Lapsana communis. Nipplewort. 



LAPSANA Linnet Gen. PL Syngenesia Polygamia jequalis. 



Receptaculum nudum. Cal. calyculatus, fquamis fmgulis interioribus ca- 

 naliculatis. 

 Rail Syn. Gen. 6. Herbje flore composito natura pleno lastescentes. 

 LAPSANA communis calycibus fru&us angulatis pedunculis tenuibus ramonffimis. Linnxl Syfi. Vegeiab. 



p. 602. Sp. ft. 1141. Fl. Sueclc. p. 277. 

 LAMPSANA caule brachiato ; foliis ovatis longe petiolatis ; petiolis pinnatis. <Haller hlft. n. 6. 

 LAMPS ANA communis. Scopoll Fl. Carnlol n. 988. 



SONCHO affinis Lampfana domeflica. C. Bauhln pin. p. 124. 



LAMPSANA Gerard, emac. 255. 



LAMPSANA vulgaris. Parklnfon 810. Rail Syn. 173, Hud/on FL Angl. p. 303. 



RADIX annua, (implex, fibrofa. t ROOT annual, fimple, and fibrous 



CAULIS ere&us, rigidus, bicubitalis, ftriatus, ramofus, ¥ STALK upright, rigid, about two cubits high, ftria- 

 hirfutus. I ted, branched, hairy. 



FOLIA oppofita, hirfutula, ad radicem et in ima parte | LEAVES oppofite, fomewhat hairy, at the root, and on 



caulis uno vel altero pinnularum pari donata, | the lower part of the ftalk furnifhed with one 



fegmento terminali magno, ovato, dentato, fu- % or two pair of pinnulae ; the fegment which 



periora oblonga, dentata. | terminates the leaf large, oval, and indented ; 



y the upper leaves oblong and indented. 

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CALYX : communis calyculatus, angulatus, laeyis^ X CALYX ; the common Calyx fmooth, and furnifhed at 



fquamae ad bafin minimae eretlae, fig. 1 . ? bottom with a few minute, upright fquamulae, 



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 COROLLA compofita, imbricata, Corollulis herma- t COROLLA compound, imbricated, the flofcules her- 



phroditis aequalibus ; propria monopetala, ligu- I maphrodite and equal ; each of them monope- 



lata, truncata quinque dentata, fig. 2. $ talous, ligulate, truncated, and having five 



I teeth, fig. 2, 



STAMINA: Filament a quinque capillaria,brevirTima; | STAMINA: five fmall and very fhort Filaments ; 

 Anthers cylindracea tubulofa, /#. 2. J Anthers uniting into a tube, fig. 2. 



PISTILLUM : Germen oblongiufculum ; Stylus | PISTILLUM : Germen oblong ; Style filiform, the 

 filiformis, longitudine Staminum ; Stigma $ length of the Stamina: Stigma bifid ami 



bifidum, reflex urn, fig. 2. | turning back, fig. 2. 



SEMINA circiter oclodecem, oblonga paululum incur- ? SEEDS about eighteen, oblong, a little bent in, with- 

 vata, pappo deflituta, intra calycem, fig. 3,4. | out any down, contained within the Calyx, 



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In gardens as a weed, this plant anfwers very well to the name of communis, being in general too common. 

 Nature feems amply to have fupplied the want of pappus or down in the feeds, by the great number of 

 them produced in each plant. It alfo occurs on the fides of banks, and in all cultivated ground ; flowering 

 during moft of the Summer months. 



According to Ray it receives its name of Nipplewort from its efficacy in curing fore nipples : no other 

 Virtues or ufes feem attributed to it. 



