. ed. 14. Murr. p. 516._ _Ait.
Kew. v. 1. p. 267._

RANUNCULUS folio aconiti, flore albo multiplici. _Bauh. Pin. 179._

RANUNCULUS montanus albus flore pleno. The double white mountain
Crowfoot. _Park. Parad. p. 219. f. 9._

Double white Bachelors Buttons. _Ger. Herb. p. 812. f. 1._

This is one of those plants which derives its beauty from the
multiplication of its petals; in its single state no one would think it
deserving of culture as an ornamental plant: when double, few plants
come in for a greater share of admiration.

It is a native of the Alps of Europe, and flowers in May and June.

Was very generally cultivated in our gardens in the times of GERARD and
PARKINSON.

Like most alpine plants, it requires a pure air, and succeeds best in a
situation moderately moist and shady; is a hardy perennial, and may be
increased by parting its roots in autumn.

In all seasons, with us, its foliage, as well as that of most other
Crowfoots, is liable to be disfigured, and sometimes nearly destroyed,
by a very small maggot which feeds betwixt, the coats of the leaf, and
which ultimately produces a small fly, called by us _Musca Ranunculi_.

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ANTIRRHINUM ALPINUM. ALPINE TOAD-FLAX.

_Class and Order._

DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA.

_Generic Character._

_Cal._ 5-phyllus. _Cor._ basis deorsum prominens, nectarifera.
_Caps._ 2-locularis.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

ANTIRRHINUM _alpinum_ foliis quaternis lineari-lanceolatis glaucis,
caule diffuso, floribus racemosis, calcari recto. _Linn. Syst.
Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 556._ _Ait. Hort. Kew. v. 2. p 335._
_Jacq. Fl. Austr. v. 1. t. 58._

ANTIRRHINUM caule procumbente breviter spicato, foliis
verticillatis. _Hall. Hist. p. 338._

LINARIA quadrifolia supina. _Bauh. Pin. p. 213._

LINARIA tertia styriaca. _Clus. Hist. 1. p. 322._

Professor JACQUIN, in describing the flowers of this plant, calls them
_elegantissimi_; and to one of its varieties HALLER applies the epithet
_pulcherrima_: such testimonies in its favour will, we presume, be
sufficient to recommend it to our readers.

It is a native of various mountainous parts of Europe, affecting moist,
stony situations,[5] and flowers during most of the summer: is a hardy
perennial[6], according to the celebrated author of the _Fl. Austriaca_;
Mr. AITON, in his _Hort. Kew._ marks it as a biennial. It is
nevertheles