484 SYNGENESIA 



hrica of Hudf. Flor. Angf. vid. Pet. herb. t. 16. /. 

 1 1. 

 The leaves have an aftringent and bitter tafte, and 

 are efteec.ed as a good vulnerary and diuretic : 

 they are recommended in the (lone and gravel, 

 and in ulcers of the kidnles and bladder, three 

 drachms of the powder being taken every eighth 

 hour. 



INULA, Gen. pi 956. 



Recept. nud-jm. Pappus fimplex. Anthera bafi in 

 fetas duas definentes. 

 helenium* I INULA foliis amplexicaulibus ovatis rugofis, fub- 

 tus tomentofis, calycum fquamis ovatis. Sp. pi. 

 1236. {Ger. em. p. 793. Pet. herb. t. 16. /. i. 

 Moris, hijl. f. 7. /. 24. fig. uliim. ad bafin. Black- 

 well t. 4y^.) 



Elecampane. JngUs. 



Obferved in the low-lands near houfes and gardens, 

 by the Rev. Dr. Burgefs, of Kirkmichael, who 

 does not believe it to be properly a native. '^. 

 VUI. 



It is one of the largcft of herbaceous plants, being 

 often fix feet high : the root is thick and brown : \ 

 the leaves (befides what is imply'd in the ipecific i 

 difference) grow alternate, are ferrated, and the 

 lower ones ftand on footftalks : the ftalk is ereft 

 and ftrong, and branched towards the top : the 

 flowers terminate the branches, and are large 

 and yellow : the fcales of the calyx are oval, 

 wide, reflex'd, imbricated, and refemble leaves: 



the' 



