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When this grows in a lefs thaded fiuation, the | andfmaller. In both thefe ftates we find it in 
leaves are. few, and deeper cut; and there are 
fometimes more flowers than one; and, where 
much expofed to cold, the leaves will be crumpled, 
Our northern counties; and it has been deferibed 
as fo many diftinét fpecies, in thefe appearances, 
DIVISION I, FOREIGN SPECIES, 
Red-flowered Hawkweed. 
Hieracium flore rubente. 
The root is long, and hung with many fibres, 
The leaves rifing from it are numerous, broad, 
hairy, and of a dark green, 
The ftalk is a foot high, round, and very 
hairy : at the top grow numerous footftalks, fup- 
porting the flowers, 
Thefe are moderately large, and of a deep 
orange fcarlet, 
Tet is a native of Spain, and flowers in Au. 
guft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Hieracinin hortenfe floribus 
ae purpurefcentibus, Our people, Grim the col» 
ier. 
All the Aawkweeds are of the fame general 
qualities, cooling and deobftruent ; but their vir- 
tues are not fufficient to bring them into efteem 
or practice, 
GALE Ne US 2S IV. 
MOUSE-EAR. 
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HE flower is compofed of numerous flofcules, contained in a rounded cup, formed of nume- 
rous, tender, oblong, and narrow feales. The flofcules are feparately flat ; and dented in five 
parts at the ends. The leaves are hairy ; and there ftands only one head or general flower on the top 
of each ftalk. 
Common Creeping Moufe-Ear, 
Pilofella vulgaris repens. 
The root is a tuft of whitith fibres. 
The leaves rife in a little clutter from this ; 
and they are oblong, narrow, of a deep green, 
and very hairy: there rife with thefe fome long, 
weak, trailing fhoots, which take root at the 
ends ; and thefe fending up other clufters of 
leaves, propagate the plant abundantly, 
The ftalk is lender, of a pale green, hairy, and 
four inches high. : 
Gerson 
One flower ftands on its tops and this is large, 
and of a very beautiful pale yellow. 
It is common on dry banks, flowering in 
May. 
C. Bauhine calls it Pilofella major repens bir- 
Suta. Others only, Pilofeila. 
‘It is an excellent aftringent; and may be gi- 
ven in powder of the whole plant againft hamor- 
thages, and overflowings of the menfes, 
A ftrong decoétion of it is good againtt loofe- 
neffes attended with bloody ftools. 
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DANDELION. 
Dis Bs NS. BaeknO Ny haiS. 
HE flower is compofed of numerous flofcules, arranged in a common cup, compofed of many 
eb fcales, the inner ones of which are long, narrow, and ftrait; and the outer, fewer, broader, 
and naturally turned backwards at the end. Each flofcule is narrow, and dented in five places at the 
end; and one flower ftands on each ftalk ; which is alfo naked, or without leaves, 
Linnzus places this among the /yngenefia with the others. 
1. Common Dandelion, 
Dens leonis vulgaris. 
This is almoft too common for defcription. 
The root is long, and has many fibres. 
The leaves are numerous, long, broad, of a 
fine green, deeply indented, and full of a milky 
Juice. 
The ftalks are numerous, hollow, naked, and 
ten inches high. 
One flower ftands on the top of each; and 
this is large and yellow. 
It is common by way-fides, and flowers all 
fummer. 
N° XLIV, 
C. Bauhine calls it Dens leonis latiore folio. 
Others, Taraxacon. 
Beneficent Nature has in general made thofe 
things. moft common which .are moft ufeful ; 
and this plant is an inftance. It is excellent 
againft ob{tructions of the vifcera, and in the 
fcurvy. It is alfo of great ufe in the gravel, 
operating powerfully, yet fafely, by urine. The 
beft method of taking it in a fit of the gravel, is in 
{trong decoction: for the other cafes the lower 
part of the ftalks, blanched, are beft eaten in the 
way of fallad. 
5U 2. Narrow- 
