SYNGENESIA : POLYGAMIA ^QUALIS. 445 

 flalk, and one large'oval finuated one terminating 

 the leaf: the upper ones are feffile, acutely oval 

 and dented : the branches are almoft naked, and 

 form a kind of loofe open panicle of yellow flow- 

 ers : the calyx is fmooth and con fills of ?> fcales, 

 growing together in afurrow'd cylinder, with five 

 other unequal fupplementary ones at the bafe : 

 the flowrets are from 18 to 22 in each flower : 

 the calyces become angular as the feeds ripen : 

 the feeds are flriated, a little gibbous and defl:itute 

 of down. 

 The young leaves in the fpring have the tafte of 

 radiflies, and are eaten by the inhabitants of Con- 

 ftanihwple raw as a fallad. In fome parts of £»g-. 

 lajid the common people boil them as greens, but 

 they have a bitter and not agreeable tafte. 



*^ CapUaii, pfcidis omiiibus tiibulofts hermaphroditism 



ARCTIUM. Gen. pi 923. 

 Cal globofus ; fquamis apice hamis inflexls. 

 lappa 2. ARCTIUM foliis cordatis inermibus petiolatis. 

 Sp. pi 1 143. {Ger. em. 809./. i. Pet. herb. t. j2, 

 /• ^ 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Moris, hijt. f. 7. t. 32./. i. 2. 

 Bkckwell. t. iiy. Miller, ic. 159.J 

 Burdock. Jnglis. 



Mac-an-dogha, Suircean fuirich. Gaulis. 

 In wafte places by way-fides, and in pafl:ures at 



the foot of mountains frequent. ^ . Vlf. VIII. 

 The root is long, fimple, ftralt and thick : the 

 leaves are very large, heart- fnap'd, obtufe, wooly 



underneath. 



