( i8 ) : 
The wooll upon the heads is fo fniall that it is fcarce a 
difcernible. This is the moft common Burdock. 
3. Lappa major capitulis parvis glabris^ R. 197. j 
Great Burdock, with fmooth fmall heads, the big- 
nefs of a h'ilberd, gradually growing narrow from 
a broad bafe ; of a chefnut-colour, and not fo round | 
as thofe of the woolly ones. The flower is purple, i 
4. Lappa major montana^ capitulis tomentcfis five t 
Ar 5 Hum Diofcoridis^ R.197. Bardana major lanugi- \ 
nofis capitulis^ P. 1222. major altera^ G. E. 810. ' 
Woolly headed Burdock. The heads of this are ; 
round and large ; of a colour between chefnut and 
purple ; covered with a whitifli wooll. The flower : 
is purple. 
5. Lappa major montana^ capitulis minorihus^ ro- ' 
tundioribus ^ magis tomentofiSy R. 197. The other 
Burdock, with fmaller, rounder, and more woolly 
heads ; of a chefnut colour, and covered with a 
thick wooll. 
6 . Lappa major ex Omni parte minor ^ capitulis par- 
vis elegant er reticulatis^ R. 197. Smaller Burdock, . 
with fmall heads, beautifully woven. This differs : 
from the laft, in that the heads are fmaller, cloathed 
with a finer, but not fo copious, wooll ; and are of 
a green colour. 
The leaves, boil’d in milk, and applied as a cataplafm, are 
good for the gout, and pains in the limbs : They are like wife 1 
good for burns and inflammations. The feed, powder’d, and given 
in white wine, is good to provoke urine, and help lits of the 
Hone. 
CvANus, Blue-bottles. The flowers confifl: of ma- 
ny diflimular florets ; thofe that occupy the mid- 
dle of the flower are lefs than the reft, and di- j 
vided into equal jags *, thofe which are placed at 
the circumference are much larger, and, as it 
were, two-lipped : Thefe outer florets are always 1 
barren, but the inner are each of them fucceed- 
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