AMONG THE WILD FLOWERS. 
XIX. 
Tuer small family which contains the Teasel, 
Dipsacus, hence named Diprsacace&, has only 
two other British genera. The large Wild 
Teasel, Dipsacus sylvestris, is a decided orna- 
ment where it grows. The genus is remarkable 
for the spznous scales proceeding from the 
receptacle, the ends of which are straight in D. 
sylvestris, but in D. Fullonum, Fuller’s Teasel, 
they are hooked, and have been made service- 
able for dressing cloth; this last plant is not 
native. 
One other species, rarely met with, but re- 
cently gathered by the writer near Arundel, is 
D. pilosus, Shepherd’s Rod, a tall plant, with 
small, globose heads of white flowers, and 
stalked leaves, having a leaflet on either side of 
the base,—in all these particulars differing from 
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