XXXIV. 



ARCTIUM LAPPA. 



Common Burdock. 



ClaasXlX. iSvxGENESiA. — Order I, Poj.ygamia .Equalis. 



A^at. Ord. ComposiTjE. 



Gen. Char. Involucre globose, imbricated ; scales end- 

 ing in a soft spine hooked at the end. Receptacle 

 chaffy. Pappus simple. 



Spec. Char. Leaves cordate, stalked. 



SYNONYME:*. 



G-reek afxnov ; apKnsv j 'rfoiurriov. 



f Lappa major. Bauh. Pin. 198. 

 Bardana major. Ger. Em. 809. Rail Hist. 332. 

 Personata sive Lappa major. Matth. 1154. 



Arctium Lappa. Lin. Sp. PI. 1143. 



Lappa glabra et tomentosa. Lind. Syn. 154. 

 French.. . . Bardane ; Glouteron. 



Italian .... Bardana ; Arsio ; Lappa maggiore ; Lappola maggiore. 

 Spmiish .... Bardana ; Lapa ; Lampazo. 

 Portuguese . Lappa. 



German. . . . Klette ; Rossklette ; Klettenkraut ; Klettendistel. 

 Dutch ..... Klissen ; KJassen ; Klitten ; Kladd-wortel. 

 Danish..., Agerbcerre; Agerskreppe ; Storskreppe. 

 Polish .... Lupian. 



Buss Lapuscbnik. 



Swedish. . . . Karborre, 



Description. — The root is biennial, thick, long, cylindrical, 

 fusiform, brownish externally, white within, somewhat branched 

 and fibrous towards the base. The stem is herbaceous, annual, 

 branched, striated, sometimes tinged with purple, and rising three 

 or four feet in height. The lower leaves are very large, alter- 

 nate, cordatf, petiolate, toothed, or somewhat crenate at the 

 jnargin, green above, slightly cottony beneath ; they gradually 



