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L a p s a n a C o m m u n i s . N i p p l e w o r t .
LAPSANA Linnoei Gen. PI. Sÿngenésia P o l y g a m i a æqualîs.
RADIX annua, fimpîex, fibrofa.
Receptàculum nudum. Cal. calyculatus, fquamis fingulis interioribus
canaliculatis.
Raii Syn. Gen. 6. Herbæ flore composito natura pleno lactescentes.
LAPSANA communis calycibus fru6tüs ahgulatis pedunculis tenuibus ramofifïimis. Linnoei Syfi. Veg.
p. 602. Sp.pl. 1141. Fl. Suède, p. 277.
LAMPSANA caule brachiato; foïiis ovatis longe petiolatis; petiolis pinnatis. Haller hiß. n. 6.
LAMPSANA communis. Scopoli Fl. Carniol. n. 988.
SONCHO affinis Lampfana domeftica. C. Bauhin pin. p. 124.
LAMPSANA Gerard, emac. 255.
LAMPSANA vulgaris, Parkinjon, 810. RaiiSyn. 173, Hudfon Fl. Angl. p. 303.
$ ROOT annual, Ample, and fibrous,
EAULIS ere&us, rigidus, bicubitalis, ftriatus, ramofus, v STA LK upright, rigid, about two cubits high, ftriated,
hirfutus. . | branched, hairy. {
FOLIA oppofita, hirfutula, ad radicem et in ima parte | LEAVES oppofite, fomewhat hairy, at the root and on
caulis uno vel altero pinnularum pari donata, $ the lower part of the llalk furnilhed with one
fegmento terminali magno, ovato, dentato, fu- X or two pair of pin n u le ; the fegment which
periora oblonga, dentata. $ terminates the leaf large, oval, and indented;
a the upper leaves oblong and indented.
CALYX *. communis calyculatus, angulatus, Isevis
fquamas ad bafin minimae, erect as, Jig. 1.
pOROLLA compofita, imbricata, Corollulis herma-
phroditis aequalibus ; propria monopetala, li-
gulata, truncata, quinque dentata, Jig. 2.
STAMINA: Filamenta quinque,' capillatia, brevif-
fima; A n th er s cylindracea, tubulofa, Jig. 2.
TISTILLUM: G ermen oblongiufculum; Stylus
filiformis, longitudine Staminum; Stigma
bifidum, reflexum, Jig. 2.
SEMINA circiter o&odecim, oblonga, paululum incur-
vata, pappo deftituta, intra ealyeem, Jig. 3,4.
$ C A L YX : the common Calyx fmooth, and furnilhed
$ at bottom with a few, minute, upright, fquax
mxxlTR, Jig. 1.
| COROLLA compound, imbricated, the flofcules her-
^ maphrodite and equal; each of them monopetalous,
ligulate, truncated, and having five
| teeth, Jig. 2. ,
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STAM INA : five fmall, and very Ihort Filaments ;
| A n th e r s uniting into a tube, Jig. 2.
| PISTILLUM: G ermen oblong; Sty le filiform, the
a length of the Stamina: Stigma bifid and
turning back, Jig. 2.
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SEEDS about eighteen, oblong, a little bent in, with-
| out any down, contained within the Calyx, 0 3» 4-
Mature Lftm S a ^ 1S Pjant an^vers very well to the name o f Communis, being in general too common,
produced in ' ai?^ f tC> TVe t^ie want pappus or down in the feeds, by the great number o f them
poft of the fummer th 3 occurs on t^ie ^ e s banks, and in all cultivated ground ; flowering during
pr ufeTfeenf aur^uted^tre<^*VeS *ts name Nipplewort from its efficacy in curing fore nipples no other virtues
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