The BRITISH HERBAL. 
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GENUS VII. 
BULBOCODIUM. 
rpHE flower is compofed of f.x petals, and has no cup. The fecd-velTel is marked with three 
1 ridges ; and there are fome rudiments of leaves upon the flalk. 
LinnKus places this among the bexaniria. 
Alpine Bulbocodium. 
Bulbocoiiiim fiore rubinse. 
The root is fmall and round. 
The leaves are numerous, long, narrow, and 
of a pale green. 
The Italic is four inches high, very (lender, and 
has a few imperfed leaves. 
One flower ftands at the top ; and this is fmall. 
and of a pale red on the outfide, but white 
within. 
We have it on our northern mountains. Ie\ 
flowers in Augufl:. 
Ray calls it Bulbocodium Alp'mum pumiliumjmci- 
foliumfiorl unicotxtus ruiente. 
Its virtues are unknown. 
The END of the TWENTY-NINTH CLASS. 
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