Dipsacus pilosus. Small wild Teasel or Shepherd’s 
Rod. 
DIPSACUS Linnai Gen. PI. Tetrandria Monogynia. 
Calyx communis polyphyllus ; proprius fuperus. Receptaculum paleaceum. 
Ran Syn. p. 191. Herba; Corymbiferis affines. 
DIPSACUS pilofus foliis petiolatis appendiculatis. Linn. Syjl. Vegetal, p. 120. Spec. Plant. 141. 
DIPSACUS foliis biauribus, capitulis hemifphasricis. Haller, hijl. helv. No. 199. 
DIPSACUS fylveflris capitulo minore vel virga palloris minor. Batihin Pin. p. 385. 
DIPSACUS minor feu Virga palloris. Ger. emac. 1168. 
VIRGA PASTORIS. Parkinfon 984. Raii Synop. p. 192. Hudfon. FI. Angi p. 49- 
RADIX biennis. 
CAULIS orgyalis, ereflus, ramofiflimus, pene teres, 
aculeatus, fulcatus. 
RAMI oppofiti, patentes, cauli fimiles. 
FOLIA ad ba/in Caulis, connata, ovato-lanceolata, 
ferrata, nervo medio fubtus aculeato, indivifa , 
fuprema appendiculata ; ramorum; ima appen- 
diculata, ferrata, fuprema margine integerrima, 
lanceolata. 
PEDUNCULI erefti, longi, ex dichotomia caulis, fulca- 
ti, aculeati, apice fpinofiflimi, uniflori. 
FLORES albidi, in capitulum hemifphanicum _colle£li, 
dum florent nutantes, poftea capitula eriguntur. 
STALK about fix feet high, upright, very much branch- 
ed, nearly round, prickly and grooved. 
f ROOT biennial. 
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LEAVES at the bottom of the Stalk connate, ovato- 
lanceolate, ferrated, the midrib prickly under- 
neath, undivided. , thofeat the top dividing at the 
bafe into two fmaller leaves ; the leaves on the 
branches at bottom fimilar to thofe lafl delcribed, 
at top lanceolate, with the edges entire. 
FOOT-STALKS of the flowers, upright, long, pro- 
ceeding from the middle where the flalks fepa- 
rate, grooved, prickly, at top very full of 
(lender fpines, fupporting one flower. 
FLOWERS whitifh, colle£ted together in a fmall hemi- 
fpherical head, which, while the plant is in 
flower, droops, and afterwards becomes upright. 
CALYX: Perianthium commune multiflorum, hexa- 
phyllum, foliolis longitudine florum, patentibus, 
lanceolatis, mucronatis, fig. 1 : Perianthium 
proprium parvum, fuperum, concavum, cilia- 
tum, fig. 5. lente au&um. 
COROLLA propria monopetala, tubulofa, limbo qudri- 
fido, lacinia inferiore longiore, fig. 3. 
STAMINA: Filamenta quatuor Corolla longiora; 
Anthere purpureae, fig. 3. 
PISTILLUM : Germen inferum, tetragonum ; Stylus 
filiformis, longitudine Corolla; Stigma (im- 
plex, fig. 6, 
PERICARPIUM nullum, 
SEMINA fufea, (ubtetragona. fig. 4, 
RECEPTACULUM commune hemifphaericum, paleace- 
um, pars inferior palearum concava, alba, ca- 
rinata, fuperior lanceolaita, acuminata, (pinulis 
obfita. fig. 2. 
I CALYX : the common Perianthium fupporting many 
| flowers, compofed of fix leaves, the length of 
¥ the flowers, fpreading, lanceolate and pointed, 
I fig. 1. The Perianthium of eachfiofcule fmall, 
placed above the Germen, hollow, and ciliated, 
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¥ COROLLA : each flofcule monopetalous, tubular, the 
I limb quadrifid, the lowermofl fegment longefl, 
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I STAMINA : four Filaments, longer than the Corolla; 
Antheke purple, fig . 3. 
I PISTILLUM : Germen placed below the Calyx, qua- 
drangular ; the Style filiform, the length of 
Sp Corolla ; the Stigma fimple, fig. 6. 
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I SEED-VESSEL wanting. 
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I SEEDS brown, nearly quadrangular. 
¥ RECEPTACLE common to all the flowers paleaceous ; 
I the lower part of the paleae hollow, white, and 
t angular behind ; the upper part lanceolate, 
tapering to a point, and befet with little fpines 
^ <?r hairs, fig. 2. 
THIS, fpecies of Teafel may be confidered as one of our Plantas rariores ; hitherto I have found it only 
in one place near town, viz. on the right hand fide of the Turnpike-road leading from Deptford to Lewi /ham, 
not far from the latter : as it grows to a confiderable height, it is confpicuous at a diflance : the flowers 
appear in July, and the feed is ripe in September: it continues, to blow for a confiderable time, and did not 
the plant take up fo much room, there is beauty enough in its flowers to recommend it for the Garden.. 
Moths feem very fond of its bloffoms, being found on them in great numbers after fun-fet.. 
