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Character of the Genus: i : 
The Head is convex, loofe, and compofed of many Flowers ; the General 
Cup is longer than the Flowers. Each feparate Flower is formed of five 
Petals, which are a little {plit, and turn back at the ends. 
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oF LV Eee wey ED MASTERWEED. 
Plate 18. Fig. 1. 
Character of the Species, — Aftrantia Major. 
The Leaves are formed each of five large Lobes, divided nearly to the 
Bafe; and each Lobe terminates in three Points. 
Fig. 1. @ 6. 
Tuts is a Perennial, native of the Apennines, and peas mountains throughout the 
greateft part of Europe, but not of our country; a very fingular, and not unhandfome 
Plant, of a foot or a little more in heighth, flowering in July. The Stalk is rib’d up- | 
right ; and of a pale green. The Leaves are of a vety ftrong and fine green. The Flowers 
are of a greenifh white. There is a tinge of crimfon always feen among them; this is 
from their Footftalks, which are of that colour. The general Cup is of a greenifh 
white, and has, in fome degree, the afpect of a Flower. 
2 SEVEN LEAVED MASTERWEED.. 
| Plate 18. Fig. 2. 
Charater of the Species: Aftrantia Minor, 
The Leaves are formed each of feven Lobes, cut almoft to the Bafe ; and 
each Lobe is entire, only f faw'd at the Edge, and ends fingly. 
| Fig. 2, a8 
TuIs is a Soke native of the mountains of Siiedeeland; a Plant of little beauty, 
but fingular in a high degree. The Stalk is fingle, and about feven inches high; the 
Leaves are of a bright green; the Flowers are white. It blows in Auguft. _ 
In each of thefe Plant there are male and female Flowers in the Gienis general wet ; 
_ The Female are placed with their Cups on the top of the pune of the Seeds; the 
Male on naked Footftalks. Seeo. cd. ° 
It has been cuftomary to range the Aftrantia among the Ciabeliitiess Plank: but the 
impropriety of this we have thewn'. : 
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' See Page 4, and the fucceeding, 
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