444 SYNGENESIA : PCLYGAMIA y^EQ^UALIS. 



under the flowers : the interior fcales of the caly>c 

 and thofe of the bafe are fmooth, the others have 

 their carhia near the apex ciliated with white 

 hairs : the flowers are yellow, and above an inch 

 in diameter, the marginal florets reddifli or livid 

 underneath : the feeds are narrow, elliptical, red- 

 difli and llreak'd, the fl:reaks above tlie middle 

 part denticulated : the dov/n confiflis of about 30 

 pulmofe rays fl:anding on a pedicle as long as the 

 rays, but fliorter than the paka:^ or thofe chaffy 

 fubfl:ances which are placed amongft the florets 

 upon the receptacle. 



The plant yields a bitter milky juice, fmelling like 

 opium. 



The ilowers clofe up at three o'clock in the after- 

 noon. 



LAPSANA. Gen. pi. 919. 

 Kecept. nudum. C^/yx calyculatus, fquamis fingulis 

 interioribus caniculatis. Tappiis nullus. 

 tmnmunis r LAPSANA calycibus fruftus angulatis, pedunculis 

 tcnuibus ramofiflimis. 6'/;./7/. 1141. (Ger. em. 255. 

 Pet. herh.t. 14./. 12. Moris, hifi.f. 7. /. i./. 9. 

 Oed. Dan. t. 500. o-pt.) 

 Nipplewort, Anglis. 



In cultivated grounds and v/afte places frequent. 

 G. VII. VIL 



The ftalk is crc.fr, from two to Ave feet high, and 

 branched : the lower leaves are pinnatifid, hav- 

 ing commonly two fmall finnn^ wp^m the foot- 



ilalk, 



