SONCHUS Lmn.Gm.Pl. S y n g e n e s i a P o l y g a m i a .a l o u a l i s .
Recept. nudum. Cal. imbricatus, ventricofiis. Pappus plumofus.,
, Rail Syn. Gen. 6. H e r b ,® f l o r e c 'o m p o s i t ö , n a t u r a p l e n o l a c x e s c e n t e s .
SONCHUS pedunculiR calycibufque hifpidis fubumbellatis, foliis runcinatis bail ariftatis.
Linn. Syfi. Vegctab. p. 594. bafi fagittatis. Sp. Pl.p. 1116.
SONCHUS afper arborefcens. Bauh. Pin. p. 124» ed. 2.
HIERACIUM arborefcens paluftre. Ejufd. ed. 1.
SONCHUS tricubitalis, folio cufpidato. Merr. Pin.■
SONCHUS arborefcens alter. ' Ger. emac. p. 294.
SONCHUS lasvis altiflimus vel Sonchus laevior auftriacus 5. altilfimus. Clufi Hiß. CXLVIL
SONCHUS Ä Ä Syn. p. 163. The greateft Marfh-Tree Sow-Thiflle. •
J IX perennis, plurimis fibris majufculis capillata,
I minime vero repens licut in arvenfi.
■ u s : ex eadem radice exfurgunt caules plures, '
I erefti, orgyales et ultra, craffitie pollicis, an- 1
I gulati, laeves, purpurafcentes, fiftulofi, la&e- !
I fcentes, foliofi, apiçe ramofi.
JlA caulina fparfa, inferiora bafi fagittata, runci- (
| ROOT perennial, furnifhed with numerous large fibres,
nata, laciniis duabus, vel tribus utrinque.inæ- (
qualibus, acuminatis, terminali longiflima, \
fuprema integra, enfiformia, bafi ariftata’ }
omnibus1 minutim denticulatis. g )
but not creeping, as in the corn Sow-Thiftle!
I S i A LK : from the fame root arife federal Halits, up-
| right, fix feet or more high, the thicknefs of
I ■ ' one’s thumb, angular, fmooth, purplilh, hol-
» low, milky, and branched at top.
1 LEAVES of the llalk placed without any regular order,
the lower ones arrow-ftiapetf at the bafe!
j and runcinate, with two or three unequal
i pointed fegments on each fide," the terminal
I ° ne very long, the upper leaves entire,fwordi
jhaped, bearded at the bafe, all of them very
1 finely toothed. 1
I FLOWERS o f a yellow colour, about half the fize of
, . thofe o f the corn Sow-Thiftle, forming a
, large kind of umbel.
FLOWER-STALKS hifpid or rather vifcid, as each
H vy . . 0 hair is terminated bv a globule
CALYX
®RES fubumbellati, lutpi, floribus arvenfis duplo i
I minores. (
JJNCULI hifpidi feu potius vifcidi cum omnes pili j
globulo terminantur.
cated at top, and vifcid, the flowering being
over, bellying out at bottom and conical,
the fcales numerous, linear, and unequal.
COROLLA compound, imbricated and uniform. Florets
hermaphrodite, numerous, and equal. Tube
the length of the limb, white and hairy.
Limb\vs\tz.x, terminated by five teeth,jig, 1. 2.
conicus, fquamis plurimis, linearibus, inæ-
qualibus.
Ä 0LLA compofita, imbricata, uniformis. Carol-
I «isf? hermaphroditæ, numerofæ, æquales. Tu-
■ bus Iqngitudine limbi, albus, pilofus. ' Limbus
■ . linearis, apice quinquedentatus, fier. 1, 2.
i a ^ ^ ^ ^ u i n q u ^ a ^ ä , brevift | ^ ^ ^ 1 ! .
I 11 -* ANTHERÆ tlavæ.m cvlinrira-A M-r-TT^lima. A ntheræ flavae, in tubum cylindra- r, _ r. .l • 1- , - .
ceum coalitæ, fig. g.
SILLUM. G ermen objongo-ovatum,' album.
■ Stylus filiformis, longitudine ftaminum,
Itunt n-G,MATA duo> Tevoluta, fig'. 4, c.
■ paljide fufeum, oblongum, utrinque fulcatum,
I unde fubtetragonum apparet, fig. 6.
H fi”PleX-
■ int g
A nther/e- yellow, forming a cylindrical
tube, fig. g .
PISTfLLUM: G ermen oblong-ovate, white. Style
filiform, the length of the ftamina. Stigmata
two, rolled back, fig. 4, 5.
SEED pale brown, oblong, with a groove on each
fide, whence it appears fomewhat four cornered,
fig. 6.
lE P T À Ï Ï Ï L n r o 1C1I1US’ u™.Plex- . I DOWN longer than the feed, feflile, unbranched
i ACULUM nudum, punB.s prominuhs fca- | RECEPTACLE naked, rough, with fm i prominent
I . ' points. ' '
l ï ï » Ra? VIhavi0ft!fBc-Ie !igUrr and-a p/ e“ y r CCUcate f ercriP 'ion this plant ; and fucceeding Botanifts
1 of the*anenl ■ t ffic,en‘ ly afcer, a'?ed its fpec.fic charaBers : neverthelefs H aller confiders it as a
. Had ^ Baron (hen
■ tS™ fid e of 1" hayinS a Perennial root, which however does not creep. When placed in a
J t Indeed in r‘a? e!^s’ .“ Pxceeds >t one half; and when planted by the water-fide, out-tops it by
Blaiieft EmSfih dmi” ‘in“cchh, ,flittuua!;tttloonnss Vwee .hhaavvee ffeeeenn kit ttcenn ffeeeett hhiiog-hh , aanndd we believe i_t _m_ay, juftly be c“oPn*fi d.ered
H f growth8!; dife V ,Url thoU,gh 11 ,S much taller than tlie arvenfis, its blolfoms
inhabitant t fm a d h e s ^ h ’ l “ “ ”^ * * ' ' t ? ?ne, ,s chlf tl>’ obferved in corn-fields, theSother is a
■ »' about three week, f' T T r * 3 r ' ? r?n<? '.a fo, " l the Penocls of their flowering, the paluftris being
«■ * bichL^iNNNNAAiiuuss , wwhithhb hLi-s thuffu ba?l faec uomf etnhe, h[eaasf amva i,‘lhedcf ch itmwfoe lpf.l ants affords, perhaps, the beft ccnhaarraaBctee®r,
m^huspalujiris occurs fparingly in the marlhes about Blackwall and Poplar, and flowers the latter end
well known to be a favourite food of rabbits; but we believe it has fcarcely
W lm to makl , kf d n ° urref?ulent he‘ b? t yet a gentleman, whofe delicate ftate of health
affures us ' tj,aPr n^ on/u,ch kl" j ° f plants, and in whofe veracity we place the mol implicit coni
” 'ho manner o f e • fl3,und ‘ he tender (hoots and buds o f the co'mmon Sow-Thiftle (the fmooth fort)
p °n ufe. ‘ SPlnach. to afford excellent greens, fuperior to any others which he has tried not