382 SYNGENESIA— POLYGAM.-iEQU. Serratula. 



sue the inquiry, may ascertain, by culture and observation, how 

 far any of them are entitled to rank as species. I do not pro- 

 fess to have investigated the subject. 



383. SERRATULA. Saw-wort. 



Linn. Gen. 408. Juss. 174. H. Br. 845. Dill. Gen. 138. t. 8. 

 iam. ^666. Gcertn. 1. 162. 



Common Cat. oblong, nearly cylindrical, imbricated, of 

 numerous, lanceolate, unarmed scales, permanent, un- 

 changed. Cor. compound, uniform ; jlorets rather nu- 

 merous, perfect, equal, tubular, funnel-shaped ; the limb 

 in 5 deep equal segments. Filam. capillary, very short. 

 Anth. in a cylindrical tube, the length of the corolla. 

 Germ, obovate. St^le thread-shaped, scarcely promi- 

 nent. Stigm. oblong, reflexed. Seed-vessel none but the 

 unaltered calyx. Seed obovate, somewhat angular. Doxin 

 sessile, rough, or feathery, permanent. Recept. chaffy, 

 or hairy, flat. 



Perennial upright herbs; with serrated or pinnatifid, rarely 

 entire leaves. Fl. corymbose, terminal, erect, crimson 

 or purple, in some incompletely dioecious. Seed-dov:n in 

 some merely rough ; in others finely feathery. 



1. S. tinctoria. Common Saw-wort. 



Leaves with copious bristly serratures, pinnatifid, some- 

 what lyrate ; terminal lobe largest. Seed-down roughish. 



S. tinctoria. Linn. Sp. PL 1 144. Willd. v. 3. 1 638. FL Br. 845. 



Engl. Bot.v.l.t 38. Hook. Scot. 235. Fl.nan.L28l. Best. 



Hort. Eyst. cestiv. ord. \\. t. 4./. 2. 

 Serratula. RaiiSyn.l^G. Bauh. Pin. 235. Matth. Valgr. v. 2. 



295. /. Camer. EpiL 682. f. Ger. Em. 713./. Lob. Ic. 534. f. 



Bauh. Hist. v. 3. 23./. Dod. PempL 42. f. Dalech. Hist. 1357./. 

 Carduus n. 1 63. HalL Hist. r. 1 . 7 J . 

 Common Saw-wort. Petiv. H. Brit. t. 22. f. 6. 

 /3. Broad Saw-wort. Petiv. H. Brit. t. 22. f. 5. 



In groves, thickets, and grassy pastures. 



Perennial. .July, August. 



Root rather woody. Herb rigid, smooth and shining. Stem erect, 

 straight, 2 or 3 feet high, angular, striated, solid, often reddish, 

 not branched, except at the summit. Leaves variously pinna- 

 tifid, in more or less of a lyrate manner ; in /3 all undivided j 

 always acute, with fine, copious, bristly serratures ; now and 

 then downy beneath. Fl. corjTnbose, handsome, of a purplish 

 crimson. Cn/. somewhat coloured ; the edges of its scales downy. 



