34 TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Dipsacus. 



TRIANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 



MO'NTIA/ Blinks. 



M. fontdna. Small Water-Chickweed. Blinks. E. 

 B. 1206. C. 3. 8. 



In ivatery places, hy the sides of little clear rills, especially on a gra- 

 velly soil. Shotover Hill, Southleigh Heath. Sb. Near Horse- 

 path. (Bagley Wood.) Bx. 



An. May, June. Bx. 



Smooth, spreading. Ls. opposite, rather fleshy, elliptic-spear- 

 shaped, entire. Fl. white, on long foot stalks. Seeds black. 

 Its minute flowers seldom entirely open : hence one of its 

 names, Blinks. A larger variety found. TVitli. Fl. open in 

 the brightest sunshine only. A diminutive plant. 



Class IV. TETRANDRIA. Stainens ^. equal. 

 Order I. MONO G YNIA. Pistil 1 . 



DIPSACUS." Teasel.^ 



D. sylvestris. Wild T. Leaves opposite, saw-toothed. 

 Scales of the receptacle straight. Common calp^ bent 

 inwards, longer than the head. E. B. 1032. C. 3. 

 9. G. E. 1167. 



^4hout moist hedges, and by road sides. 



Bien. July. 



Stem about four feet, straight, branched, prickly. Ls. sometimes 

 joined at the base, oblong, veiny, prickly : root-ones blunter, 

 depressed. Fl. heads terminal, solitary, egg-shaped, erect. Fl. 

 very numerous, dense, palish purple, each with a linear-spear- 

 shaped scale of the recept. Not so stout a plant as D.fullonum, 

 involucre not spreading. 

 Heads of this sometimes mixed with those of the D. fullonum : 



its straight scales render it useless for dressing cloth. Cavities of 



the Is. contain a considerable quantity of water, after rain. 



D. pilosus. Small Teasel. ShepJierd's Staff. Leaves 

 stalked, with side leaflets. Involucres bent back, about 



1 .4fter Monti, a Bolognese Professor. 



- Gr. Dipsao, to he thirsty, the united leaves round the stem holding a quan- 

 tity of water after rain. 



3 Taesan, A. Sax to card, from teasing, i. e. combing wool, &c. 



