TRAGOPOGON. 



_j cadi awet, fne, capDa^ flwrt; aidlieis 



united into a cyfindrical bdie, projeaiBg out of the tnbei^ 

 titt floiet. Pyi. Gennen in eadi ioret obovate ; ftyle tn- 

 mid and ofaliqae at tbe bode, vith a kind of joint, thfen 

 tliread4hqied, ftza^it, tix logth <£ the ftsraens ; fligmas 

 two, renJute. Ptric cone, except the pennanent do&d 

 tnrUnzlec^yXjflKHter than the (ieed-down, finaDj lefiexed. 

 Sadt CoGtary, oborale, obHqiie, angnbr, roogh, eadi 

 ciovned, at anobtofe angb, w^ a ftalk, Taiioas in kagth, 

 tamid and inflated at the boJe, beaiii^ the fiveadiog kz- 

 therj- feed-down. Rtaft. naked, flat, loogfailh. 



Efll Ch. Rareptade naked. Caljx tnrinnzte, of one 

 leaf, ic e^fat deep {egments. Seed-down feztfaeiy, on an 

 obbque inflated flt^c 



i.A.DdxiamfS. Gieat4oweiedSheep'»4>eard. WiDd. 

 n. I. Ak. a. I. Sm. FL Grec- Sibtfa. t- 780, nnpnb- 

 Kflked. (Trsgopogon Dafeyharnpa; Uns. Sp. Fl> llio- 

 Hieiadnm magnum ; Dakch. ICi. ^G^haiL H. p!Hp>o- 

 reno, "«fifig rains, monmom ; Band. Ic t. 20^) — 

 Citjrx findj downr, without fanflles. Leases nmdnate, 

 toothnL^Nsdre of Spain, the foodiftf Fiance, Italy, and 

 the Levant. We haie iieeD it, adonm^ fumy hifls aboot 

 Geooa, in the eariy patf of a fammei's dar, vdien its co> 

 pious large flowas, <^ a ddicatf fD^fanr-coloar, porple 

 nBdaneath, nake a fine appe aiaa cg, intennried with the Mne 

 C^asatdx, and other t»™'M««»g- plants, while the gieat 

 MjrmAm EiiBJaJa is feen iolUy fluttering oier their 

 bfefloBts. Bimar appears to ha«e cnhrrated diB |daiit, 

 which is a tcJeraUy hardy pexamial m warm dry fi lU ii t ii w i w , 

 fleweiii^ £ro(n Jane to Odober, bat not often feen in gar- 

 ^kss. Tbe^^ is firom twoBKhes to afoot Ugh, pnrpEfh 

 at the bofe, kafy, roagfaifli, as well as the aheinate, c]afp- 

 ii^, rancinate k^sss., of whidi the oppis ones are oUoog^ 

 and Bzarly entire. Fbmav two inchei ¥ride, Solitary, oo 

 very loi^, frmple, tenainal, round, rough, hsiaweA^^i. 

 Caifx eteo,'co¥eied with pecolizily £oit ihart dowsi. .J'h- 

 r^s hairy at the back. Stalk of the^arf- Aw tqiecing, hoL- 

 low tfaioagboat, ceaily lerticdl, about thtics d^ kiK^ of 

 cfaeyiedL 



t, A.ficraisla. Frkkly-ciqiped Sbeep's-beard. Willd. 

 a. 2. Ait. n. 2. Sm. FL Gixc SSith. t. 781, mqwihliflied. 

 (Tr^opt^oo picroides; Linn. Sp. ^ iiii. Sondboos 

 a^ier hcinijtns creticas; Banh. Fnidr. 60.) — Calyx Uf- 

 pid, wkh pr o min ent bi^ks. Leaves toothed ; the iqtper 

 ones jagged; dOatedat the bafe, daffH^ the fiem^ — ^Na- 

 tive of the footh of France, and the fliaies of Italy, SicQy, 

 Ciete, &c Dr. Sibthorp fisnud it fiteqaent in Greece and 

 the Aidnpdsgo, efpecaOy ano^ niblnfli near the iea. 

 He fiifpeded it mi^ be the Greater Hawkweed, "Ufxaa 

 ■n Hcjxi, of Diolcondes. Carious cnhiratars hare often 

 rafed the plant in Ei^and, where it proves a hardy ammal, 

 but is too Uke a conmiao Sow-tluftle to be madi dierifflied. 

 Toe &ar( Tarks in luxurLm ce and roi^mefs, but is not at all 

 boory. Lsmv krnta obovate, taperisg mnch at the bale, 

 wiiexe they dafp the Sem ; i;f||^ greatly dilated in the lame 

 p2Bt, and fomiflied thiougfaont with many fliarp Itguiutts 

 and teeth ; tfadr nud^ob i»ickly beoeadu FhsurxbterA, 

 hnf^ ydkiw, not ieJf ^e fize of the fenuo-, on loog, ter- 

 """^j libGtary, brifily *'jlt« Caijx *^i™™ij dodied with 

 tawny, r^id, proieSing fariftks. SaJt datk-brovp, de> 

 pre&d, fcaly, as is tbe tnmid bofe oi theotherwile flender, 

 loi^ilh, and wUte Salk which <"''<h'i'»« the £aow>ndiite 

 Bstfaery down. 



