HlERACIUM PlLOSELLA. MoUSEEAR. 



HIERACIUM Lin. Gen. PL SyngenEsiA Polygamia jeo-ualis-., 



Recept. nudum. Gal. imbricatus, ovatus. Pappus (implex, feffilisi 



Rail Syn. Gen. 6. Herb^eflore composito natura pleno lactescentes. 



HIERACIUM Pilofella 'foliis ovatis integerrimis tomentofis, fralohibus repehtibus, fcapo uniflofo. Lin. Syft» 

 Vegetab. p. 597. Sp. PL p. 11 2.5. Fl. Suec. n. 697. 



HIERACIUM caule UninW, Monibus reptantib'us, foliis petiolatis, ovatis, longe pilofis, fubtfcs 

 tomentofis. Haller. Hift. n. 53. 



HIERACIUM Pilofella. Scopoli FA Carniol. n. 966. 



PlLOSELLA major repens hirfuta. Bauh. Pin. 262. 



PlLOSELLA minor vulgaris repenS. Parkin/on, '690. 



PlLOSELLA repens. Ger. emac. 63 &. 'Rah 'Syn. p. 170. Common creeping Moufe-ear. HuaJonM. 

 Angl. p. 3 43. Lightjoot Fl. Scot. p. 436. 



RADIX perennis, fibrofa, fibris pallide fufcis-. |ROOT perennial, fibrous, the fibres of a pale brown 



I colour. 



FOLIA petiolata,ovata, faepe oblonga, integerrima, fu-t LEAVES landing on foot-ffdks, 'Ovate, often oblong, 

 perne virentia, fcabriufcula, interne alba, to- 1 perfedly entire, on the upper fide green and 



mentofa, utrinque pilis longis obiita, e centra f roughifh, on the under fide white and downy, 



foliorum ad balin Caulis, oriuntur ftolones| on both fides befet with long hairs, from the 



teretes, repentes, hirfuti, foliofr, foliis utplu- % center of the leaves, at the bafe of the ftalk, 



timum lanceolatis. | fpring one or more round, creeping, hirfute, 



f leafy runners with leaves for the moil part 



I lanceolate, 



SCAPUS* ex una plahta feu rbfula exfurgi't fcapus pie- 1 STALK: from a fingle plant or off- fet arifes generally 

 rumque folitarius, palmaris, fpithamaeus et ¥ one folitary ftalk, from four to feven inches or 



ultra, erectus, teres, nudus, fiftulofus, inferne| mdre in height, upright, round, naked, hol- 



pilofus, fuperne hirfutus, uniffofus. f low, below hairy, above hirfute, fupporting a 



.... I,- , . tingle bloflom. 



^LORESpallide lutei, feu fulphurei, e'xtimis flofculis | FLOWERS of a pale yellow or fulphur colour, the 

 inferne purpurafcentibus. | outermoft florets purplifh on the under fide'. 



CALYX communis imbricatus, fquamis pluribus, lineari- {CALYX^ the common Calyx imbricated, the fcales nu- 

 bus, valde inequalibus. Jig. 1, 2. hirfutis, pilis | rnerous, linear, very unequal, fig. 1, 2. hir- 



nigricantibus* ad lentem globiferis. fute, the hairs blackifh, and when magnified 



.. ,. . . . _ % globular at the extremity. 



'COROLLA compofita, im'bricata, uhiformis; Cordllulis | COROLLA compound, imbricated and uniform, the 

 hermaphroditism numerofiS', aequalibus; propria f Florets hermaphrodite, numerous, equal,' and 



monopetala, ^ Tubus pappo longior, albUs, la- 1 monopetalous. The Tube longer than the 



natus. Limbus planus, quinquedentatus Ion- $ pappus, white and woolly, The Limb flat, 



gitudine ^bft Jig. 3, 4. | having five teeth, the length of the tube. Jig. 



STAMINA: FilamEnta quinque capillaria^ brevif- | STAMINA : five capillary Filaments, very fhort. An- 



fima. Antherte in tubum cylindricum, fla- 1 ther^ united in a cylindrical, vellow tube. 



yum coalitas. Jig. 5. % Jig. 5. 



PISTILLUM: Germen oblongum. Stylus Eliformis, | PISTILLUM : Germen oblong. Styt.e filiform, the 



longitudine ftaminum. Stigmata duo* revo-* length of the ftamma* Stigmata two rolled 



luta./^6. I back. fig. o\ 



SEMEN oblongum, nigricans* ftriafum. Pappus fe- f SEED oblong, blackifh, {triated. Down twice the length 



mine duplo longior, feffilis^ fimplex, Jig. 7, %A of the feed, feffile, and fimple. Jig. 7, 8. 



The ancient botanifts fancied fome fimiiitude betwixt the hairy leaves of this plant and a moufe's ear whence 

 its name. ' 



Of the whole genusof Hawk-weed this is the moft univerfally common in this country. It delights in dry and 

 expo fed fituations, which are frequently rendered barren by long continued drought, the funny bank, the lifelefs 

 Wall, and arid heath, are often enamelled with its lively flowers* which appear in Mjv and June, and frequently 

 produce a fecond crop late in the fummer. " 17 



ft has been received into the fhops under the name of Auricula tnuris^ and confidered as poffenW a n aftrinsrent 

 quality ; but at prefent, in this refped, is but little regarded. & 



Simon Pauli difcovered on its roots fmall tubercles, which he confidered as the egg-s of an unknown infed • 

 thefe have fince proved to be a Coccus (Coccus Pilojella, Lin.) nearly related to the Caccus polonicus, an infed ufed in 

 dying. We have not heard of its having been obferved here. 



