The BRITISH HERBAL. 
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GENUS VI. 
BLUEBOTTLE. 
c r J N u s. 
THE flowers are arrar,ged many together in a fmall head. The common cup fLirrounding theni 
is of a rounded figure ; and is compofed of oblong fcales, edged in an elegant manner The 
flofcules or feparate Bowers are large : they have a long and flender tube and a wide .nouth fwelled 
out and divided into five fegments ; and the Hofcules on the verge of each head are lefs divided tnan 
thofe in the centre. The leaves are not prickly, and the whole flower .s elegant: 
Linnsus places this among the [jngemfia. 
DIVISION I. BRITISH SPECIES. 
Common Bluebottle. 
Cyanus mlgarls. 
The root is fibrous, and whitilh. 
The ftalk is upright, flender, firm, ribbed, of 
a pale green, and covered more or lefs with a 
whitifh, downy fubftance. 
The leaves are long and narrow : thofe on die 
lower parts are divided deeply in a fomewhat pin- 
nated manner. The others are entire : they are 
of a pale green, and of a firm fubftance. 
The flowers terminate the tops of the branches ; 
and they are large, and of a fine blue. 
It is common in corn-fields, and flowers in 
Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Cyonus frgelum. Others, 
Cyanus minor. 
DIVISION II. FOREIGN SPECIES. 
Great Bluebottle. 
Cyanus major. 
The root is compofed of innumerable thick 
fibres. 
The ftalks are round, thick, a foot and half 
high, and not much branched : they are of a 
frefh green colour i but they have a white cot- 
tony matter about them- 
The leaves are large, oblong, undivided, and 
of a fine green, 
The flowers are large and beautiful : they are 
naturally purple; but fometimes blue, and fome- 
times white. 
It is a native of Italy, and flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Cyanus montanus latifoliusfivS 
verhafciilum cyanoides. 
G E N U S VII. 
KNAPWEED. 
J A C E J. 
THE flowers are coUeaed into large, founded heads ; and the fcales compofing thcfe are edged 
with flender and irregular Bbres. The flowers chemfelves are fmall : they htwe a very narrow, 
tubular bafe i and an open mouth, divided deeply into five fegments ; which are long, narrow, and 
pointed. 
Linnffius places this with the cyanus among the fyngenefia. He does not allow either to be a dif- 
tinifl genus, butcomprifes them together with the great centaury under the name centaurea. 
I, Common Knapweed. 
Jacsa vulgaris. 
The root is compofed of numerous, tough, 
brown fibres. 
The ftalk is upright, firm, of a brown colour, 
not much branched, and a foot and half high. 
The leaves are oblong, and of a dufky green ; 
they are varioufly and irregularly nicked and di- 
vided at the edges. 
The flowers terminate the branches ; and they 
are of a fine, purplifli red. 
The feeds are fmall and brown. 
It is common in paftiires, and by way-fides, 
and flowers in June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Jacea ?ngra pratenfss laiifolia. 
Others, Jacea "vulgaris. 
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It is an excellent aftringent, and is befl: given 
in decoftion. 
2. Great Knapweed. 
Jacea major. 
The root is compofed of innumerable thick 
long> and brown fibres. 
The ftalk is robuft, brown, two feet and a 
half in height, and varioufly and iri*egulariy 
branched. 
The leaves are large-, and fome of them are 
entire, others divided to the rib into many feg- 
ments. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the branches i 
and they are large, and of a lively purple. 
The feeds are large and brown. 
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