3. A. ajfer. Ron^ Shec^sJieard. WiDd. n. 3. 

 Aa.B.5. Sm. FLGizc. Sibth.t.782,ai7nbEfl>£d. (Tia- 

 gopogOB afperum; Linn. Sp. FL iiti. Scradns afyer, 

 lulKVtondo fcbo ; Back IVpdr. 6g, 00 Sgine. ) — C^lys 



Infpid* widt i niM ii i i iT tf briUes. Leaves iradifided, tootheii ; 

 thrae of tbe item ofaloag^ contraSed towards tbe roonded 

 dafping bale. — Fomid on the fluses of MootpdSer, Italy, 

 and Afia Minar. SeiM: to Kew by M. Richard in 1774. 

 Annnal, with the habit and /Eeeov of d>e laft, bnt tbe 

 Lrsa are very difeent, at leafl: thi^ of the ftem, which, 

 inftead of bong dilated and deeply ja^ed, are merdy ob- 

 long and toadied. Tbe fbJL of the Jaddnm moteover 

 feems much fiiarter, thoogfa eqoaDy tnirad at the bafe. 



4. A. e^atfis. Cape Sheep's-bead. WiDd. n. 4. 

 (Tn^opogoa capenfis ; Jacq. CoD. v. 2. 320. Ic. Rsr. 

 u 577.) — Calyx hifpid, with prmninent tsiiles, and deeply 

 AattT-AleA. Leaves mndnate, toothed; the npper ones 

 anow-lhaped at the bale, oeaily entire. Tbe feeds were 

 received by Jacqoia finom the Cape of Good Hope, and pto- 

 doced bifmml plants, thiee or four feet h^fa, i H auch e d, ■ 

 baring mnch of the ^ipearance of a Sow-thiftle, Eke oor S 

 fecond fyecies. But the Lara are mnch Ids dil^ed at the 

 bafe, and the imlj b more deeply channeOed, having eight 

 tnnud ribs, or angks. The flender and dongated ftalk <^ 

 the Jad-dsvm is very like that fjpecies, of which it is poSble 

 the prefent may be but z variety. We know it aoly bom. 

 Jacqnin's wn^ks. 



TsAGOFOGOx, m GarJaaagj contaiits plants of the hardy, 

 hobaceoiis, biennial, and peresraial tgr^ij among winch the 

 ipeoes mc^Uy cnhivated are, the poipk g(»t's-beaid, or 

 &Uafie (T. ponifblias) ; the oonmioo ydknr goat's-bezrd 

 (T. pi^enfis) ; the ciaciis-kzved goat's-faeard (T. crod- 

 fafims) ; and the g(esdt-flo«ered goat's-beard (T. Dale- 



The fir£ fort is cnltivated in gardens imder the name of 

 lallafie principally fiw the a& of the root parts of the pkut 

 and the yomig flioots. The roots, vdieii bofled or Sewed, 

 have a nnU fweetifli Szvotr. The flalks are alfo cnt in the 

 (piing, vihem they aie fmir or five iocfaes hi^i, and drefied 

 like afpatagos, in whidi vray they eat very tender aisd wdL 



Mabad ^ C^mrc — Tim Sift San is (miy rai&d from 

 feed, idnch flioaldbe {own in thelpiing, in an <qien fitna- 

 tjoo to remain, either Ivaad-caft and raked to, or in (hallow 

 diiDi e^Iit or nine indies aiimder, Jcattering the feeds 

 thinly, and cunaii^ them half an indi deep ; s^ when the 

 plants axe come np two or three indiK in bd^lit, th^ 

 flioald be tliimw^ amd weeded by hand or die hoe, leaving 

 them ^ht or ten indies afmider, repeating the weedii^ as 

 reqnned dnrii^ die fmmnfT, which is aD the cultnre diey 

 require, and they vriH hare large roots by tbe autu y iii , as 

 September or Odober, vrfaea they may be began taki^ np 

 £or nfe ; and in Noveodier, wlien the leaves begin to decay, 

 a quantity be pxeferred in land fer ufe in time of feveie 

 frcnt, when th(]&in thegroond cannot be got vp. 



In the fpntngf when thofe remaining in the groondbe^^ 

 to fitoot, die flioots, vriien a few indies U^i, may be cot 

 for ide, wUdi, when quite joong and tender, oo beii^ 

 boiled, aie exoefloit eating. A few jdants fhoold be fni- 

 £aed to ran op to fialk every fpiii^ to prodooe feeds. 



Tk flioots are brooght to mztket is boqcfaes during the 

 antmimal aEid winter f«'jCn«»i 



Tl«e two following forts may aUb be rafed from feed in 

 the lame way, and the {daets, vrhes a fittle advanced in 

 growth, be pbntfd out if they are required for variety in 

 any pertJcnlar part. 



Hk dard fort may aUo be pn^agated by parting the 

 roots in -»"'"""i and ^pcii^ and |danting them where they 

 are to rcBBm. 



"Hie fitJEk is cobivated whaDy as a cufinary pbat, but 

 the odiers a&cd vaiiety in the borders of pkafure. 

 enonds, &£• 



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