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is Latin for hemp—Pliny. The leaves of this plant somewhat 
resemble the hemp. Engl. Bot. t. 428. 
Locality. On the banks of the Avon, wet ditches, and in watery 
places. P. Fi. August, September. Area, 1. 2.3.4.5. Frequent 
in all the Districts. Flowers in crowded, pale purplish, convex, 
corymbose tufts, terminating the stem and upper branches. 
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PerasiTes, (Gaert.) Burrer-Bur. 
Linn. Cl. xix. Ord. ii. 
Name. From petasos, a broad covering for the head; in allusion 
to the size of the leaf; the plant having leaves somewhat resem- 
bling those of the Burdock, but far exceeding them as well as the 
leaves of every other British plant. 
1. P. vulgaris, (Desf.) common Butter-bur. Tussilago Petasites 
Sm. Lngl. Bot. t. 431 and 480. Reich. Icones, xvi. 901. 
Locality. In swampy meadows and copses, and on the banks of 
the Avon and wet ditches. P. Fi. March, April. Area, 1.2.3.4.5. 
Distributed throughout Wilts. Rhizome creeping extensively and 
thus multiplying the plant. Leaves very large, being when full 
grown nearly a yard in diameter. Sowers (appearing before the 
leaves) of a pale flesh colour, in a dense egg-shaped or oblong 
panicle constituting a true ¢hyrsus. The early blossoming of this 
rank weed induces the Swedish farmers to plant it near their bee- 
hives. Thus we see in our gardens the bees assembled on its 
affinities, P. alba and fragrans, at a season when scarcely any other 
flowers are expanded. 
Tusstzaco, (Linn.) Cotr’s-Foor. 
Linn. Cl. xix. Ord. ii. 
Name. From tussis, a cough; the properties of the Colt’s-foot 
are well known as tussilaginous, or cough dispelling. 
1. T. Farfara, (Linn.) common Colt’s-foot. Farfarum or farfarus 
is a word used by Latin authors to signify a kind of herb like 
Colt’s-foot. Engl. Bot. t. 429. Reich. Icones, xvi. 904. 
Locality. Fields and banks, on clay and moist chalk. P. Fi. 
March, April. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4.5. In all the Districts much too 
frequent. Root extensively creeping, very difficult of extirpation. 
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