Blossom. One leaf, wheel-shaped, five divisions, segments nearly round, having five prominent tubercles at their base.
Chives. Five short threads. Tips divided in two, oblong, upright, and fixed to the blossom by their backs.
Pointal. Seed-bud egg-shaped. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit simple.
Seed-vessel. Capsule oblong egg-shaped, channelled on each side, of one cell, the top has five valves, which are turned inward at their margins.
Seeds many, oblong, and rough.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Cortusa, foliis cordatis, laciniatis, petiolatis; calycibus corolla brevioribus.
Sanicle, with heart-shaped jagged leaves that have foot-stalks; empalements shorter than the blossoms.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Empalement, and Fruit-stalk.
2. The Blossom cut, and spread open, to expose the situation of the Chives.
3. The Pointal, magnified.