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flalk, and one large'oval finuated one terminating 

 the leaf: the upper ones arc fefTile, acutely oval 

 and dented : the branches are almoft naked, and 

 form a kind of loofe open panicle of yellow flow- 

 ers : the calyx is fmooth and con fills of 8 fcales, 

 growing together in a furrow'd cylinder, with five 

 other unequal fupplemcntary ones at the bafe : 

 the flowrets are from 18 to 22 in each flower: 

 the calyces become angular as the feeds ripen : 

 the {ttds are ftriated, a little gibbous and defl.itute 

 of down. 

 The young leaves in the fpring have the tafte of 

 radiihes, and are eaten by the inhabitants of Con- 

 ftantinople raw as a fallad. In fome parts of Eng^ 

 land the common people boil them as greens, buc 

 they have a bitter and not agreeable tafte. 



*'^ Capllaii, Jlof cutis omnibus tuhulofis hermaphroditism 



ARCTIUM. Gen.fl 923. 

 Cal, globofus •, fquamis apice hamis inflexls. 

 lappa 2. ARCTIUM foliis cordatis inermibus petiolatis. 

 i^p, fL 1143. {Ger. em, Sog.f. 1. Pet, herb, t, 32. 

 /. I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Moris, hiji, f, 7. t, 32./. 1.2. 

 Blackwell, t. 117. Miller, ic, 159 J 

 Burdock. Jnglis, 



Mac-an-dogha, Suircean fuirich. Gaulis, 

 In wafl:e places by way-fides, and in pafliures at 



the foot of mountains frequent. $ , Vlf. VIII. 

 The root is long, fimple, ftralt and thick : the 

 leaves are very large, heart fliap'd, obtufe, wooly 



underneath. 



