TussilagoFarfara. Coltsfoot. 



TUSSILAGO Lirmai Gen. PI. Syngenesia Polygamia Superflua, 



Recept. nudum. Pappus fimplex. Cal. fquamae aeqUales, difcum eequantes, 

 fubrnembranaceas. 

 Rati Syn. Gen. ij. Herbje flore composito, Semine papposo non lactescentes, 



FLORE DISCOIDE. 



TUSSILAGO Farfara fcapo unifloro imbricato, foliis fubcordatis angulatis denticulatis. Lirmai Syft. 



Vegetab. p. 629. Spec. Plant, p. 1214. Fl. Suecic. n. 743. 

 PETASITES fcapo unifloro; flofculis in ambitu lingulatis. Hatter hift. n. 143, 



TUSSILAGO Farfara. ScopoliFL Carniol. n. 1059. 



TUSSILAGO vulgaris Bauhin pin. 197. 



TUSSILAGO Gerard emac. 811. 



TUSSILAGO Parhinfon 1220. Rail Syn. p. 173, Common Coltsfoot. HudfonFl. Angl. p. ^i$.Oedef 



Fl. Dan. icon. 595. 



RADIX praslonga, craffitie minimi digiti, albida, fub 

 terra reptans et late fe propagans, ex una parte 

 folia ex altera flores emittens. 



FOLIA fubrotundo-cordata, angulofo-dentata, inferne 

 tomentofa, albida, fuperne viridia faspe cum 

 tantillo tomenti. 



SCAPI uniflori, ftriati, tomentofi, foliofi, foliolis lan- 

 ceolatis, adpreffis, rubicundis, peracta floref- 

 centia nutantes, demum erecti. 



CALYX (communis) cylindraceus ; fquamis oblongis, 

 acutis, alternis anguftioribus, jig. 1, 2. 



COROLLA compofita, Corollul.ze in difco herma- 

 phroditae, tubulofse, flavae ; limbo quinquefi- 

 do, acuto, reflexo, fig. 4; Anthers in tu- 

 bum coalite, apicibus acutis, fig. 5 ; Germen 

 breve, fig. 8 ; Stylus filiformis, Antheris 

 longior, fig. 9; Stigma capitatum, fig. 10. 



COROLLULiE in radio feminese, flav^e, bafi tubulofas, 

 limbus linearis, fig. 3 ; Germen oblongum, 

 fig. 6; Stigma bifidum, tenue, fig. 7. 



SEMEN oblongum, pallide fufcum ; Pappus feffilis, 

 fimplex, fig. ii. 



ROOT Very long, the thicknefs of ones little finger, 

 whitifh, creeping under the ground, and pro- 

 pagating itielf far and wide ; from one part of 

 it fending forth leaves, from another part 

 flowers. 



LEAVES of a roundimheart-fhaped figure, angular and 

 indented, underneath downy and whitifh ; 

 above green, oftentimes covered with a little 

 down. 



STALKS fupporting one flower, channeled, downy, 

 covered with leaves, which are lanceolate, 

 prefled to the ftalk and reddifh, upright, when 

 the blofibms are over hanging down, finally 

 becoming upright. 



CALYX (common to all the florets) cylindrical ; the 

 fquamse or little leaves oblong, pointed; the 

 alternate ones narroweft. 



COROLLA compound : the Florets in the center 

 hermaphrodite, tubular, yellow ; the limb di- 

 vided into five fegments, which are pointed 

 and turn back, fig. 4 : Antherje uniting into 

 a tube, the tips pointed, fig. 5 : the Germen 

 fhort, fig. 8 : the Style filiform, longer than 

 the Anthers, fig. 9 : the Stigma forming a 

 little head, fig. 10. 



FLORETS in the circumference yellow, at bottom tu- 

 bular, the limb very narrow, fig. 3: Germen 

 oblong, fig. 6: Stigma bifid, (lender,^. 7. 



SEED oblong, of a pale brown colour ; Down {bind- 

 ing on the feed, not feathered, fig. 1 1 . 



NEXT to the Hazel, the Coltsfoot is the firft flower which appears with us in the Spring ; and there is this remark- 

 able circumftance attending it, that its bloffoms come up generally at fome diftance from, and before its leaves: 

 thefe are gathered by many perfons who make a Syrup or Tea of them when dried, which is generally confidered 

 as a Pecloral, or ufeful in disorders of the Lungs. The leaves make a principal ingredient in the Britim Herb Tobacco. 



As foon as the flowers are out of bloom, and the feeds with their Pappus or Down, as yet moiff, are inclofed with- 

 in the Calyx, the heads hang down as reprefented in the figure : as the moifture of the feeds and pappus evaporates, 

 in ripening, they become lighter, and are again erected ; and now the Pappus fully expands, and puts on 

 fomewhat the appearance of the Dandelion puff. I have noticed this peculiarity, as the like does not take place in 

 the generality of compound flowers. 



In Charlton f and pits, and many other places about Town, the Coltsfoot is plentiful enough ; flowering in February 

 and March. 



Farmers are difpleafed with the appearance of this plant on their ground, as it not only indicates a poor, cold, 

 and impoverifhed foil ; but is with much difficulty, from the length of its creeping roots, effect-ually deifroyed. 



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