462 SYNGENESIA : POLYGAMlA .^QUALIS. 



the florets are yellow and tubular, and are fome- 

 times, but not always, furrounded with femiflof. 

 culous rays : the receptacle has chaffy fcales be- 

 tween the florets : the leeds are flattifh and an- 

 gular, and have two beards arifing from the an^ 

 gles, which are hooked or barbed downwards, 

 and generally another fliorter beard, which arifes 

 from the middle of the back of the feed. 



As this plant is found by a chemical analyfis to pof- 

 iefs much the fame qualities as the celebrated 

 V£RBESINA Acmella^ a plant belonging to a 

 _genus very nearly related to this, it is probable 

 it would have the iame good effcdls in expelling 

 the Itone and gravel. 



A decodion of this plant with alum, dyes yarn with 

 a yellow color. The yarn mufl: be firft fteep'd in 

 alum-water, then dry'd and'fl:eep'd in a decoc- 

 tion of the plant, and afterwards boil'd in the 

 decoftion. 



The feeds have been knov/n fometimes to deftroy 

 the CYPRINUS ^«r^/f/j, or gold JjJIj, by adher- 

 ing to their gills and jaws. 



ernua 2. EIDENS foliis lanceolatis amplexicaulibus, floribus 

 cernuls, feminibus ereftis. Sp. pi, 1165. {Loes. 

 Fl. Pruf p. 54. /. 1 1. Moris, hijl. f. 6. /. 5. /. 

 22. Pet. herb. t. 20./. 6) 

 Nodding Water-liemp-agrimony, or Bur-marygold, 

 AngUs. 



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