The BRITISH HERBAL. 
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4. Mountain-Ragwort. 
'Jacab.td tmntmm fohis iittegris. 
The root is oblong, fmall, and hung with 
large fibres. 
The ftalk is upright, fmooth, redifh, and ten 
inches high. 
The leaves, contrary to the rett of the fpccies, 
and to the name, arc undivided : they are ob- 
long, and of a pale green, and woolly. 
DIVISION II. F O 
Sea Ragwort. 
The root is compofed of numerous fibres. 
The fl:cm is hard, woody, and divided into 
many branches. 
The leaves are deeply divided into frgments ; 
The fiowers ftand at the tops ; and they are 
large and yellow. 
It is frequent in our mountainous counties, 
and fiowers in June, 
C. Bauhine calls it Jacohj!a montana lamgimfa 
anguftijoUa non lacin'Ma. 
The root of the common rag-cvert is aflringent 
and vulnerary : it is bell: given in decoction j 
but it is not much ufed. 
REIGN SPECIES. 
and they are of a dufky green on the upper-fidej 
and perfcftly white underneath. 
The flowers fl'and at the tops of the branches, 
and are of a bright yellow. 
It is common by the fea-coafts, and flowers in 
June. 
C. Bauhine calls it Jacohiea maritima cinerea. 
GENUS VIII. 
G R O U N D S E L L. 
S E N E C I O. 
rrl-IE Bower is compofed of numerous flofcules, ranged in a common cup This is (hort, and 
■I formed of many oblong fcales. The flofcules are of two kmds Ihofe m the centre of 
the dilk arc fliort and tubular ; and thofe on the verge are fomewhat flatted 1 but the flower is naked, 
not radiated. The feeds are winged with down. 
Linn-Eus places this among the fyngmifia. 
I, Common Groundfell. 
The root is formed of many fibres, joined to 
a fmall head. 
The leaves are long, and irregularly finuated 
at the edges. 
The flalk is round, tender, thick, rcdifli, and 
ten inches high. 
The leaves on this relemble thofe from the 
root, and all are of a pleafant green. 
The flower;. &md at the tops ; and they are ■ 
fmall and yellow. 
It is too cojTinion in [cultivated grounds, and 
flowers all funinjer. 
C. Bauhine calls it Seiiedo minor vulgaris. 
Others, Erigcron. 
An infufion of the leaves operates gently and 
eafliy by vomit. 
The frcfli roots finelt ftrongly as foon as taken 
out of the ground, are an immediate cure tor the 
hcadach. This is communicated to me by Ifaac 
Ware, Efq; to whom an accident firft difco- 
vered it. 
2. Cottony Groundfell. 
Senecio hirfutiis odoratus. 
The root is long, and hung with many fibres. 
The ftalk is two feet high, round, flenderj 
not robufl;, nor much branched. 
The leaves arc oblong ; and they are deeply 
and irregularly divided at the edges : thefe and 
the ftalk are of a pale, greyifli green ; and are 
covered with a loofe cottony matter. 
The flowers are fmall and yellow. 
It is common by road-fides, and flowers in 
June. 
The leaves have an ill fcent, and are often 
clammy to the touch. 
C. Bauhine calls it Senedo incams pinguis. 
Others, Erigerou tomtiloficm. 
3, Small, broad-leaved Groundfell. 
Senedo jnivor latiore folio. 
The root is fibrous. 
The ftalks are thick, irregularly branched, and 
ten inches high. 
The leaves are of a deep green, and of a 
flethy fubftancc ; oblong, broad, and flightly fi- 
nuated. 
The fiowers are fmall and yellow, and edged. 
We have it on barren grounds. It flowers m 
Auguft.' 
C. Bauhine calls it Senedo mimr latiore folio Jive 
montana. 
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