SYNGENESIA : POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 479 

 The plant lives about three months. From the 

 burfting of the anthers to the perfeding the feeds 

 takes up 1 8 days : all the flowers which termi- 

 nate the principal ftalk ripen their feeds in {^wtn 

 weeks ; after which thofe of the branches pro- 

 ceed to the fame operation : the calyces nod after 

 the anthers are burft till the feeds are ripe. 

 A ftrong infufion of this plant ad:s as an emetic. 

 The highlanders ufe it externally in cataplafms 

 as a cooler, and to bring on fuppurations. Finches 

 and other fmall birds are fond of the feeds. 



** Fiorihus radiatiSy radio revoluto, 



nfcofus 2. SENECIO corollis revolutis, foliis pinnatifidis vif- 

 cidis, fquamls calycinis laxis longitudine perlan- 

 thii. Sp, pL 1217. {Dilhu EUham. 347. /. 258 



/• 336) 



Vifcid Groundfel Anglis. 



In wafte places near towns and villages, zs z*: Leven^ 

 on the coail of Fife^ near the falt-works, and at 

 Dyfart by the peer, and at Charles-Town^ the 

 great lime-works of Lord Elgiuy in plenty. Q. 



viir. 



The ftalk is two or three feet high, widely branched, 

 and together with the whole plant covered with 

 vifcid hairs : the flowers are yellow, much larger 

 than thofe of the preceding, and grow in loofc 

 umbels, two or three on a peduncle. The calyces 

 are vifcid, the fupplementary fcales at the bafe 

 lax and hairy, and fometimcs almoft as long as 



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