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a manner as to hold water : they are of a fine 
green, and their under rib is prickly. 
Tire flowers are fmall, and of a pale red ; and 
they (land in vaft oval heads. 
It is common by way-fides, and flowers in 
July- 
C. Bauhine calls it Diffacus Jyhejtris Jive virga 
fpjioris major. 
2. Small Teafell. 
Dipfcicus minor. 
-"he root is oblong, fmall, and hung with many 
fibres. 
The ftalk is upright, very much branched, 
and a yard high. 
The leaves are broad, and of a deep green : 
they ftand in pairs, but their bafes do not unite 
as in the other. 
The flowers are whitifli and fweet ; and they 
ftand in little round heads. 
It is common by road-fides, and flowers in 
Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Dipfacus minor feu capitulo 
minore. 
The common teafell, cultivated in good ground, 
grows larger in all its parts, and the heads arc 
ufed in drelTing of cloth. 
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