ULA DYSENTERICA. COMMON FlEABANE. 



INULA Lin. Gen, PL Syngenesia Polyg. Superfl. 



Recept. nudum. Pappus {implex. Anthers bafi in duas fetas definentes. 

 Rali, Syn. Gen. 7. Herbje flore composito, semine papposo non lactescentes, 



FLORE DISCOIDE. 



INULA dyfenterka foliis amplexicaulibus cordato-oblongis, caule villofo paniculato, fquamis caljclnis 

 fetaceis. Lin. Syfi. Vegetab. p. 637. Lin. Spec. pi. p. 1237. Fl, Suecic. ri. 557. 



ASTER foliis amplexicaulibus, undulatis, fubtus tomentofis. Ha/Ier. hijl. n. 79. 



ASTER Dyfentericus. Scopoli. FL Cam. n. 1079. 



CONYZA media afteris flore luteo vel tertia diofcoridis. Baub, pin. 265. 



"CONYZA media Matthioli, flore magno luteo, humidis locis proveniens. J. B. II. 1050. 



CONYZA media Ger. emac. 482. Herba Dysenterica. Cat, Altdorf. Rail. Syn. p 174. Middle Fleabane, 

 Hudfon. FL Angl. p. 368* 

 Oeder. FL Dan. t. 410. 



RADIX perennis, repens, albid.a, craffitie pennae an- | ROOT perennial, creeping, whitifh, the thicknefs of 

 ferinae, majufculis flbris donata. | a goofe quill, furnifhed with largilh fibres. 



CAULIS pedalis ad bipedalem, ere&us, ramofiffimus, 1 STALK from one to two feet high, upright, very 

 teres, firmus, folidus, lanuginofus. | much branched, round, firm, folid, with a 



£ wooly furface. 



FOLIA alterna, conferta, patentia, amplexicaulia, ob- | LEAVES alternate, fet thickly together, fpreading, 

 longa, obfcure ferrata, inferne tomentofa, | embracing the ftalk, oblong, obfcurely ferra- 



fuperne fubhirfuta, obfcure viridia. i ted, underneath woolly, above fomewhat hir- 



I fute, of a dull green colour. 



RAMI plurimi, cauli fimiles, ere&i, ferioribus altius t BRANCHES numerous, like the ftalk, upright, the 

 proveclis. | lateft growing to the greateft height. 



FLORES flavi, procul confpicui, numerofi, fubco- f FLOWERS yellow, confpicuous at a diftance, nume- 

 rymbofi. I rous, and forming a kind of corymbus. 



CALYX : communis, imbricatus, foliolis laxis, fub- | CALYX : common to many florets, the leaves placed 

 linearibus, hirfutis. % one over another, fomewhat linear and hir- 



£ fute. 



COROLLA compofita, radiata, Corollulte hermaphro- | COROLLA compound and radiate, hermaphrodite 

 ditae, aequales, numeroiiffimae in difco. Fe- t Florets equal and exceedingly numerous in the 



minete ligulatae, numerofae, confertas in radio. | center. Female ligulate, numerous, growing 



Propria Herroaphroditis infundibuliformis, % clofe together, in the circumference. Each 



limbo quinquefido, erectiufculo, fig. 7. Femi- | Hermaphrodite floret funnel fhaped, the limb 



nea ligulata, fublinearis, tridentata. fig. 1. | divided into five fegments which are nearly 



% upright, fig. 7. Female ligulate, fomewhat li- 



| near, terminating in three teeth, fig. 1 . 



STAMINA Hermaphroditis : Filamenta quinque, % STAMINA in the Hermaphrodite flower ; five Fila- 

 filiformia, brevia. Anthera cylindrica, com- i ments thread-fhaped and fhort. Antherje 



pofita ex minoribus quinque linearibus, coali- | forming a cylindrical tube, compofed of five 



tis : fmgulis inferne definentibus in fetas duas & fmaller linear ones united, each terminating 



rectas longitudine filamentorum. | t below in two ftrait fetae or threads the length 



^ of the filaments. 



PISTILLUM Hermaphroditis: Germek oblongum, t PISTILLUM of the Hermaphrodite florets: Germen 

 hifpidulum; Stylus filiformis, longitudine | oblong and fomewhat hifpid ; Style thread- 



ftaminum ; Stigma bifidum, reflexumj^-. 8. ^ fhaped, the length of the ftamina ; Stigma 



Femineis: Germen ut in Hermaphrodito ; | bifid and turning back. fig. 8. of the female 



fig. 3. Stylus longitudine tubi, Stigma | Florets; Germen as in the Hermaphrodite 



bifidum. fig. 2. ¥ ones. fig. 3. Style the length of the tube ; 



I Stigma bifid. 



PAPPUS pilofus. %. 4. 5- 6, 1 DOWN hairy, fig. 4, 5, 6. 



At the clofe of the year this plant contributes not a little to enliven and beautify the fides of our moift ditches, 

 to the Farmer it however affords no very pleafing fpe&acle when it overruns as it frequently does large trads of 

 Land and gives it a barren uncultivated appearance. 



Linnjeus in his Flora Suecka mentions his having been informed by General Kelt that the Ruffians in their 

 expedition againft the Perfians were cured of the Bloody Flux by means of this plant, whence it has probably 

 obtained its name of dyfenterka, had it poiMed any efficacy in this difeafe fuperior to the medicines in general 

 ufe it would moft probably have been retain'd in the prefent praftice. Ray has obferved that the leaves when 

 bruifed fmelt like Soap, Rutty informs us that the juice is faltifh and warms the mouth a little, that the 

 decodion is fomewhat acrid in the throat, at the fame time aflringent and turning green with vitrol of Iron, 

 that the infufion is fomewhat aflringent, very bitter in the throat, and turning black with vitriol of Iron. 



Cattle in general diflike it. 



