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Show Th HERBAL. BRITISH The Ql Beane S U XIV, SCABIOUS. RCMB Ficus. v4: flofcules, arranged in a common cup. This is formed of HE floweris compofed of nume rous is tubular, and divided at the top into five fegoblongfcales in feveral feries. Fach flofcule on cup tw» an outer and inner, peculiar to icfelf. The feeds are ments; and has befide the comm oval, and pointed. : campofite-flowered plants, by many claffes, placing ir Linnzus feparates t his from the reft of the cing. coalef not s among the #eirandria, the button DrVvrsron T SROs SPECIES. The ftalk is round, upright, flender, and two feet high. Theleaves are all very deeply dividedintofegments, andareofa faint green. The flowers are large, and naturally blue; but 1. CommonScabious, Scabiofa vulgaris. The root is compofed of many thick fibres, united to a commonhead. The leaves that rife firft are oblong, broad, and ofa pale green. The ftalk is two feet high, hairy, upright, not much branched, and of a pale green. The leaves on this are divided deeply on the edges. they are fometimes redifh or white. It is common in dry paftures, and flowersin July. C. Bauhine calls it Scabiofa capitulo globof minor. The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks, and 3. Scabious, with bitten roots. are large and blue. Scabiofa radice fuccifa, It is common in corn-fields, and flowers in June. Theroot is thick, fhort, and abruptly broken off, and has a multitude of thickéfibres. C. Bauhine calls it Scabiofa pratenfis hirfuta que officinarum. Theleaves thatfirft rife from it are oblong, of a deep green, not indented at the edges, and It is excellent againft diforders of the breaft givenin infufion. fmooth. The ftalks are flender, upright, and a foot and half high. The flowers are of a deep blue. 2, The Leffer Scabious. Scabiofa minor. It is commonin meadows, and flowers in Auguft. The root’ is long, thick, and furnifhed with many fibres. C, Bauhinecalls it Scabiofa fuccifa glabra et biyfata. Our people, Blue devil’s-bit. DLV 1.S at ON: i. BOREIGN Theleavesare divided into veryfine fegments. The flowers are placed at the tops of the Mufk-Scabious. Scabiofa flore fuave olente. branches, and are of a deep purple, almoft blacks The root is formed of many fibres, connected to a {mall head. Theftalk is upright, of a pale green, round, very much branched, and a yard high, Gea SPECIES. and they have a fine mufky fimell. It is a native of Spain, and flowers in Auguft. C. Bauhinecalls it Scabicfa mofchata. Nn 8 XV. TEASE.UL, aE Ps SS eG U5. (HE flower is compofed of numerous:flofcules, arranged in an oval head, within a commoncup. This is compofed of a few narrow and fharp-pointed leaves, Each flofcule is tubular, ang divided at the rim into four fegments. Linnzusplaces this with the former among the #efrandria, feparating them entirely fromthe ref ef the corymbiferous tribe, which ftand among his /ynzenefa. 1. CommonTeafell. Dipfacus vulgaris. The rootis long, thick, and hasafew largefibres. The ftalk is round, whitith, thick, upright and fix feet high. The leaves are long, and moderately broad: they ftand in pairs, and unite at the bafe in fuch a BRETTS HH: a manner as to hold water: they are of a fine green, and their underrib is prickly. The flowers are fmall, and of a pale red ; and they ftand invaft oval heads. It is common by way-fides, and flowers in July. C. Bauhinecalls it Dip/acus fylueftris five virga paftoris major. 2. Small Teafell. Dipfacus minor. Therootis oblong,{mall, and hung with many fibres. H:ER BA LE, 465 The ftalk is upright, very much branched, and a yard high. The leaves are broad, and of a deep green; they ftand in pairs, but their bafes do not unite as in the other. The flowers are whitith and fweet 5 and they ftandinlittle round heads, It is common byroad-fides, and flowers in Auguft. C. Bauhinecalls it Dipfacus minor feu capitulo minore. The common teafell, cultivated in good ground, growslarger in all its parts, and the heads are ufed in dreffing of cloth, Th END of te TWENTY-EIGHTH CLASS, |
