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Show 440 The BRITIS Hi The leaves rife in a round tuft ; and are long, broad, and covered with a downyha ynefs, of a deepgreen, and often fpotted. The ftalk is upright, flender, firm, and naked: at the top ftands a fingle flower, fometimes two: thefe are | , and ofa gold yellow. We have it in Sufféx, flow C. Bauhine calls it Hie liumbirfutis incanum magno flore. BER BAIL: The leaves have long footftalks; and they are large, oblong, broad, lightly indented, and extremely hairy, like the ftalk. The flowers are numerous, and of a bright Yellow, It is frequent on walls, 1 on dry banks, flowering in Auguft, 16, Narrow-leaved golden Lungwort; Hi ‘6EOa, OXS Hieractum Theroot is compofed of numerous fibres. The ftalk is firm, round, a yard high, and at the top branched. | have long foottt s; and theyare | e 3 reen, indented rous, large, and of a We have it about woods, flowering in July. Bavhine calls ic Hi Sruticofum latifotum; a name others have followed. 13. Short-leaved, bufhy Hawkweed. Hieraciumfruticofumfolio breviore. The root is fibrous and brown. The ftalk is robuft, upright, branched, and a yard high. The leaves are’ broad, fhort, indentedirregularly, and ofa fine green: they are covered with alight hairynefs; but itis fo flight they appear fmooth to the diftant fight. The flowers are large, numerous, and of a gold yellow. It is common in our northern counties, flowering in Auguft, arrow-leaved, Bufh Hawkweed. Hieracium frut The root is fibrous. The ftalk is firm, upright, two feet high, and s are long, and moderatelybroad, of a fine green, covered with a white down; and they have long footftalks. 1 of a delicate yel- to a great height, but with few leaves, Thefe varieties have by fome been defcribed as diftinét fpecies ; but they are no more thanaccidents of growth. 17, Great fingle-flowered Mountain Hawkweed The root is fibrous. ftalk j a The ftalk is firm, upright, brown, and a yard high, The leaves are long, narrow, of a pale green, and indentedat the edges. Theflowers are large, and of a fine yellow : they ftand at the tops of the bra S. It 4s common in woods, and flowers in Augeutt. andit fupports only a fingle flower : this is very The leaves of this {pecies are fometimes {carce The root is long, andis hung with many fibres. ae ‘ . at allTiisndeneac indented ; and, according to the degree of fhade, they will be more or lefs hairy. Under thefe differences it has been defcribed by fome as three diftin® plants, Golden Lungwort. 7Zz.. 7 Fheracium ‘mureram pilofiffimum. - Foot 1s compofed of numerous, brown talk is round; branched, and two feet and it is extremely hairy, leaves are few, and deeper cut; andthere are fometimes more flowers than one; and, where muchexpofedto cold, the leaves will be crumpled, FOREIGN Red-flowered , Hawkweed. “SPECIE Ss, It is a native of Spain, and flowers in Au- Hicracium flore rubente. ALG Qual 7 / The root is long, and hung with many fibres. The leaves rifing from it are numerous, broad, hairy, and of a dark green, The ftalk is a foot high, round, and very hairy : at the top grow numerous footftalks, fuping the flowers. guft. C. Bauhine calls it Heeracium hortenfe floribus atro purpurafcentibus, lier. Our people, Grimthe col- All the hawkweeds are of the fame general qualities, cooling and deobftruent ; but theirvirtues are not fufficient to bring theminto efteem orpractice, are moderately large, and of a deep orangefearlet. GEN. Us 8 MOUSE-EAR. PHM. § £. bb. Ap He flower is compofed of numerous flofcules, contained in a rounded cup, formed of numerous, tender, oblong, andnarrowfeales. The flofcules are feparately flat; and dentedin five parts at the ends, The leaves are hairy ; andthere ftands only one head orgeneral flower on the top of each ftalk. Common Creeping Moufe-Ear, Pilofella vulgaris repens. ZC One flowerftands on its top; andthis is large, But andof a very beautiful pale yellow. It is common on dry banks, flowering in May. C. Bauhine calls it Pilofella major repens bir< The root is a tuft of whitifh fibres. The leaves rife in a little’ clufter from this ; futa. Others only, Pilofella. leaves, propagate the plant abundantly. It is an excellent aftringent; and may be given in powder of the whole plant againft hamorrhages, and overflowings of the menfes. The ftalk is flender, of a pale green, hairy, and four inches high. nefles attended with bloody ftools, weak, trailing fhoots, which take root at the ends; and thefe fending up other clufters of large, andyellow. Wehave it in Wales, and the north of England. It flowers in June, Ray calls it Hieracium ‘um Alpinum flores magno fingulari caule It refembles moufe-ear, 18. Single-flowered Bufh.Hawkweed. Hieracium nemorum floré At and very hairy: there rife with thefe fome long, The root confifts of numerous fibres, connected to a fmall head. The leaves are fpread in a roundedclufter 5.and are oblong, broad, obtufe, and hairy. The ftalk rifes in the centre: it has no leaves, Aes calls atesit Wieracium “ ve RATE C, Bauhine fraticofum angufti-: In both thefe ftates wefind it in our horthern counties; and it has been defcribed as fo many diftinét {pecies, in thefe appearances. and they are oblong, narrow, of a deep green, Hieracium flore magno fingulari. 441 Whenthis grows in a lefs fhaded fituation, the | andfmaller. It is found in woods in our midlandcounties, flowering in July. Raycalls it /Ziera im angi We have this and the former {pecies on our cold, northern mountains, where they affume a fomewhat different form. In the firft fpecies the leaves are more obtufe, and lefs hairy ; andin this they are fmaller: in both the ftalks grow up HERBAL, BRIT IS'H Dei-V 1ST O-Ne C. Bauhine calls it Hie: m murorum fol Others, Pulmonaria Gallica, 4 ; 12, Broad-leaved, hairy, Bufh Hawkweed. The LCE 2, 1h The ftalk is firm, a foot high, hairy, and ofa brownith colour. The leaves are numerous, oblong, broad, dented at the edges, of a pale green, and very hairy. The flower ftands finely on the topof the ft and is very large, and of a goldy We haveit in woods, Gu mulflorefingulari. When Ure ebistN Ss Wg DANDELION. Dete. Nese Te EO No f.S< HE flower is compofed of numerous flofcules, arranged in a commoncup, compofed of many feales, the inner ones of which are long, narrow, and ftrait; and the outer, fewer, broader, andnaturally turned backwards at the end. Each fofcule is narrow, and dented infive places at the end; and one flower ftands on eachftalk ; whichis alfo naked, or without leaves, Linneeus places this among the /yagene/ia with the others. 1. Common Dandelion. Dens lectjs vulgaris. This is almoft too common for defcription. The root is long, and has many fibres, The leaves are numerous, long, broad, of 4 reen, deeply ind 1, and full of a milky he ftalks are numerous, hollow, naked, and ten inches high. b A ftrong decottion of it is good againtt loofe- One flower ftands on the top of eachs and this is large andyellow. and flowers all It is common fummer. N° XLIy, C. Bauhine calls it Dens leonis latiore folio. Others, Taraxacon. Beneficent Nature has in general made thofe things moft. common which are ‘moft ufeful ; and this plant is an inftance. It is excellent againft ob{tructions of the vifcera, and in the It is alfo of great ufe in the gravel, operating powerfully, yet fafely, by urine. The beft method oftaking it in a fit of the gravel, is in {trong decoétion: for the other cafes the lower blanched, are beft eaten in the part of the ftal wayof fallad. 2, Narrow- |