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ctium Lappa, Burdock. 



ARCTIUM Lin. Gen. PI. Syngenesia PolySamia ^Equalis. 



Cal. globofus ; fquamis apice hamis inflexis. 



Rati Syn. Gen. 9. Herbje flo're ex floribus fistularibus composito s'ive capitate. 



ARCTIUM Lappa foliis cordatis inermibtis petio'latis. Lin. Syjl. Vegetab. p. 603. Sp. PI. 1143. 

 VI. Siiec. n. 712. 



LAPPA Halter Hjft. ri. 161. 



LAPPA major feu Ar&ium Diofcoridis. Bauh. Pin. 198; 



PERSONATA five Lappa major aut Bardana. J. B. III. 570, 



BARDANA major. Ger. einac. 809. 



BARDANA vulgaris major. Park. 1222. Rati Syn: 197. Great Burdock, Clot-burr, Hudjon. F/. 

 -AngL ed. 2. p. 348. Light foot Pi. Blot. p. 197. Oeder F/. Dan. t. 642. 



RADIX biennis, {implex* profunde in terrain defcendens, f ROOT biennial, fimple, penetrating deeply into the 



foris nigricans, intus alba. | earth, externally blackifh, internally white. 



CAtJLIS ereclus, tripedalis et ultra, craffitudine pollicis, ^ STALK upright, three feet high and more, the thick- 

 ad bafin ufque ramofiffimus, teres, ftriato-ful- t nefs of one's thumb, branched quite down to 

 catus, villofus, purpurafcens. . | the bottom, round, grooved, but not deeply, 



? hoary and purplifh. 



FOLIA ampliilima, petiolata, alterria, cordata 1 , fubtus | LEAVES very large, ftanding on footftalks, alternate, 

 albida, venofa, margine fubundulata, crenulata. t heart-ill aped, whitifh underneath, veiny, the 



I edge fomewhat waved and notched. 



PETIOLI foliis breviores, fulcato-angulati, villofi. ^ LEAF-STALKS ■ Shorter than the leaves, angular 'or 



I grooved, and hoary, 



FLORES purpurei, peduiiculati, erecli, ramulis alterne | FLOWERS purple, (landing on footfhlks, upright, 

 difpofiti, fuperne in capitula laxa collecti. f dilpofed alternately on the branches, and at 



I . the tops of them collected into loofe heads. 



CALYX communis globofus, imbricatus, glaber, filis t CALYX common to all the florets globular, imbricated, 

 araneofis intertextus, fquamis exterioribus | furface mining, cobwebby, the exterior fcales 



apice hamatis, hamis nitidis, acutiffimis, fubin- % hooked at the extremity, hooks mining, very 



flexis, fg. 1, 2. interioribus linearibus, apice | fharp, and fomewhat bent in, Jig. 1, 2. inner 



vivide purpureis, fimplicibus, fine hamis. fcales linear, tops of a bright purple colour, 



I fimple, without hooks. 



COROLLA compofita, calyce longior, tubulata, propria | COROLLA compound, longer than the calyx, tubular, 



infundibuliformis, tubo filiformi, albo, limbo t Florets funnel-fliaped, tube filiform, white, 



tubulofo-campanulato, purpureo, quinque-fido, | limb tubular, and fomewhat bell-fhaped, of a 



acuto, ereclo. purple colour, divided into five upright, pointed 



1 fegments. 



STAMINA: Filamenta quinqae alba, capillaria ; f STAMINA : five white capillary Filaments; An- 

 Antherje casrulefcentes, aut violaceae, in tu- | ther^ blueifh, or violet coloured, united 



bum extra corollam coalitae. | into a tube, which projeds beyond the corolla. 



PISTILLUM: Germen fubtriquetrum, album, incur- | PISTILLUM : Germen fomewhat three-cornered, 

 vatum ; Stylus albus, ftaminibus longior, | white, bending inward; Style white, lon- 



utrinque fulcatum ; Stigma bifidum. ger than the (lamina, grooved on each fide ; 



I Stigma bifid. 



SEMINA oblonga, bafi attenuata, pun&is prominentibus t SEEDS oblong, tapering towards the bafe, crowned 



coronata, comprefTa, fubangulata, reticulato- | with fmall prominent points, flattened, fome- 



rugofa, exterioribus incurvatis. Pappus ob- $ what angular, furface wrinkly, in the form of 



foletus, rigidulus. Jig. 3. | net-work, outermoft feeds, bending inward. 



I Down obfolete, fomewhat rigid. Jig. 3. 



The antient botanifts divided the Burdock, which they diftinguifhed by the feveral names of Lappa * Perfonata, 

 and Arctium or Arcium into two principal fpecies, viz. the Lappa major Arcium Diofc. C. B. ; and the Lappa major 

 montana capitulis tomontofu Jive Arctium Diojc. C. B. ; both of which are admirably figured by Matthiolus on 

 wood, as indeed are moft of the medicinal plants ; later botanifts have made the fpecies much more numerous ; 

 in the third edition of Ray's Synopjis we find no lefs than fix fpecies and one variety, viz. 



1 . Lappa major capitulo glabra maximo. 



2. Lappa major Arcium Diofcoridis. 



3. Lappa major capitulis parvis glabris. 



4. Lappa major montana capitulis foment ojis ; Jive ArSlium Diojcoridis. 



^ * Lappa dici poteft vel «Vo r» Ka£slv prehendere vel d-jro t5 Xcy.7r];iv, i. e. lambere, quod prsetereuntium veftibus adh^r?ar. Per Janata au^rn 

 dicitur, quod folia ejus praigrandia veluti larva; aut per lonie vice obtendi folita efl'ent. Vetcribus Ar£ilon aut Arcion dj&a cied^ur, verum raiio 

 hominis ignoratur. Ran Hijl. p. 332. 



£. Lappa 



