f l j S S I L A G O P e T A S I T E S . B U T T E R B U R .
TUSSILAGO Lin. Gen. PI. Syn g e n e s ia P o l yg am ia Sup er flua .
Pecept. nudum. Pappus fimplex. Cal. fquamæ æquales, difcum æquantes,
fubmembranaceæ.
RaiiSyti.Gen.-j* H erb je flore comfosito, sem ine PÀrposoNON l a c t e s c e n t e s flore
discoïde*
TUSSILAGO Petafites Thyrfo ovato, flofculis omnibus hermaphroditis. Lin. Sp. PI. p. I2I<-
Fl. Suède, n. 746»
PETASITES floribus denfe fpicatis, flofculis androgynis. Haller hiß. n. 143
TUSSILAGO Petafites. Scopoli Fl. Carn. n. 1058.
PETASITES major et vulgaris. Bauh, p. 197.
PETASITES Gérard etnac. 814.
PETASITES vulgaris. Parlinfon. 419. Rail Syn. p. 179, Butterbur, Peftilent-wort.
Hudfon. Fl. Angl. 351. ed. 2. 364.
Lightfoot. Fl. Scot. 477.
RADIX perennis, repens, albida, craffitie digiti, mul- f ROOT perennial creenino- .t, TT, ~
to etiam i» plantis, lO etiam' major in adultis plantisj hhoorrfLzohfittaalliiss,, îI Z s H
fibras plurimas^ prælongas dimittens, verfus 4'
apicem fenfim incraflktas. J
I j
PETIOLI radicales, teretiufeuli, ftriati, villofi, cana- ?
liculati, bafi vaginati, purpurafeentes. |
î
ones ; finger, or much larger in fb lf 4 4
Plants, running horizontally, and fending
down numerous long fibres, which grow
T t? a t? c t a towards the extremity.
fIttrriiaStedd , Hvillo“ues:d, i?hgoBllow b nth teh eB infi dreo, ufnodrimih-,
fOUA cordata rotundata, W i n e imequaliter den- | LEAVEsTemtXapeda*t kr°otutnocqkv’d tanhdJ pvulrPp>li‘^lh. „
deflorata planta merefeentia, tandem amplifli- j what w 4 l^ ^ S g
CAPUS radicalis, fpithamseiis, teres, fiftulofus, albi- f SCAPUS p Z e L g Z f t h e rooi I ' , 1 • ,
dus,tomentofus, adlperfusiquamislanceolatis, J high, round hollow f l i i ?b„utfeven lllches
purpurafeentibus, nervofis,inferioribus fairi! | vefed W H — I S i woolly, colo
terminatis. j
jHYRSUS primum ovatus, dein oblongus, demum | TH YRSu “ f i r Z ^ f “ fen „M™ i V°^hed lea£
j fubcomcus, peduncuhs unifloris, braOreatis. I ca l: the flower “ y nearly ™ni-
JtACTErE ad bafin pedunculorum lanceolate, apice 1 FLORAL-Le / v EsT “ 1
U S i - ' T - bnsitudmepe‘ f c t
, • I each , .fu?Portl,,g one flower
^ u a h b u s ,’ lanceolatis, l £ & £ £ j ' ■ ■ f c c a l e s o ? k “ s
) M | “7 ye^ d ' 1“ o e 6 1 a te ,a r^ b e n d t;inW
teoiXAcompofitaiW/^omneshermaphroditai, f COROLLA compoftdlf many florets II f , . ,
tubulofae, propria pallide purpurea,infundi- £ are aU ° f which
buliformis, tubo fihformi, elongato, limbo I purple colour flnrl f, U ar,’ of a Pale
campanulato, quinquefido, lacinfis reflexis, | ^ a“ d lender r t L T r t b X f t a p e d 'd ^
o- i| jded lntoffivefevmenr>s. whLL— BIB B Sb ac,k"
tI PPJISSTTIILLLiUuMS - PrG Perlem’ eunn itreodu inndt 0 arai dt ubnea’k Ied:. 4S- t y l e
whiulh, longer than the Stamina: St ig m a
r qppp.5 l lck> wh«o, and bifid, fc. J.
| SEEDS 0b!°,ng; withered, blackilh, fterile, crowned
| „ with Ample down, fig. 6
| RECEPTACLE naked. M
purpurea, in tubum coalite, fig . 4.
JSTILLDM: Germen teres, nudum: St y lu s albi- ,
dus, antheris longior: St igm a craflum, al- I
U na u ’ bifidum’ ^ - 5-, . *
| A oblonga, _ marcida, nigricantia, fterilia, pap-
FPT?D'T?A0/frmP^c* cor°nata, fig. 6.
pPTACULUM nudum.
t e ? " S o f e ^ e c i f l l ^ p ^ f c ^ 4 agrees with it in
1 1 8 1 “ «• M m not fot this pernicious^la, i i ’t a S f U M M 4 . ^ - i a l l y
She ll!a fM would ent,tle lt to a place in the gardens of the curious. ' flowering, joined to its
t - | I f tile Ipring be mild,
f, ' hte the Colnfoou expand its pappus or down bur rh f fl u wh,ch 11 oftener blows.’
I S f t h a tuft of leaves to it. November the ad I K H n’ ches lo“S. the thicknefs of the
J cd frorn lifff^tended themfelves to the diftance of l x f^t^and penetrated1 two” f™ ^ ’ T aS f uS UP. many
K S e n t =r0U?.di ngdirt.’ s igh ed eight pounds. ’ Penetrated two feet in depth; the whole
f e « 1 d bt0 J1“ ' k near^h^r bee^who rWort much toYts^Moflbms6 ° TheS ^b311^ indu.ced 'he rural oecono-
B B M W m «• m i S a r r a t e f s s :
U ' Z r *S' 0f - E - » peftilential and I t t e f t C s I Z ^ t d ^ t “ f b u t