Dipsacus piLosus. Small wild Teasel or Shepherd's 



Rod. 



DIPSACUS Linnai Gen. PL Tetrandria Monogynia. 



Calyx communis polyphyllus ; proprius fuperus. Receptaculum paleaceum. 

 Rati Syn. p. 191. Herb;e Corymbiferis affines. 

 DIPSACUS filofus foliis petiolatis appendiculatis. Linn. Syjl. Fegetab. p. 120. Spec. Plant. 141» 

 DIPSACUS foliis biauribus, capitulis hemifphaericis. Haller. hift. heh. No. 199. 

 DIPSACUS fyfveftris capitulo minore vel virga paftoris minor. Bauhin Pin. p. 385. 

 DIPSACUS minor feu Virga paftoris. Ger. emac. 11 68. 

 ' VIRGA PASTORIS. Parkin/on 984. Rait Synop. p. 192. Hudfion. Fl. Angl p. 49. 



RADIX biennis. | ROOT biennial. 



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CAULIS orgyalis, ere&us, ramofiffimus, pene teres, % STALK about fix feet high, upright, very much branch* 



aculeatus, fulcatus. | eel, nearly round, prickly and grooved. 



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 RAMI oppofiti, patentes, cauli fimiles. | BRANCHES oppofite, fpreading, like the ftalk. 



FOLIA ad hafin Cauli s, connata, ovato-lanceolata, % LEAVES at the bottom of the Stalk connate, ovato- 



ferrata, nervo medio fubtus aculeato, indhifa, | lanceolate, ferrated, the midrib prickly under- 



fuprema appendiculata ; ramorum ; /happen- | neath, undivided, thofe at the top dividing at the 



diculata, ferrata, fuprema margin© integerrima, | bale into two fmaller leaves ; the leaves on the 



lanceolata. I branches at bottom fimilar to thofe laft delcribed, 



y at top lanceolate, with the edges entire. 



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PEDUNCULI eredi, longi, ex dichotomy caulis, fulca- | FOOT-STALKS of the flowers, upright, long, pro- 



ti, aculeati, apice fpinofiffimi, uniflori. | ceeding from the middle where the ftalks fepa- 



| rate, grooved, prickly, at top very full of 



$ {lender fpines, fupporting one flower. 



FLORES albidi, in capitulum hemifphsericum colleai, | FLOWERS whitifh, collected together in a fmall hemi- 

 dum florent nutantes, poftea capitula eriguntur. | fphencal head, which, while the plant is in 



I flower, droops, and afterwards becomes upright. 



CALYX : Perianthium commune multiflorum, hexa- | CALYX : the common Perianthium fupporting many 

 phyllum, foliolis longitudine florum, patentibus, % flowers, compofed of fix leaves, the length of 



lanceolatis, mucronatis, fig. 1 : Perianthium | the flowers, fpreading, lanceolate and pointed, 



proprium parvum, fnperum, concavum, cilia- ^ fig. 1. The Perianthium of each fioficule fmall, 



turn, fig. 5. lente auctum. % placed above the Germen, hollow, and ciliated, 



I Jg- 5> magnified. 



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 COROLLA propria monopetala, tubulofa, limbo qudri- | COROLLA : each fioficule monopetalous, tubular, the 

 fido, lacinia inferiore longiore, fig. 3. | limb quadrifid, the lowermoft fegment longeft, 



STAMINA: Filamenta quatuor Corolla longiora ; $ STAMINA : four Filaments, longer than the Corolla; 

 Anthers purpurea, fig. 3. | \ Anthers purple, /g. 3. 



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 PISTILLUM: Germen inferum, tetragonum ; Stylus ¥ PISTILLUM : Germen placed below the Calyx, qua- 



filiformis, longitudine Corolla;; Stigma fim- I drangular ; the Style filiform, the length of 



plex, fig. 6* i Corolla; the Stigma fimple, fig. 6. 



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PERICARPIUM nullum. | SEED-VESSEL wanting. 



SEMINA fufca, fubtetragona. fig. 4. I SEEDS brown, nearly quadrangular. 



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RECEPTACULUM commune hemifphamcum, paleace- t RECEPTACLE common to all the flowers paleaceous ; 



um, pars inferior palearum concava, alba, ca- | the lower part of the paleae hollow, white, and 



rinata, fuperior lanceolata, acuminata, fpinulis f angular behind ; the upper part lanceolate, 



obfita. fig. 2, I tapering to a point, and befet with little fpines 



I or hairs., fig., z, 



THIS fpecies of 'Teafiel may be confidered as one of our Plantae rariores ; hitherto I have found it only* 

 in one place near town, viz. on the right hand fide of the Turnpike-road leading from Deptford to Letvi/Jjam 3 

 not far from the latter : as it grows to a confiderable height, it ia confpicuous at a diftance : the flowers 

 appear in July, and the feed is ripe in September : it continues to blow for a confiderable time, and did not 

 the plant take up fo much room, there is beauty enough in its flowers to recommend it for the Garden,, 



Moths feem very fond of its blofioms, being found _on them in great numbers after fun-fet, 



