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high; and they have imperfe& membranes by 
way of leaves. 
The flowers are large, and of a beautiful yel- 
low: one ftands on the top of each ftalk, 
After thefe appear the leaves : they are large. 
roundith, fupported on long footftalks; and of a 
deep green, but pale underneath, and downy. 
The flowers appear early in fpring, the leaves 
foon after, 
DRIeVeleES*I-O Nail: 
Alpine Coltsfoot. 
Lufilago Alpina purpurea. 
The root is long and creeping. 
The leaves are placed on fhort, purplith foot- 
ftalks; and they are fmall, of a roundith fhape, 
and dented at the edges, of a deep green on the 
upper fide, and woolly underneath. 
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beft method of giving i 
made of the juice of the leaves with honey. It 
is thus of excellent fervice in afthmas, coughs, 
and forenefs of the breaft. 
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eight inches high. 
flower, very large, and of a beautiful purple. 
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It is common in clayith foils, 
C. Bauhine calls it Tufiilago vulgaris, 
Te.is a celebrated and excellent pectoral. The 
t is in form of a fyrup, 
REIGN SPECIES, 
The ftalk is hollow, purplith, round, and 
On its top ftands a fingle 
It is a native of Germany, and flowers in 
-April. 
C. Bauhine calls it 7; ufilago Alpina rotundifolia 
canefcens. ‘ 
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Be lege ABS VAG Nick: 
CONY ZA. 
HE flower is compofed of numerous flofcules, 
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placed in a common cup. Thofe in the difk ate 
tubular ; and they are furrounded with flat ones in the verge, difpofed as rays. The cup is of 
a cylindric form, fhort, and compofed of numerous feales, 
down. 
The feeds are winged with flight 
Linneus places this among the fgenofia : but he makes a ftrange diftribution of the {pecies among 
many diftinét genera of other names. 
1. Middle Fleabane. 
Conyza flore majore lute. 
The root is compofed of thick fibres. 
The ftalk is round, hairy, whitith, and two 
feet high. 
The leaves are oblong, broad, and of a faint 
green: they are clammy to the touch, and have 
a ftrong, difagreeable fmell. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the branches, 
and are large and yellow. 
It is common in wet places, and flowers in 
June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Conyza media afteris flore 
duteo. Others, Conyza media. 
2. Small Fleabane, 
Conyza minor, 
The root is fibrous and brown, 
The ftalks are round, brownifh, a foot high, 
and very much branched. 
The leaves are oblong, broad, obtufe, and of 
a brownih green. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the branches 5 
and are yellowifh, and ufually naked; but occa- 
fionally they have fhort rays about the verge, 
It is common in watery grounds, and flowers 
in Auguft, 
C. Bauhine calls it Conyza minore Hore globofo. 
3. Jagged Fleabane. 
Conyza paluftris foliis laciniatis. 
The root is fibrous and redifh, : 
The ftalk is upright, firm, and divided into 
many branches. 
The teaves are Jong, narrow, fharp-pointed, 
and very beautifully ferrated on the edges. 
The flowers fland at the tops of the branches 3 
and they are numerous, large, beautifully radi- 
ated, and yellow. 
It is found in our fen-counties, and flowers in 
July. f 
C. Bauhine calls it Conyza aquatica laciniata: 
Others, Conyxa major. 
The juice of fleabane is faid to be an excellent 
pectoral ; but it is unpleafant, and is not ufed. 
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