SYNGENESIA : POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 469 



An liath-lus. Gaulis, t 



In wafte places and in cultivated grounds frequent. 

 -li. VIII. 



The ftalk is erecl, three or four feet high, fome- 

 times red and fometimes green : the leaves are 

 green above, but white and hoary underneath, 

 pinnatifid, the fegments lanceolate, oppofite, 

 acutely dented, the extreme one flightly divided 

 into three lobes : the upper leaves are linear and 

 undivided : the flowers are felTile numerous, eredt, 

 and grow in Ipikes compounded of many lefTer 

 fpicuU ariling from the ah of the leaves : the 

 fcales of the calyx are covered with a cotton dov/n : 

 the florets are red, and about 13 in a calyx : the 

 receptacle is flat and fmooth. 



An infulion of this plant in white wine, or a bath 

 made of it, has always been efteemed an em- 

 menagogue, and ufeful in difficult parturition. 



The Japonefe moxa formerly much ufed in caute- 

 ries for curing the gout, is no other than a fpongy 

 inflammable fubfl:ance prepar'd from the medulla 

 of the fl:alk of this plant. 



The leaves when young and tender are frequently 

 made ufe of by the highlanders as a pot-herb. 



The country people in Sweden drink a decodion 

 of them for the ague. 



GNAPHALIUM. Gen, pL 946. 



Recep. nudum. P^p/'z/jplumafus. CaL imbncatu.*^^ 

 II h 3 fquami.s 



