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" H. cichorii fativi folio, denticulate, curvo, diuturne 

 florciis, incanum ; Cupan. Hort. Cath. 96.") — Leaves lan- 

 ceolate, ftrongly toothed, fomewhat hairy. Outer fcales 

 of the calyx lax, the length of the inner. Briftles of the 

 feeds four or more. — Common in Sicily, by way-fides, on 

 calcareous hills near Meffina, and various parts of mount 

 Etna, flowering in June and July. Bivona. Dr. Sibthorp 

 found it in Cypru*. The root is perennial, tapering, milky. 

 Sl(ms one or more, ereft, wand-like, fomewhat angular, 

 one and a half or two feet high, leafy, much branched and 

 Gorymbofe at the upper part. Leaves more tapering at the 

 bafe, with ftronger teeth, and rather more hairy than in the 

 firft. fpecies. Flo-wers numerous, about half as large as the 

 .former, of a pale fulphur-cpk>ur, reddifh underneath, fome- 

 times purplifh-brown in the middle. Outer fcales of the 

 calyx falcate, lax, partly difperfed down the ftalk, but none 

 of them longer than the inner fcales. Brijlles on the feeds 

 of the difl{ eight, ten, or more, even in a fpecimen fent by 

 baron Bivona himfelf. Can the purple-eyed variety of this 

 fpecies be the Hicractum medio nigrum, Jlore mliwre, mentioned 

 in Ger. Em. 162J, along with the preceding? 



3. ''^ . fcxarijlata. Clofe-cupped Succory-hawkweed 



Bivona Tolp. 1 1. t. 2. (T. virgata; Savi Etrufc. v. i. 184. 

 Crepis ambigua ; Balbis Crep. 4. t. i. " Decand. Franc. 40. 

 t. 4.") — Lower leaves lanceolate, deeply and unequally 

 toothed ; upper linear-lanceolate, entire. Outer fcales of 

 the calyx clofe, half as long as the inner. Briftles of the 

 feeds fix or more. — Native of hills in Italy, Sicily, and the 

 fouth of France, flowering in June and July. Root peren- 

 nial, tap-(haped. Stem three or four feet high. Puhefcence 

 of the whole plant very variable. Radical leaves numerous, 

 fpreading circularly on the ground, four inches long, taper- 

 ing at the bafe ; thofe of the ftem, except a few at the 

 bottom, flender and awl-fhaped. Flowering branches rather 

 more diflant and flender than the laft. Calyx mealy. 

 Corolla lemon -coloured. " Brtjlks of the feeds ufually fix, 

 fometimes only five, or four ;" Bivona : " fometimes feven ;" 

 Savi, 



4. T. virgata. Short-cupped Suckory-hawkweed. Bi- 

 vona Tolp. 15. t. 4. (Crepis virgata; Desfont. Aftcs de 

 la Soc. d'Hift. Nat. de Paris, v. i. 37. t. 8. Atlant. 

 V. 2. 230. Willd. Sp. PI. v. 3. 1600.) — Lower leaves 

 elliptic-lanceolate, acute, unequally toothed ; upper nearly 

 entire. Flower-ftalks divaricated. Outer fcales of the 

 calyx very fliort, capillary, rather lax. Briftles of the 

 feed ten or more. — Native of fandy borders of fields abo«t 

 Tunis and Algiers, flowering in April and May. Root 

 annual. Stem a foot or two in height, ftriated, leafy, 

 fmooth. Leaves fmooth, two or three inches long ; taper- 

 ing at the bafe. Floiuerflalks flender, fpreading, gradually 

 rifing above each other, flightly fcaly at the top. Flowers 

 yellow; their under fide reddifli. Desfontaines. 



5. T. coronopifolia. Flefhy-leaved Succory-hawkweed. 

 Bivona Tolp. 17. t. 5. (Crepis coronopifolia; Desfont. 

 Aftes de la Soc. d'Hift. Nat. de Paris, v. i. 38. t. 9, ex- 

 cluding the fyn. of Boccone, 13. t. 7. Willd. Sp. PI. 

 V. 3. 1606. J — Lower leaves pinnatifid, with linear fcgments. 

 Flower-ftalks divaricated. Outer fcales of the calyx clofe, 



very fliort. Briftles of the feed ten or more Native of 



the Canary iflands, from whence it was brought to Kew by 

 Mr. Maflbn, in 1777. A hardy annual plant, flowering in 

 Auguft and September. The flem is a yard high, round, 

 ftriated, leafy, fmooth, much branched. Leaves fmooth, 

 rather fucculent, various in fize ; their fegments decurrent, 

 often fubdivided. Flowers numerous, fmall, yellow, on 

 flightly fcaly hollow flails. Calyx white and cottony ; its 

 outer fcales awlfhaped, unequal, fcarcely fpreading, except 



when dried. The teeth, which make a part of the feed-down, 

 though here and there prefent, are fo fmall as to be eafily 

 overlooked : the briftles are numerous, feffile. 



