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Show Th. BRETIS'H HERB AT high ; and they have imperfect membranes by It is common in clayifhfoils way ofleaves. C. Bauhihe calls it Tuffilago vulgari s, The flowers are large, and of a beautift low: one ftands onthetop of each fte It is a celebrated and excellent pectoral. The | t beft method of giving it is in form of After thefe appear theleaves : a fyrup, » a } madeof the juice of the leaves with roundifh, fupportedon long fe honey. It | is thus of excellent fervice in afthmas, coughs deep green, but pale unde h, and downy. ghs, The flowers appearcarlyin fpring, the leaves | andforenefs of the breaft. BR PTS Beste ER Be AE. foon after. DIVIsSiI OWN OH. PORE PGW 21S Pek Chbp-s, Alpine Coltsfoot. 4 bao SLLVSRSHLSEKSHOREROAMOSBSA tteap EMV OSE LL Co LeAtS |! XXXVI J The ftalk is hollow, pifplifh, round, and eight inches high. On its top ftands a fingle flower, very large, and of a-beautiful purple. The root is long andcreeping. i It is a native of Germany, and flowers in The leaves are placed on fhort, purplifh foot- | April. ftalks; and theyare fmall, of a roundith thape. C. Bauhine calls it Tufflago Alpina rotundifolia = zea and/dented at the » of a deep green on the | cane/cems. Tufilago Alpina purpurea, PCCS-L. upper fidey and woolly underneath. Plants whofe flower is compofed of numerous flofeules, arranged togetherin a common cup; and forming a rounded difk, naked or encircled with pe- Ga, tals; whofe feeds are winged with down; and whofe fralks.and leaves have not the milky juice, diftinguifbing the preceding cla/s. Te though allied to the plants of the Jaft clafs, are feparated perfectly from them by the form of the general flower, anddifpofition of the flofcules. The later writers, influenced only by the form and arrangement of minuterparts, have been blind to this: but Ray, and others, long preceding them, obferved it. Theycall them the compofite, difcoide-flowered plants; and their diftin¢tion is fo obvious, as well as certain, that none eRe EF oN] LeBactt Gir ied [BoA NE, Il, CONT ZA TPE flower is compoled of numerous flofcules, placed ina common cup. Thofe in the difk are tubular 3 2 nd they are furrounded with flat ones in'the verge, difpofed as rays. The cup is of a cylindric form, fhort, and compofed of numerous fcales, The feeds are winged with flight down. Linneus placesithis among the /ingenefa : but he makes a ftrange diftribution ofthe fpecies among manydiftinét genera of other names, have erred about it. 1. Middle Fleabane. : Z, os ve majore lute, f7LGS./E6 Con SSpShthSececReth aceeee Sp Be Boo ke The root is compofedof thick fibres. The ftalk is round, hairy, whitifh, and two eS Thofe of which one or more fpecies are naturally wild in this country. No Ui ss I, COLTSFOOT. te flower is compofed of numerous flofcules, arranged in formof a difk, and placed in a.com: moncup. This is of a cylindric fhape, and confifts of about twenty fcales, The flofcules in the dif are tubular ; and they are edged with fomeflat ones in manner of rays; and one flower only ftands on each ftalk. Linnzusplaces this, withall the fucceeding genera of this clafs, among the /yxgens/ia, the buttons coalefcing into a cylinder. 1, BRITISH Common Coltsfoot: Tuffilago vulgaris, PY Ca yy Thisdiffers from the generality of plants in the manner of its growth, the flowers appearing at 3 Tlie leaves are oblong, broad, and of a faint green: they are clammy to the touch, and have a ftrong, difagreeable fmell. The flowers ftand at the tops of the branches, andare large andyellow. Tt is common in wet places, and flowers in June. C. Bauhine calls it Conyza media afteris flore luteo, Others, Conyxa media. 2. Small Fleabane. Conyza minors D6 SA TUSS IL AG O. DIVESTON C. Bauhinecalls it Conyza minore flore globofo: feet high. Natives of BRITAIN. Gee and are yellowith, and ufually naked; but occa« fionally they have fhort rays about the verge, It is common in watery grounds, and flowers in Augutt. SPECIES. one feafon, and the leaves at another: we have therefore reprefented it in two figures. Theroot is long, white, andcreeping. The ftalks which fupport the flowers are nu: oe ‘ «he jnches merous, thick, juicy, purplith, eight _ ? high ; wo The rootis fibrous and brown. The ftalks are round, brownifh, a foot high, and very much branched. The leaves are oblong, broad, obtufe, and of a brownith green. The flowers ftand at the tops of the branches ; 3. Jagged Fleabane. Conyza paluftris foliis laciniatis: TLCS. The root is fibrous andredifh, The ftalk. is upright, firm, and divided into many branches. The leaves are long, narrow, fharp-pointed, and very beautifully ferrated on the edges. The flowers ftand at the tops ofthe branches ; and they are numerous, large, beautifully radiated, and yellow. It is found in our fen-counties, and flowers in july. C. Bauhine ‘calls it Conyza aquatica laciniata; Others, Conyzd major. The juice of fleabane is faid to be an excellent pectoral ; but it is unpleafant, andis not ufed. |