Inula D y s e n t e r i c a . C ommo n F LEABANE.
INULA Linn. Gen. PL S YNGENESIA PoLYG. SuPERFL.
Recept. nudum. Pappus fimplex. Ânthcræ bafi in duas fetas definentes.
Raii Syn. Gen. j . H er bæ f l o r e compo sito r. semine p a p po so non l a c t e s c e n t e s ,
FLORE DISCOÏDE.
INULA dyfenterica ïo\\\s amplexicaulibus cordato-oblongis, caule villofo paniculato, fquamis calycinis
fetaceis. Linn. Syß. Vegetab. p. 637. Linn. Spec. PLp. 1237. FL Suecic. n. 557.
ASTER foliis amplexicaulibus, undulatis, fubtus tomentofis. Haller Hiß. n. 79.
ASTER Dyfcntericus. Scopoli Fl.Carn. n. 1079.
CONYZA media afteris flore luteo vel tertia diofcoridis. Bank. Pin. 265.
CONYZA media Matthioli, flore magno luteo, humidis locis proveniens. J . B. II. 1050.
CONYZA media Ger.emac. 482. H e r b a D y s e n t e r ic a . Cat. Altdorf. Raii Syn. p. 17a . Middle
. Fleabane. ' ; , ‘ ' 1
Hudfon. Fl. Angl. p. 368 .•
Oeder. Fl. Dan. t. 410.
■ RADIX perennis, repens, albida, craffitie pennae an- ROOT perennial, creeping, whitifh, the thicknefs of
ferinae, majufculis fibris donata. <i> a goofe quill, furnifhed with Iargifli fibres
ICAULIS pedalis ad bipedalem, ereaus, ramofiffimus, STA LK from one to two feet high, upright very
teres, firmus, folidus, lanuginofus. $ much branched, round, firm, folid, with a
■ C a woolly furface.
|F0LIA alterna, conferta, patentia, amplexicaulia, ob- | LEAVES alternate, fet thickly together, fpreading
longa, obfcure ferrata, inferne tomentofa, £ embracing the flalk, oblong, obfcurely ferrafuperne
fubhirfuta, obfcure vmdla. . | • ted. underneath woolly, above fomewhat hir-
I ... 1 ■ ■ \ Tute.of a dull green colour.
■ RAMI plurimi, cauh fimiles,, ereai, fenonbus altius ® BRANCHES numerous, like the ftalk, upright the
I nra>n'iPn’Ve-aiS' I r ■ ■ r f ■ lateft growing to the greateft height.
»LORES flavi procul concern, numerofi, fubco-« FLOWERS yellow, confpicuous at a dillance, nurne-
L , v v ? mW l . ■ . . 9 ♦ . : rous, and forming a kind of corymbus.
■ CALYX communis, irabncatus, foliolts laxrs, fub- f CALYX: common to many florets, the leaves placed
hneartbus, hirfutis. . » . one over another,- fomewhat linear and hirloROLLA
compofita, radiata, hermaphro- f COROLLA^ompound and radiate,- hermaphrodite
. ’ aequales, numerofilTimae in difco. Fe- <> Florets equal and exceedingly numerous in the
“ “mwpfe. “ Uferte ini radio. | centre. Female ligulate, numerous, growing
Propria Hermaphroditis mfundibuliformis, | clofe together, in the circumference. Each
limbo qumquefido, ereamfculo, fig. 7. Femi- | Hermaphrodite floret funnel-fhaped, the limb
nea l.gulata, fubhneans, tndentata, Jig. 1. | divided into .five fegments, which are nearly-
9 upright, Jig. 7. Female ligulate, fomewhat ll-
■ iTAMlMa zi , .. . — . t „ near, terminating in three teeth, fig. 1.
flAMINA Hermaphroditis: Filamenta qu.nque, £ STAMINA in the Hermaprodite flower; £ve Fila-
brevl.a/ A n.th-eea cylmdnca, com- 9 ments thread-fhaped and ftort. A nther*
■ . ™ r b T ' rnqUC !“ eaF,b"s< c° aI’- | forming a cylindrical tube, compofed o f five
| S | lo n v i t l fn e f i l mC,nt'bUS m fetaS duaS % [mailer linear ones united, each terminating
rectas longitudlne filamentorum. £ below in two ftraight fetae or threads the
BPISTTT T ttiv/t u ■ 1 r • ' ^ , , $ length o f the filaments.
I ^ditis: G ermen oblongum, ♦ PIST1LLUM of the Hermaphrodite florets: Germen
hilpidulum; Stylus fffiformis longitudlne £ oblong and fomewhat hifpid ; Style thread-
H rTIGMA’ S- ♦ fliaped, the length of theVmina St iUm a
f r L o , ' i r : S-n He™ aPbr°dito; | bifid and turning back, fig. 8. o f the female
bffidumS V • longitudme tubl, Stigma | Florets ; G ermen as in the Hermaphrodite
A 'fi s - 2- $ ■ ones, fig. j . Sty le the length of the tube,;
I pAPPFTS rvl r r n $ Stigma bifid,
I P“ °w». fig- 4. 5. 6.- ; • ♦ DOWN hairy, Jig. 4, 5, 6.
° l the yeai' | ' S?Iant contribut« not a little to enliven and beautify the fides o f our moift ditches •
laid and n f S lK ^ T n * aSbr' ° ° vey pleafing-fpeHacIe when it over-runs, as it frequently does; large tratls of
« » »na gives jt a barren uncultivated appearance. ' 8
B*l»Son amihfi Sr eclca mentlons his having been informed by General Kelt that the Ruffians in their
Plained its fame of ^ were ™red Bloody-Flux by means o f this plant, whence it has probably
K*ii won]j T pf p f c ntZ'Ka V had 11 P.offefled any efficacy in this dlfeafe fuperior to the medicines in general
l * d fmeltTkePq°bably p aVe bee" rretamed “ ‘h\prefent praSice.R ay I'lofiion h r '!5 B-TTT. ln[that juiee H H H 5' fomewhat acrid in the throat, at the w_ar_m:s_ _th_e_ m outh- , li.t tl.e ttnh_aaIt ttnhee
ii would m„n ” u Li i. L r “ “ - emcacy in tms aileale lupenor to the medicines in general
ifed finelt fikePS°b ab y b e “ / e tamed >? .the prefent praffice. R a y has obferved that the leave! when
I'tofiion is r™; ? p ; .TTT In[orms us ‘hat the juice is faltilh and warms the mouth a little that the
[that the inffir, - •"'rat ac!ld ?be tllr°at, at the fame time aftringent and turning green with vitriol of Iron
1“ mfulion is fomewhat aftringent, very bitter in the throat, and turning blacf with vilriol of Iron ’
^tttle in genera] diflike it.
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