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fhort pedicles ; and are, for the moft part, of a 
golden colour. The fpecies are : 
1. Virga aurea^ R. 176, G.348. aurea vulgaris 
P.542. Golden-rod. 
2. Virg^£ aurece five Solidagini anguftif elide ajjinis^' 
Lingua avis Dalechampii^ R. 1 76. Conyza paluftris^ 
P. 1232. Marfh Golden-rod, or Confound; By 
fome, Marfh Fleabane, or Birds-tongue. 
3. Virga aurea vulgari humilior^ R. 176. The 
Leffer common Golden-rod. The leaves are very 
narrow, and a little ferrated, {landing on long pedi- 
cles ; the flowers large, arifing from the wings of 
the leaves, and gathered into a kind of a fpike, or 
thyrfe. It is found in Ireland. 
4. Virga aurea montana^ folio angufto fubincano, 
fiofeulis conglobatis.^ R. 177. Narrow-leav’d Moun- 
tain Golden-rod, with a hoary leaf, and conglobate 
flowers. 
5. Virga aurea maxima radice repent e., R. 177. 
Broad-leav’d indented Golden-rod. In the road about 
a quarter of a mile from Halifax towards Richlay^ on 
the left hand. At Salkeld., in Cumberland. 
It is accounted one of our bell vulnerary plants, and much, 
ufed inwardly in traumatick apozems, and wound-drinks. 
Jacob/Ea, Ragwort. The leaves, for the moft 
part, are jagged : The empalement is cylindrical^ 
and tubulous : The flowers grow in umbels on 
the tops of the ftalks. The fpecies are : 
* I. Jacobcea vulgaris., R. 177. vulgaris majors 
P. 668. Jacobdea., G.218. Common Ragwort, Se- 
grum. Common in Paftures. 
2. Jacobcea fenecionis folio incano'perennis, R.177. 
Jacobdea vulgaris minor, P.668. Hoary perennial 
Ragwort, with Groundfei leaves. 
3. Jacobdea latifolia paluftris five aquatica, R. 1 78.. 
An latifolia pannonica prima. Park. Broad-leav’d 
Marfh, or Water Ragwort. 
4. Jacobdca Pannonica folio non laciniato, R. 17&. 
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