucres very fmall, 

 acute." Linn» " Stem much branched, panicled, almoil 

 naked; lower leaves pctioled, neived, rigid; umbels gene- 

 rally of three rays." La Marck. Root perennial. Stem 

 flender, nearly two feet high. T^o'iccr leaves lanceolate- 

 elliptic, vvith ftrong white nerves ; upper-leaves very fmall 

 and diftant. Umbels terminal, of two, three, or four rays. 

 Univerfal involucre of three awl-ftiaped, very fhort leaves j 

 partial, of five. Linn, and I>a Marck.- A native of the 

 fouth of France. 14. B. temiiffimum, Linn. " Slender 

 thorough-wax, or Icafl hare's-ear. (Eng, Bat. 47iS,.) 



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