PENTANDRIA. DIGYNIA. Tordylium. csi 



place, but without success. Mr. Woodward. — Between Fe- 

 versham and Sea Salter. Blackstone. — Gerard also says it was 

 found near West Chester, as well as near Sandwich, but it does 

 not appear to have occurred to any modern botanist* Mr. At- 

 kinson lately told me it is not to be found near Roosebeck, but 

 that the Salsola Kali is found there, and that it is apprehended 

 this was sent to Mr. Ray in a dried state by his sister, who used 

 to collect plants for him. But Ray gives this plant on the au- 

 thority of Mr. Lawson, so that if there be a mistake, it orobablv 



originated with the latter* 



Jul}' 



TORDYLIUM. Bloss. radiated,all the florets her- 

 maphrodite : involucr. long, undivided; seeds 

 round, compressed, flat, with a thick border. 



T. Umbels crowded, radiated : leafits spear-shaped, cut- maximum. 



serrated . 



Jacq. austr. 142-Riv. pent. \-Tordylium-Clns. ii. 201. 1- 

 Ger. em. 1021. A-Lob. ic. i. 737. 



Stem scored, rough with bristly reflected hairs. Leafits 7 , cut \ 

 pubescent, the odd one twice the size of the others* Fruit-stalk 

 stiff, straight, much longer than the leaves. Umbels few, rigid, 

 rough. Umbellules about #• Involucrum 5-leaved, slender, ex- 

 panding, shorter than the umbel. Involucellums .5-leaved, awl- 

 shaped, as long as the umbellule, the 2 inner leafits smaller. 

 Bloss. radiate, white, red underneath. Florets all fertile. Seeds 

 circular, flatted, hispid ; the border thicker, prickly red. Linn. 

 Ray suspects that neither this nor the next species are properly 

 natives, and that they are only found as the outcasts of gardens. 



Banks of fields. Under the hedge on the north side of the 

 Parks. Ft, Oxon. Found by Mr. Doody about Thistleworth. Ray. 



A. June. 



T. Partial involucriUTis as long as the flowers: leafits egg- officinale. 



spear-shaped. 



Jacq. hort. 52~Dod. 3l4?-Lob. obs. 425. l-Ger. em. 1050. lv 

 ~J. B. Hi. b. 4. 2-Park. 906. 8-Ger. 8£)-fe. 



Stem nearly smooth. Lower leaves with 2 pair of little leaves; ' 

 little leaves hairy, on leaf-stalks, the odd one at the end with 3 

 lobes ; those of the upper-leaves spear, or strap-spear-shaped, deeply 

 serrated. Florets tinged with purple. Seeds large, flat, with broad* 

 raised, notched edges ; which last circumstance required that it 

 should be kept distinct from the other English species. These 

 Mr. Hudson has accordingly very properly removed to the genus 

 Caucalis. Woodward. The T. maximum and officinale are 



feadily to be distinguished by observing, that in the former the 



