T u s s i L A G O F a r f a r a . C o l t s f o o t .
TUSSILAGO L im a i Gen. PI. Syngenesia Polygamia Superflua.
Recept. nudum. PaUue fimplex. Cal. fquamæ æquales, difcum
æquantes* fubmembranaceæ. 1
Rau Syn.Gen. 17. H er bæ f lo r e com po s ito ', Semine p a p po so non l a c t é s
■ SCENTES, FLORE DLSQOIDE. LACTESTUSSILAGO
Farfarak^ey unifio'ro imbricate, fblüs fubcordatis angulatis denticulatis. Linnaei
Syft. Vcgetab. p. 629. Spec. Plant, f . 1214. FI. Suecic.,n.;7 i f
PETASITES fcapo unifloro ; flofculis in ambitu Iingulatis. Haller. lift. n. 143,.
TUSSILAGO Farfara. Scopoli FI. Carniol. n. 105g,
. TUSSILAGO vulgaris. Bauhin. pin. igy.
TUSSIL AG O Gerard, emac. 811.
TUSSILAGO Parhnfm.1220. Raii Syn^f. 173, Common Coltsfoot. Hudfon FI. Anil. 4 sir
(Jeder Ft. Ban. icon.. 595. . . 6 F- d15 -
IX prælonga, c'raflitie minimi digiti, albida, fub ^
terra reptans et late fe propagans, ex una §
parte folia ex altera flores emittens. 0
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L fubrotundo-cordata, angulofo-dentata, in- Jj
feme tomentofa, albida, fuperne viridia, fæpe l
cum tantillo tomenti. $
0
• I uniflori, ftriati, tomentofi, foliofi, foliblis Ian- ?
J ceolatis, adprefBs, rubicundis, peradâ flo- a
refcentia nutantes, demum ere&i.
ROOT very long, the thicknefs of ones little finger
whitilh, creeping under the ground, and
propagating itfelf far and wide ; from one
part of it fending forth leaves; from another
part flowers.
LEAVES of a roundilh lieart-lhaped figure, angular
and indented, underneath downy and whitilh ■
above green, oftentimes covered with a little
down.
STA LK S fupporting one flower, channeled, downy
covered with leaves, which are lanceolate’
prefied to the-ftalk, and reddilh, upright’
when the blolfoms are over hanging down’
finally becoming upright. *
CALYX (common to all the florets) cylindrical; the
lquamae or little leaves oblong, pointed;
the alternate ones narroweft.
COROLLA compound : the F l o r e t s in the centre
hermaphrodite, tubular, yellow; the limb
divided into five fegments, which are pointed
and turn b a c k , Jig. 4 . A n t h e r a : uniting
into a tube, the tips pointed, Jig. g . the
G e r m e n iliort, fig: 8 . th e ' S t y l e filiform,
longer than the Antherae, Jig. g . the S t i g m a ’
forming a little head, Jig. 10.
FLORETS in the circumference yellow, at bottom
tubular, the limb very narrow, Jig. 3 . G e r m
e n oblong, f g . 6.’ S t i g m a bifid, [lender,
■ fig- 7.
SEED oblong, of a pale brown colour; Down
Handing on the feed, not feathered, fig. 11.
P (communis) cylindraceus; fquamiaab(ongis,
1 acutis, alternis anguftioribus, fig. 1/2.
JlLLA compofita: Goroll-ula; in difco her- 1
1 maphroditae, tubulofae, flavse; limbo quin- ■
I quefido, acuto, reflexo, fig, 4. A n ther as I
I in tubum cpalitae, apicibus acutis, fig. c. <
I Germen breve, fig. 8. S t y l u s filiformis, ]
Antheris Iongior, fig. g. S t igm a capita- <
I tnm. fig -10. <
CLLUL/F, in radio femineas, flavse, ball tubu- 1
I ofc, limbus linearis, fig. 3. G ermen ob- <
I f S tigma bifidum, tenue, |
]hr oblongum, pallide fufcum; P ap pu s feffilis !
■ lunplex, fig. ix, I
able drnimS^1 the ColW°ot }s the fiffl flower which appears with us in the Spring ; and there is this
U thefe a!ianCe,if“ ej dKng ‘ ’ t lat "5 bl°fl°ms con)e op generally at fome diflance from, and before
F y c S em d a f , neA [ ma7 rPf - f° S "ho make a <f™P or tea o f them when dried, which is
Prailh herb' tobacco. g ’ ° f “ dlforders of the lungs- The Ieaves make a principal ingredient
the CalyxflX rL Y d sTan v f d ,00m’ and thf feen*! WLh tf eir PaPPus or flown, as yet moift, are enclofed
inriueninv the hl g dow" aa reprefented In the figure ; as the moifture of the feeds and pappus Is on fotnewhaf the a n « ™ 1! a ’ and are again erefttd; and now the pappus fully expands,
| t place in the | § J | l i g o l ?comp\una tw e r s .P | | as the like
P i g 1’ and “ “ y 0ther Places about Tow», the Coltsfoot is plentiful enough; flowering
K o S e l l i ithl,t- .aPPaa™ce °GMs plant on their ground, as it not only indicates a poor,
W. P d ‘01 ’ but IS w«h much difficulty, from the length of its creeping roots, effe£luaJly
The