CORTUSA, BEAR'S-EAR SANGILE: A genus of the monogynia order, belonging to the pentandria class of
plants, and in the natural method ranking under the 21st order, Precis. The corolla is wheel-shaped, with its throat like an elevated ring; the capitate unilocular, oval, and quinquevalved at the top. There are two species, both of them very low, flowery, herbaceous perennials, crowned by umbels of monopetalous, wheel-shaped flowers, of a fine red colour. They are natives of mountainous rocky parts abroad, so must have a dry lean soil; or they may be kept in pots of dry sandy earth placed in the shade, and in summer must be duly watered; and their propagation here is by slipping the roots in October.