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DORONICUM PARDALIANCHES. GREAT
LEOPARD’S-BANE.
DORONICUM Parialianches; foins cordatis repando-dentatis, radicalibos petiolatis, caulinis im-
plexicaulibus.
DORONICUM Pardalianches. Linn. Sp. P l.p . 1347. Huis. Angl.p. 650. Lightf. Seat t i 485
m th . Bot. A r r . e d .i.m l. S .p. 716. Smith Pt. B r it.p . 896. Engl. Bot t. 630.
Hojfm. Germ. al. s. ml. 1. P . II. p. 155. Jacqu. Austr.p. 350. Willd Su PI
ml. 3 .J . ISIS. D e m i . PI. Fr. c i. 3. ml. i . p . 173. Fl. Gatt. Sun. p. 285. P e n
oyn. Jri. vol. 2. p. 454. Alton Hort. Kew. ed. 2. vol. 5 . p . 83.
DORONICUM foins cordatis obtusis, imis longe petiolatis, superioribus amplexicaulibus. Hall. Helv.
Dan. Geede-urt. Dut. TVolverley. Fr. La Doronic. Germ. Genesenwurtz. It. Port. & Suan Do-
ronico. Swed. Viklget-ort. 1 '
Class an d Ord e r . SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA.
[Natural Ord er . COMPOSITE. D iv . III. CORYMBIFER2E, Decand. CORYMBIFERiE, Juss.]
Gen. Char. Receptaculum nudum; Pappus simplex; Calycis squamce duplici ordine, fequales, disco longiores-'
Semina radii mutica. 6 *
GBJ.; Char. Receptacle naked; Pappus simple; Scales o f the calyx in a doable row, equal, longer than the disk-
Seeds of the radius downless.
Radix e fibris plurimis crassis, carnosis, flexuosis, albis,
. hie illic tuberosa, tuberibus ovatis, compressis,
transversim striatis, subtüs fibrilloso-tomentosis.
Gaülis erectus, bi-ad quadripedalem, subramosus, stri-
atus, teres, pilosus, viridis, foliosus.
Folia distantia, cordata, mollia, pilosa, margine undu-
lata, dentato-repanda, venosa, subtus pnecipue ;
inferiore, majora, longe petiolata, petiolis basi
subdilatatis; intermedia petiolis brevioribus basi
utrinque auriculatis; superiora sessilia, subam-
plexicaulia.
Panicula terminalis, ramis unifloris.
Flores magni, speciosi, aurei.
Calycis squamse numerosee, lineari-subulatas.
Receptaculum conicum, nudum, punctatum.
Flosculi radii numerosi, ligulati,. lineares, patentes,
calyce duplo longiores, basi tubulosi, pilosi, apice
tridentati; disci tubulosi, apice quinque-dentati,
lacmiis erectis.
Anther® flavte.
Stylt bipartiti.
Pbricarpm (acbenia) oblonga, sulcata, fiisca, radii
glabra, pappo destitüta; disci piloso-scabra,
pappo pericarpio longiore coronata.
Semen pericarpio conforme.
Root consisting of many fibres, fleshy, thick, flexuose
and white, tuberous a t intervals, the tubers ovate
compressed, transversely striated, downy, and
fibrillose beneath.
Stem erect, from two to four feet high, somewhat
branched, striated, round, hairy, green, and leafv.
Leaves distant, heart-shaped, soft, pilose, the margins
undulated and widely toothed, veiny, especially
beneath; the lower ones largest, upon Ion® footstalks,
the footstalks somewhat dilated at the
base; the intermediate ones upon shorter footstalks,
aunculate on each side at the base, the
uppermost sessile, embracing the stem.
P a n icl e terminal, branches one-flowered.
Flowers large, showy, gold-coloured.
Calycine scales numerous, lineari-subulate.
Receptacle conical, naked, dotted.
Florets of the circumference numerous, strap-shaped
linear, patent, twice the length of the calyx, tu-
bulous at the base, pilose, three-toothed at the
apex; those of the disk tubulous, five-toothed at
the apex, the lacinite erect.
An thers yellow.
Styles bipartite.
Pericarps (achenia) oblong, furrowed, brown, those of
the radius smooth, destitute o f a pappus; those
of the disk rough with hairs, crowned with a pappus
longer than the pericarp.
Se ed similar to the pericarp.
lg' 1 • Calyx cut ,°Pe“ t0 show the receptacle and calycine scale. Fig. 2. Floscule of the rav « vi„
cule of the disk. Fig. 4. Pericarp of tiie radius. F& 5 . Pericarp of the disk.' ° ^
o » S f t e S u s “ ' a f r ? “7 “ “ nntire °f this h all probability is only to be considered as an
at Cation, by L r S . ° P ame"s 'vere ™“ “>umcnted by our excellent Mend Mr. J. Lindley* from woods
StrUCl,Ure ° f-ther0.0tS° f | B | The tubers are orate and compresed,
‘tarn on each side rives , T “ ‘■eumstance in conjunction with the horizontal fibres which proceed from
Peatance of scorpion an d s„’oH “ “o '1 JU5‘ f °f?er,ves m ^ Encydopldie de Botanique. very much the ap
mumradice Scorpil ’ PerhaDs h w « dfjri ■ B S h“ ram»‘'had the same thing, and called the plant Dofo-
■ as of importance in rneTrln. a ? form of theseL™*8' wtact md”“ d the ancients to look upon
I ‘hem a poisonous much divided as to their properties, some attributing
of the roots and ana others that of an antidote to poison. Gesner is said to have eaten a ninnri^
'arded from the Materia m E “ * ” ° lU efleClS from U,em- We indeed M “ ™ ‘hat their use is now entirely di?
torJ. h T c l : T ; a s t e S S t f r r - U|n !lie-"'°rd P °™ ,icum is derived from S«*» a gift, and»«,, vic-
3 i Of the genm '° desp0I w,ld. beasts- on the other hand, who constituted the cha-
Us specific* name m L S e d to “ "“ S d DormiSi’ a "ame g i™ hy the Arabs t o i l s
P‘"Party of destroying quadrupeds d fS°f le0pard> andW ‘o strangle, in allusion to its supposed
* Alrm.il» 1_ I . 80,1 who is emnlovpIie,S.UbllCI I the translator of Richard’s Analyse du Fruit, which he has
P yed upon a Monograph of the beautiful and difficult genus Rosa. published with plates and original notes j