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Show ache: Th BRITISH HERB MBAR be 1 1G Giger G =.b Bi Urrans ae UR D in A oP Vi Pp. n cup; 1 flower lappa, and calls the genus aré/ium. green colour. The flowers'are of a faint purple. It is common every where in wafte grounds, and flowers all fummer. C. Bauhine calls it Lappa major atrium Diofcoridis. Others, Lappa, and’ Bordana major. The root is an excellent diuretick and:deobftruent. The beft way ofgiving it is in aftrong infufion; and it is.thus very ferviceable in obftruétions of urine, and-in the jaundice. It is alfo much celebrated in afthmas. It is common in our fouthern cou flowers in July. Ray calls it Lappa me glabris. 4. Wodlly-headed Burdock. and branche he a Cyanus vulgaris. IL: 67-13 The root is fibrous, and whitih. The ftalk is upright? lender, firm, ribbed, of a pale green, and covered more or lefs with a whitifh, downy fubftance. Theleaves are long and narrow: thofe on the lowerparts are divideddeeply in a fomewhatpin- i. The root is compofed of innumerable thick 5- Globular-headed Burdock. fibres. The ftalks are round, thick, a foot and half high, and not much branched: they are of a frefh green colour 5: but: they have a white cottony matter about them. G The root is long andlarge. The ftalk is tough, firm, upright, and four ogi KicN: feet-high ; ‘and it is\divided into many branches, Thefe are very large, broad, rumpled, of a tough, divided into many branches, andfive dufky green, and clammy. feet high. The leaves are of a vaft fize, and of a deep The flowers are ofa pale red, fometimes white; and theyare colleéted intolittle, globular heads 5 whichare thick fet with a woolly matter. Wehaveit in our northern counties, whereit flowers)in May. : Raycalls it Lappa major mon noribus rotundioribus et magis to green: The flowers are of a fine red; and the heads in which they are contained ‘are very latge and fmooth. It is frequent by way-fides with the other, and flowers in Auguft. Ray calls ic Leappa major capitulo. maximo 6. Little Cobweb-headed Burdock. glabro. Lappa tt minor capitulis reticulatis. g. Small-headed Burdock. Loppa major capitulis minoribus. The root is long, thick, and of a pale colour. The ftalk is tough, ftriated, and very much branched. Theleaves are large, oblong, and notfo broad as in the ‘commonfpecies. Theheads are fmooth, fmall, and very numerous: they are of a conic figure, and have tufts of purple fowers. SPECIES: The leaves are large, oblong, undivided, and of: a fine green. The flowers are large and beautiful: they are naturally purple; but fometimes blue, and fometimes white. It is a native of Italy, and flowers in Auguft. C.Bauhinecalls it Cyanus montanus latifoliusfive verbafculumcyanoides. The root is very long and brown. The ftalkis lightly ribbed, andof aredifh colour. The leaves'are large, and have brown foot- ftalks'they are of an uneven furface, and pale green. The’ flowers are little and purple; and they are colleéted into {mall olive-coloured heads, clegantly reticulated with a white, woolly matter. Petiver calls it Bordana minor capitulo arantt) Vv Bi Ss £° VIL. D; ts: HE flowers are collected into large, rounded heads ; and the fcales compofing thefe are edged with flender and irregular fibres. The flowers themfelves are fmall: they have a very narrow, tubular bafe ; and an open mouth, divided deeply into five fegments ; which are long, narrow, and pointed. to bea difLinnzus places this with the cyanus among the fagenefia. He does not alloweither tin genus, but comprifes them together with the great ceataury under the name centaurea. 1. Common Knapweed. Facea vulgaris. The root is compofed of numerous, tough, brown fibres. The ftaJk is upright, firm, of a brown colour, not much branched, andafoot andhalfhigh. Theleaves are oblong, and ofa dufky greens they are varioufly and irregularly nic! ed and divided at the edges. The flowers terminate the branches ; and they are of a fine, purplifh red. The feeds are fmall and brown. It is common in paftures, and by way-fides, and flowers in June. a pratenfis latifolia. C. Bauhinecalls it Facea Others, Facea vulgaris. GENUS ON ATP Wek F Ain and thick fet with leaves. The ftalk is red toward the bottom, very nated manner. The others are entire: they are of a pale green, and of a firm fubftance. The flowers terminate the tops of the branches; andthey are large, and ofa fire blue. It is common in corn-fields, and flowers in Augutft, C. Bauhine calls it Cyanus fegetum, Others, Cyanus minor. £0. R¥EL GND Cyanus m S Peete Bo: Lappa capitulis minoribus glo 2. Smooth-headed Burdock, The root is long, thick, brown, and full of a BR PT fSH Great’ Bluebottle. The feeds pof- flimy juice. 1, CommonBluebottle. DIVISTON green, and of an uneven furface. The flowers ftand at the to woolly heads. : The feeds are large and brown. It is common in our watte ¢ flowers in June. Raycalls it Lappa major c Others, Ba r fefs the fame virtues. Lappacapitulis maximis glabris. VI. HEflowers are arranged many together in a fmall head. The common cup furrounding them is of a rounded figure; and is compofed of oblong fcales, edged in an elegant manner. flofcules or feparate flowtrs are large: they have a long andflender tybe, and a wide mouth, fwelled out and divided into five fegments; andthe flofcules on the verge of each headare lefs divided than thofe in the centre. The leaves are not prickly, andthe whole flower is elegant, Linnaus places this among the /yngencfia. DyV 1s TON The root is long and thick, brown;on the outfide, white within, and hung with a few fibres. The ftalk is a yard high, ftriated, tough, and divided into many branches: Theleaves are extremely large: they are broad at the bafe, fmaller to the point, and ofa greyith wind: Cr A NUS, da. whichis formed at the tim. The feeds are pyramidal, has along, flender tube, and is divided into five fegments down. fhort with and winged . : i ‘iin seals ed 1 7 Linneus places this with the preceding among the /yagenefia: but he takes away the received name Lappa vulgaris major. KHbtul4 Gh BLUEBOTTLE oO many in a con A flowers are. collected in large, rounded heads, and are contained Ea as fo many hooks. ‘of oblong {cales, whofe points turn downwards 1. Great Burdock. N HERBAL. It is an excellent aftringent, andis beft given in decoction. 2. Great Knapweed. Facea major. 1G" hii b é The roof. is compofed of innum rable thick long, and brown fibres. The ftalk is robuft, brown, two feet and a half in height, and varioufly and irregularly branched. The leaves are large; and fome of them are entire, others divided to the rib into many fegments. The flowers ftandat the tops of the branches ; andthey are large, andofa lively purple. The feeds are large and brown. 5io |