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PlCRIS Lmnæi Gen. PI. Svn g e n e s ia P o l y g a m ia æ q u a l is .
R ‘ Ct L ” udum‘ CaL calycu,atus- Papfus plaraofus. Sem. tranfverfim
Ran Syn. Gen. 6. H erbæ f lö r e c o m po s ito ; n a t u r a pleno l a c t e s c e n t e s .
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HIERACIUM echioides eapitulis cardui benedifii. Bauhin Fin. 128.
BUGLOSSUM luteum. Gérard mac. 798.
LINGUA BOVIS. Parkinfon Boo.' Ran Syn.\fi. 196, Lang de boeuf.
Hudfon Fl. Angl, ed.- 2. p. 342.
ADIX annua, ramofa. ROOT annual, änd branched.
»ULIS biaut tripedahs, ramoliflimus, ramis diva- I STA LK two of three feet high very much branched
ricatis, ereflus, rubens, ftnatus, fpinofus, * the branches divaricatingHh I I o f ’
1 1 1 P,Unm,S- aPice ha- £ -ddilh purple^lohr ftr ifled .^ d fp in ls!
|f the ipines numerous, horizontal, and hooked '
4 at thé extremity. '
f LIA fSnö&.CaUlia’ °bIOnga’ aCUta’ tUberCulofe. I LEAVES embracing the Halt, oblong, pointed co-
‘ ' S vcred with tubercles and fjpines.
IeOTNCULI fukati, verfus apicem fenfim incraf- | FLOWER-STALKS grooved, and gradually en-
£ larged towards the extremity.
EALYX communis duplex, exterior maximus nen- * PAT Y Y mmmnn n , ,
1 . taphvllus. Involucro fimili, M . d ! 0A L YX c°mmon «» ma"y florets', and double j the
taphyllus, Invplucro fimilis, foliolis cordatis,
fpmofis, interior imbricatus, fquamæ exte- 1
nores, paucæ, minimæ, inæquales, interiores *
erectæ, æquales, ariftatæ, fig. 1, 2, carinatæ, f
canna cum ariftâ hifpidis, fetæ inferiores un- ?
cuhs quatuor apice inAruftis, fig . o, fupe- k
nores fpinôfæ, limplices, lohgiores.
exterior, one large, and compofed o f five-
heart-lhaped prickly leaves, which refemble
an Involucrum ; the inner one imbricated -
the outermoflfcales few, finall, and uneven-
the mnermoft upright, equal, terminating
with an anfta, fig . i , 2, keeled, the keel
together with the arilta hifpid, the little
ipines on the lower part terminating in four .
Imall hooks, fig. 3, thofe on the upper part
■ &1 hmple and longer.
r 0 L tutloOf” Pflt ï ; COROLLA compound ! the M f hermaphrodite,
4, albidus ; Limbi, quinTuedenPta tu rd S - I f f i f i 1 f c W " « * WÊÈM
vum, coalitae. * f A n th er s united m a flenaer yellow tube.
^ B TILLL^^^^xMEN^^°bIongum,^l^ve, album: [ PISTILLUM: G ermen oblong, fmooth, and white:
mata duo, reflexa ° 1 Sty le thread-fhaped, and longer than the
H I anthers: Stigm a ta ’ two, turning back.
■ MEN f t r i l tZ “ ’ rÜfUm’ tranrverfim minutiffime J SEED oblong, o f a reddifh orange colour, very finely
^ itriated tranfverfely. *
| DOWN Handing on a foot-ftalk, ami hairy, y%.5.
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•P PU S flipitatus, pilofus, fig. 5.
applied, is as a pot-heTb. ,33,
■ * 4T j r e “ d7 uTymly ° " bankS’ 0ri the edges of fields- and in woods ftat have been cut down ; and