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Show 4.50 The BRITISH The HERBAL. The ftalk is round, upright, and toward the bottom redifh ; andit is four feet high. ! Virga aurea anguftifolia incana. PLE G10 The leaves are long, broad, fharp-pointed, fibres. thick s, numerou of d compofe rootis The elegantly ferrated at the edges, and of a fine The ftalk is round, redifh, and fix or eight 4. Narrow-leaved hoary Golden Rod. inches high. The Jeaves are long, narrow, obtufe, of a pale green, and little hairy. The flowersftand in clufters at the top of the ftalk, and on long footftalks from the bofoms of the leaves: it is not uncommon in the weft of England, andflowers in Auguft. Raycalls it Virga aurea montana folio angufto fubincano flofculis conglobatis. green. The flowers ftand in great numbers on the tops of the branches, into which the ftalk divides at the fummit ; and they are large and yellow. Wehaveit in dry, wafte grounds in our nor. thern counties. It flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls Virga aurea anguftifolia feyrata. Others, Solidago farracencia, Saracen’s confound. All the kinds of golden rod are aftringent and Virga aurea folio angufto ferrato maximoALE4 avulnerary ; but they are not ufed at prefent, FOREIGN IL The root is oblong, {mall, and hung with large. fibres. The ftalk is upright, fmooth, redifh, and ten inches high. The leaves, contrary to the reft of the fpecies, and to the name, are undivided: they are oblong, and of a pale green, and woolly. DYTVISIOWN Knotted American Golden Rod. Spe CLE S. The root is long, and furnifhed with many The flowers are numerous and fimall: they ftand at the top of the ftalks, and in the bofoms of all the leaves, in clufters; and they are fmall and yellow. fibres. The ftalks are numerous, weak, but tolerably It is a native of Virginia, and flowers in July. Virga aurea ad-alas florida. Hebje tt upright,ofa pale green, and twofeet or more high. The leaves are broad, fhort, and beautifully Facobea vulgaris. 451 The flowers ftand at the tops; and they are large and yellow. It is frequent in our mountainous counties; and flowers in June. C. Bauhine calls it Facobea montana lanuginofa anguftifolia non laciniata. The root of the common ragwort is aftringent and.vulnerary: it is beft given in decoction; but it is not much ufed, FO RE IG Neg7Peere le 6. EL. and they are of a dufky green on the uppet-fide; ZL 64.73 and perfectly white underneath. The flowers ftand at the tops of the branches, The root is compofed of numerous fibres: andare of a bright yellow. It is common by the fea-coalts, and flowers in The ftem is hard, woody, and divided into June. many branches. C. Bauhine calls it Facobea maritima cinerea. The leaves aré deéply divided into fegments; | The root is long and creeping, and is hung with numerousfibres, DIVISION 4. Mountain-Ragwort. PlbLn ty Facobea montana foliis integris. Sea Ragwort. 5. Broad-leaved, indented Golden Rod. HERBAL, @BgRalit WS Plukenetcalls it Virga anrea ad foliorum alas florifera. Gr pak ead. 1g VIII. GROUNDSEL L: SENECTO. HE flower is compofed of numerous’ flofeules, ranged ina common cup. This is fhort, and formed of niany oblong ftales. Fhe flofcules are of two kinds. Thofe in the centre of the dif are fhort and tubular ; and thofe on the verge are fornewhat flatted's but the flower is nakeds not radiated: The feeds are winged with down, ferrated, fharp-pointed, and ofa fine green. Linnzus places this among the /agenc/ia. G ECN UF's Vil: 1, Common Groundfell, . 3 Z ~ Senecio vulgaris. f'L64n/E6 RAGWORYT. FxASCNO B BY. The root is formed of many fibres, joined to HE flower is compofed-of numerous flofcules, ranged ina common cup. This is fhort, of a cylindric figure ; and compofed of numerous, oblong, pointed fcales. The flofcules are of two kinds, tubular in the centre of the difk, and flat at the verge ; the flower being radiated. The feeds are winged with a fine down. a fmall head, Theleaves are long, and irtegularly finuated at the edges, The ftalk is round, tender, thick, redifh, and ten inches high. The leaves on this refemble thofe from the Dylr Vj 198d 0 Ny al. BRITISH 1. Common Ragwort. Facobea vulgaris. GUELy AR The root confifts of numerous, thick fibres, connected to a {mall head. Theftalk is upright, thick, not much branched, and two feet high. The flowers ftand at the tops in clufters; and are large and yellow. Tt is common in paftures, and flowers in Au- guftt. It is common by way-fides, and flowers in June. C. Bayhinecalls it Facobea vulgaris laciniata. 2. Hoary, groundf{el-leaved Ragwort. Facobea fenicionis folio incana: The root is fibrous and whitith. The ftaik is two feet high, redifh, upright, and not muchbranched. The leaves are large, divided, and of a greyifh green on the upper-fide, and whicifh underneath, foot, and all are of a pleafant green. The flowers. ftand at. the tops; and, they are fmall and yellow. It is too: common. in {cultivated grounds, and flowers all fummer. The leaves are oblong; and they are deeply and irregularly divided at the edges: thefe and the ftalk are’ of a pale, greyifh green; and are covered with a loofe cottony matter. ‘The flowers are {mall and yellow. It ig common by road-fides, and flowers in June. The léaves have an ill fcent, and are often clammy to the touch. C. Bauhine calls it Senerio incanus pinguis, Others, Erigeron tomentofum. 3. Small, broad-leaved Groundfell. C. Bauhine calls it Senecio minor vulgaris. Raycalls it Facobea fenicionis folia incana pt- rennis: Theleaves are divided into five fegments,. and are of a deep green. The flowers ftand in great clufters at the tops of the ftalks ; and are large, and yellow. SPE \CiAE-S. The ftalk is two feet high, round, fender; not robuft, nor much branched. An infufion of the leaves operates gently and (64-75 eafily by vornit. Thefreth roots {melt ftrongly as foon as taken out of the ground, are an immediate cure for the The root is fibrous. The ftalk is two feet and a half high, upright, and divided into many branches. headach. This is communicated to me by Ifaac Ware, Efq; to whom an accident firft difcovered it, 3. Broad-leaved Marfh-Ragwort. Facobea paluftris latifolia. The leaves are large, broad, ferrated at the edges, anda little notched toward the bafe. The flowers ftandat the tops of the ftalks, and are large and yellow. It is common about waters, and flowers in July. C. Bauhine calls it Facobea Alpina ala flore bupthhalmi. Others, Facobea. aquatica. 4, Mountain- Senecio minor latiore folio. Others, Hrigeron. 2. Cottony Groundfell. Senecio birfutus odoratus. JLGt .t'7 The rootis long, and hung with many fibtes- Theroot is fibrous. and The ftalke-are thick, irregulatly branched, ten inches high. 4 The leaves are of a deep green, and of flightly fiflefhy fubftance 5 oblong, broad, and nuated: edged. The flowers are fmall and yellow, and flowers in We have it on barren grounds. It 4 Auguft. folio five C. Bauhine calls it Senecio minor latiore montana. |