SYNGENESIA : POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 4^9 



An llath-lus. Gaitlis. 



In wafte places and in cultivated grounds frequent. 

 If. VIII. 



The flalk is erecl, three or four feet high, fome- 

 times red and fometimes green : the leaves are 

 green above, but white and hoary underneath, 

 pinnatifid, the fegments lanceolate, oppofite, 

 acutely dented, the extreme one flighcly divided 

 into three lobes : the upper leaves are linear and 

 undivided : the flowers are felTile numerous, erect, 

 and grow in fpikes compounded of many lefler 

 fpicuU ariiing from the al^ of the leaves : the 

 fcales of the calyx are covered with a cotton down : 

 the florets are red, and about 1 3 in a cahx : the 

 receptacle is flat and fmooth. 



An infufion of this plant in white v/ine, or a bath 

 made of it, has always been efteemed an em- 

 menagogue, and ufeful in difficult parturition. 



The Japonefe moxa formerly much uled in caute- 

 ries for curing the gout, is no other than a fpongy 

 inflammable fubfliance prepar'd from the medulla 

 of the flalk of this plant. 



The leaves when young and tender are frequently 

 made ufe of by the highlanders as a pot-herb. 



The country people in Sweden drink a decoction 

 of them for the ague. 



GNAPHALiUM. Gen. pi 946, 

 Recept. nudum. Prippusplumo^us. Cal imbricatus-, 

 M h n ibuan-iis 



