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THE BRITISH HERBAL. 
ing among chcm and thefe, conneding their 
tops, form a variety of angular figures, fo that 
the whole tuft of the plant appears as if wrought 
about with cobwebs. 
From the centre of the larger of thefe tufts, 
rifes a ftalk of a foot high, round, thick, flefliy : 
toward the lower part it is covered with Jeavc^, 
but in a manner naki-d higher upj the leaves 
there (landing feparate and diftant. 
Thefe are of the fhape of the lower leaves, 
but narrower : they are fiefby, and they, as well 
as the ftalk, ufiially are rediOi. 
At the top there fpring two or three little 
branches, which fpread out and fupport the 
flowers. 
Thefe are very large, and of a beauiful red. 
They are not like thofe of the houfeleek, com- 
pofcd of twelve petals •, but formed ot one only, 
and that divided but into ten fegmencs. 
The feeds are contained in capfules, feveral of 
which fucceed every flower. 
It is a common plant on the Alps, and in 
many parts of Switzerland ; where it roots among 
the moft nflked rocks, and when in flower makes 
a beautiful appearance. 
C, Bauhine calls it Sediim monianum tenKntofum. 
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