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yellow, on a drooping spike. Seed-vessel very slightly 
twisted, and shaped like a sickle. Pastures and borders of 
fields produce this plant in tolerable profusion. 
SYNGENESIA. /MQUALIS. 
CoROLLIFLORH. ASTERACE. 
HELMINTHIA. (Ox-Toneve.) 
Generic Character. Calyx or involucre double, inner of eight 
close scales, outer of four or five large leafy ones. Pappus, or 
seed, feathery and stalked. Corolla strap-shaped. 
HELMINTHIA ECHIOIDES. Bristly Ox-tongue. From two 
to three feet high, stout, and rough with rigid prickles 
springing from tubercles, having three minute hooks at the 
apex. Leaves long and narrow, upper ones heart-shaped, 
and clasping the stem, all very rough. Flowers small and 
yellow. Outer part of the calyx heart- shaped. It is fre- 
quent in a clayey soil on the borders of fields. 
