'SYNGENESIA : POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 479 

 The plant lives about three months. From the 

 burfting of the anthera to the perfeding the feeds 

 takes up 1 8 days : all the flowers which termi- 

 nate the principal ftalk ripen their feeds in itvtn 

 weeks ; after which thofe of the branches pro- 

 ceed to the ftme operation : the calyces nod after 

 the anther j€ are burft till the feeds are ripe. 

 A ftrong infufion of this plant afts as an emetic. 

 The highlanders ufe it externally in cataplafms 

 as a cooler, and to bring on fuppurations. Finches 

 and other fmall birds are fond of the feeds. 



** Fioribus radiatis, radio reijoluto. 



>ifcofus 2. SENECIO corollis revolutis, foliis pinnatifidis vif- 

 cidis, fcjuamis calycinis laxis longitudine perlan- 

 thii. Sp. fL 1 217. {'Dillen. Ekham. 347. t. 2^8 

 /• 336) 



Vifcid Groundfcl. ^nglis. 



In wafte places near towns and villages, as cL*: Levcft 

 on the coail of Fife, near the falt-works, and at 

 Dyfarl by the peer, and at Charles-Town, the 

 great lime-works of Lord Elgin, in plenty, o 

 VIII. 



1 he ftalk is two or three feet high, widely branched, 

 and together with the whole plant covered with 

 vifcid hairs : the flowers are yellow, much laro-er 

 than thofe of the preceding, and grow in loofe 

 umbels, two or three on a peduncle. The calyces 

 are vifcid,. the fupplementary fcales at the bafe 

 lax and hairy, and fometimes almoft as long as 



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