440 SYNGENESIA : POLYGAMIA iEQUALIS. 



obferved it about the king's feat at Dunkeld, &c. 

 %. VIII. 



The ftalk is a yard high, eredl and firm, and ter- 

 minated with an umbel of yellow flowers : the 

 leaves on the ftalk are numerous, diftant from 

 each other, fmooth, of a narrow elliptic form, 

 dented on the edges, and fometimes intire : the 

 peduncles are furnifhed with bra^ea : the calyx is 

 fmooth and of a livid color : the receptacle is 

 rough, and pierced deeply with little cells- 

 ^ There is a variety of this fometimes found with nar- 



row grafs-like leaves, {yid. Pet, herb,t. 13./. I2« 

 y. And alfo another variety with a ftalk not above 9 



inches high, bearing often only a fmgle flower, 

 the leaves nearly oval and intire, and rough on 

 the edges. (Dillen. Epb. Nat. Gur. Cent. V. VL 

 Append, p. 36. tab. 13./. i. Vaillant. 48.^ 



This Mr. Stuart obferv'd about Locb-Rannochy in 

 Ferthjhire, 



Thefe are ufed in Sweden to dye yarn of a fine yel- 

 low color. 



CREPIS. Gen,pLgi4. 

 Recept, nudum. CaL calyculatus fquamis deciduis. 

 Pappus plumofus, ftipitatus. 

 U^orum I. CREPIS foliis lanceolato-runcinatis feflTilibus Isevi- 

 bus, inferioribus dentatis. Lin.fyft, nat.p, 525. 

 Sp, pi 1 135. {Ger. em, 297. /. 4. Moris, bift, f. 

 7. /. 7./. 29. Pet. herb. t. 12. /. 6, 7^ £f? ejus va- 

 rietast. 12./. 3, 4, 5.) 

 Smooth Succory Hawkweed. Anglis. 



In 



