PlCRIS ECHIOIDES. Ox-TONGUE. 



PICRIS LinntfL Gen, PL Syngenesia.Polygamia jeqtjalis. 



Recept. nudum. CaL calyculatus. Pappus plumofus, Sem. tranfverfim fulcata. 



Rail Syn. Gen. 6. Herbje flore composito ; natura pleno lactescentes. 



PICRIS echioides perianthiis exterioribus pentaphyllis, interioribus ariftato majoribus. Llnnm. Syjl* 

 Vegetab. p. 593. Spec. Plant. 11 14. 



HIERAC1UM echioides capitulis cardui benedi&i. Bauhin. Pin. 128. 



BUGLOSSUM luteum, Gerard, emac. 798. 



LINGUA BO VIS, Parlinfon. 800. Rail Syn. p. 196, Lang de boeuf. 



Hudfon. Fl. Angl. ed. 2. p. 342. 



RADIX annua, ramofa. | ROOT annual, and branched. 



? 

 CAULIS bi aut tripedalis, ramofiffimus, ramis divari- % STALK two or three feet high, very much branched, 



catis, ere&us, rubens, ftriatus, fpinofus, fpi- | (the branches divaricating,) upright, of a red- 

 ins plurimis, horizontalibus, apice hamatis. ^ dim purple colour, ftriated, and fpinous, the 



I fpines numerous, horizontal, and hooked at 



I the extremity. 



FOLIA amplexicaulia, oblonga, acuta, tuberculofa, f LEAVES embracing the ftalk, oblong, pointed, co- 



fpinofa. I vered with tubercles and fpines. 



% 

 PEDUNCULI fulcati, verfus apicem fenfim incraffati. | FLOWER-STALKS grooved, and gradually enlarged 



1 towards the extremity. 



CALYX communis duplex, exterior maximus, penta- | CALYX common to many florets, and double ; the 



phyllus, Involucre fimilis, foliolis cordatis, 1 exterior one large, and compofed of five heart- 



fpinofis, interior imbricatus, fquamae exterio- | fhaped prickly leaves, which refemble an In- 



res paucae, minima, inaequales, interiores e- | volucrum ; the inner one imbricated ; the 



reclae, asquales, ariftatge, Jig. 1, 2, carinatae, | outermoft fcales few, fmall, and uneven ; the 



carina cum arifta hifpidis, fetas inferiores un- t innermoft upright, equal, terminating with 



culis quatuor apice inftru&is, fig. 3, fuperio- I . an arifta, fig. 1, 2, keeled, the keel toge- 



res fpinofe, fimplices, longiores. % ther with the arifta hifpid, the little fpines 



I on the lower part terminating in four fmall 



y hooks, fig. 3, thofe on the upper part fimple 



i and longer. 



COROLLA compofita, Corollula> hermaphrodite, tu- % COROLLA compound ; the Florets hermaphrodite, 



bulofae, flayse ; Tubus tenuis, pilofus, fig. 4, | and yellow ; the Tube flender, hairy, fig. 4, 



albidus; Limbus quinquedentatus, dentibus | andwhitifh; the Limb terminated by five un- 



inaequalibus. % equal teeth. 



STAMINA: Filamenta quinque, capillaria, bre- f STAMINA: five Filaments, very fine and fhort : 

 viflima : Anthers intubum tenuem, flavum, | Anthers united in a flender, yellow tube, 



coalite. I 



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PISTILLUM : Germen oblongum, lasve, album : | PISTILLUM : Germen oblong, fmooth, and white ; 

 Stylus filiformis, antheris longior : Stig- % Style thread-fhaped, and longer than the 



mata duo, reflexa. | antherae : Stigmata two, turning back. 



SEMEN oblongum, rufum, tranfverfim minutiffime i SEED oblong, of a reddifh orange colour, very finely 

 flriatum. | ftriated tranfverfely. 



PAPPUS ftipitatus, pilofus, j%. 5. I DOWN ftanding on a foot-ftalk, .and hairy, fig. 5* 



THE only ufe to which we find this fingular plant to have been applied, is as a pot-herb. Rail. Hift. p. 233» 

 to which purpofe its appearance is certainly no recommendation. 



It grows not unfrequently on banks, on the edges of fields, and in woods that have been cut down ; and flowers 

 in June and July. 



