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2, Narrow-leaved Dandelion. 
Dens leonis folio anguftiore. 
The root is long, and has many fibres. 
The leaves are narrow, long, of a dark green, 
and divided into more and deeper fegments than 
in the common kind. 
One flower ftands at the top of each ftalk , and 
this is large, and yellow. 
The feeds are redifh, and are winged with 
down. Thofe of the common kind are yellow. 
It is frequent in gardens and paftures, flower- 
ing all fummer. 
C. Bauhine calls it Dens leonis anguftiore folio. 
3. Rough Dandelion. 
Dens leonis bir futus. 
The root is long, thick, and furnifhed with 
many fibres. 
The leaves are oblong, broad, and hairy: they 
are of a pale green, and deeply divided. 
The ftalk is naked, but hairy ; and at its top 
flands one large yellow flower. 
It is frequent in paftures, and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Hieracium afperum flore 
magno dentis leouis. Others, Dens leonis afper, 
and Dens leonis birfutus. 
Oeil wa Gael 
4, Narrow-leaved Mountain Dandelion. 
Dens leonis foliis integris. 
The root is long and thick. 
The leaves are long, narrow, and undivided : 
they are of a pale green, and lightly hairy. 
The ftalk is naked, and eight inches high, and 
the flower large and yellow. 
We have it in Wales, and fome of our moun- 
tainous counties. It flowers in Augutft. 
C. Bauhine cails it Hieracium montanum angufii- 
folium incanum. 
5. Branched Dandclion. 
Dens leonis ramofus. 
The root is long and flender. 
‘The leaves are very long, narrow, irregularly 
divided, and of a faint green. 
The ftalk, which naturally rifes fingle, as in 
the others, is fometimes in luxuriant foils fplit 
into two or three divifions. 
The flowers are fmall and yellow ; 3 and the 
feeds are blackifh. 
We have it in paftures in Suffex, 
June. 
Petiver calls it Dens lecnis ramofus glaber ; and 
it is fo named by Dillenius, 
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GOATS-BEARD: 
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pu flower is compofed of numerous flofcules, arranged together in a fimple cup, formed of 
eight long and pointed parts, which unite in one common body at the bate. 
flat, fhort, and indented in five places at the top. 
narrow. 
Each flofcule is 
The leaves of the plant are grafly, long, and 
Linneus arranges this with the reft among his /yagene/fa. 
1. Common Goats-Beard. 
Tragopogon vulgare. 
The root is long and large, of a a white colour, 
and well tafted. 
The ftalk is round, upright, one not un- 
frequently branched, and two feet high. 
The leaves are numerous, very long, flender, 
and of a fine green, with a tinge on bluifh or 
greyith. 
The flowers are large and yellow : they termi- 
“nate the ftalk and branches; and the leaves or 
fegments of the cup exceed the body of the 
flower in length. 
It is common in hilly paftures, and flowers in 
June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Tragopogon pratenfe luteum 
mas. 
2. Purple Goats-Beard, 
. Tragopogon flore purpureo. 
The root is long, thick, white, and flefhy ; 
and is of a very agreeable tafte, 
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The ftalk is round, thick, jointed, and two 
feet or more in height. 
The leaves are of a bluifh green, very long, 
moderately broad, and fharp-pointed. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks; and 
they are very large and purple. 
It is found wild in meadows in the north of 
England, and flowers in July. ' 
C. Bauhine calls it Tragopogen purpuro-ceru- 
leum quod artifi vulgo. 
This and the common kind have the fame qua- 
lities. Their roots are pleafant; and this laft is 
kept in gardens for the fervice of the table, where 
it is called falfafie. 
They operate gently by urine, and are good 
againft the gravel. 
. The laft kind is beft tafted; but the other has 
moft virtue. 
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