TOLRE, in Geography, a town of Hindooftan, in the 

 Carnatic ; 15 miles E. of Volconda. 



TOLSEY, in our Old IVritcrs, denotes the places where 

 merchants meet in a city or town of trade. 



The word is compounded of the Saxon tol, tributiim, and 

 fee, fedcs. 



TOLSTA, in Geography, a town of Sweden, in Weft 

 Gothland ; 30 miles W.S.W. of Linkioping. 



ToLSTA Head, a cape on the E. coaft of the ifland of 

 Lewis. N. lat. 58° 22'. W. long. 6° 6'. 



TOLSTONOSKOI, an oftrog of Ruflia, in the govern- 

 ment of Tobolftc, on the Enifei ; 280 miles N.N.W. of 

 Turuchanflc. N. lat. 70° 16'. E. long. 85° 14'. 



TOLT, in Law, a writ whereby a caufe depending in a 

 court-baron is removed into the county-court. Old Nat. 

 Br. 4. See Pone. 



TOLTEN, in Geography, a river of Chili, which runs into 

 the Pacific ocean, S. lat. 38" 50'. 



TOLTERCAIZTLI, in Natural Hijlory, the American 

 name of a ftone, much refembling the novacularum lapi.-;, 

 but variegated with red and black fpots. They ufe the 

 powder of this ftone and cryftal, calcined together, for dif- 

 eafes of the eyes. 



TOLU, in Geography, a fea-port town of South America, 

 in the province of Carthagena, with a harbour open to the 

 Spanifh Main ; in the environs of which is found the cele- 

 brated balfam to which it gives name; 50 miles S.E. of 

 Carthagena. N. lat. 9° 45'. W. long. 75° 25'. 



Tor.u Balfam. See Balsam. 



Toi.v-Trce, Balfam of, mBotany. See Toluifera. 



TOLVA, in Geography, a town of Naples, in Bafilicata ; 

 9 miles S.S.E. of Acerenza. 



TOLUCO, a town of Mexico, in the province of 



Mechoacan ; lOO miles W.N.W. of Mcchoacan Alfo, 3 



town of Mexico ; 28 miles S.W. of Mexico. 



TOLUIFERA, in Bo/any, fo called from its producing 

 the balfam of Tolu. Linnxus attributes the name to Van 



Royen Linn. Gen. 210. Schreb. 2S2. Willd. Sp. PI. 



V. 2. 545. Mart. Mill. Did. v. 4. Jufl". 372. — Clafs and 

 order, Decandria Monogynia. Nat. Ord. Lomentaceee, Linn. 

 Leguminofie, fed. lO. Jufl. 



Gen. Ch. Cal. Perianth inferior, of one leaf, bell -fliaped, 

 five-toothed, nearly equal; one angle (or tooth ?J more 

 diftant than the reft. Cor. Petals five, inferted into the 

 receptacle ; four of them equal, linear, fomewhat longer 

 than the calyx ; the fifth twice as large, inverfely hcart- 

 fliaped, its claw the length of the calyx. Stam. Filaments 

 ten, very ftiort ; anthers longer than the calyx. P'^h 

 Germen oblong ; ftyle fcarcely any ; ftigma acute. Peric. 

 and Seeds not deicribed. 



Efl". Ch. Calyx five-toothed, bell-fhaped. Petals five ; 

 the lower one very large, inverfely heart-fliaped. Style 

 none. 



I. T. Balfamum. Balfam of Tolu. Linn. Sp. PI. 549. 

 Willd. n. I. Woodv. Med. Bot. t. 193. (B. tolutanum ; 

 Dale Pharmac. 304. B. tolutanum, foliis cerati^ fimilibus, 

 quod candidum eft ; Bauh. Pin. 401.) — Native of the pro- 

 vince of Tolu, in South America. We have never feen any 

 original fpecimen of this plant, nor any figure, except 

 Dr. Woodville's, drawn from a dried fpecimen in fir Jofeph 

 Banks's colleftion, the authority for which is not men- 

 tioned. Miller appears to have raifed plants from feeds 

 fent by Houftonn, but they probably did not profper long. 

 Perhaps the fpecimen juil mentioned was obtained from the 



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