4=6 SYNGENESIA : POLYGAMIA j^HQUALIS. 



C L A S S I S XIX. 



S Y N G E N E S I A. 

 POLYGAMIA tEQUALIS. 



'"^ Semifiofculofi, f. coroUis ligulatis omnibus. 



TRAGOPOGON. Gen. pi. 905. 



Receptaculum nudum. Calyx fimplex. Pappus plu- 

 mofus. 



praienfe i, TRAGOPOGON calycibus corolla; radium asquan- 

 tibus, foliis integris flriclis. Sp.pl. 1109. (Ger. 

 ^^^^' 7Z5-> /• 2. Moris, hijl.f. 7. /. g.jig, prima or- 

 dinis fuperioris. Pet. herb. t. 15./. 7J 



Yellow,' Goat's Beard. Anglis. 



In meadows and paftures. Dr. Parjons. $ . VII. 



The root is tap-fliap'd. The llalk a cubit high 

 and branched. The leaves grafs-like, fhcathing 

 the ftalk at the bafe, undulated on the edges, 

 and carinated or keel'd on the under fide. The 

 calyx is divided to the bafe into 8, and fome- 

 times 12 lanceolate fegments. Each branch is 

 terminated wich a yellow fiower. The feeds are 

 angular and tranfverfely ftriated, crown'd with 

 a pappus or down, which down ftands on a long 

 pedicle, a.nd confifts of about 32 plumofe rays, 



horizontally 



