Inula dysenterica. Common Fleabane. 
INULA Lin. Gen. PL Svngenesia Polyg. Superfl. 
Recept. nudum. Pappus fimplex. Anthera bafi in duas fetas delinentes. 
Raii. Syn. Gen. 7. HERBiE flore composito, semine papposo non lactescentes, 
FLORE DISCOIDE. 
INULA dyfenterica foliis amplexicaulibus cordato-oblongis, caule villofo pankulato, fquamis calycinis 
fctaceis. Lin, Syjl. Vegetab. p. 637. Lin. Spec. pi. p. 1237. FI, Suecic. n. 557. 
ASTER foliis amplexicaulibus, undulatis, fubtus tomentofis. Haller, hiji. n. 79. 
ASl’ER Dyfentericus. Scopoli. FI. Cam. n. 1079. 
CONYZA media afteris flore luteo vel tertia diofcoridls. Bauh, pin. 265. 
CONYZA media Matthloli, flore magno luteo, liumidis locis proveniens. J.B. II.- 1050. 
CONYZA media Ger. emac. 482. Herba Dysenterica. Cat. Altdorf. Rail. Syn. p 174. Middle Fleabane. 
Hudfon. FI. Angi. p. 368* 
Oeder. Fl. Dan. t. 410. 
RADIX perennis, repens, albida, craflitie pennse an- 
ferin«, majufculis fibris donata. 
CAULIS pedalis ad bipedalem, eredlus, ramofiifimus, 
teres, firmus, folidus, lanuginofus. 
FOLIA alterna, conferta, patentia, amplexlcaulia, ob- 
longa, obfcure ferrata, inferne tomentofa, 
fuperne fubhirfuta, obfcure viridia. 
RAMI plurimi, cauli fimiles, eredli, ferioribus altius 
provedlis. 
FLORES flavi, procul confpicui, numerofi, fubco- 
rymbofi. 
CALYX : communis, imbricatus, foliolis laxis, fub- 
linearibus, hirfutis. 
COROLLA compofita, radiata, Corollula hermaphro- 
ditae, aequales, numerofiflimEe in difeo. Fe- 
minea’ ligulatas, numerofae, confertae in radio. 
Propria Hermaphroditis infundibuliformis, 
limbo quinquefido, ereftiufculo, Jig. 7. 
«fij ligulata, fublinearis, tridentata. i. 
STAMINA Hermaphroditis: Filamenta quinque, 
filiformia, brevia. Anthera cylindrica, com- 
pofita ex minoribus quinque linearibus, coali- 
tis : fingiilis inferne definentibus in fetas duas 
rectas longitudine filamentorum. 
PISTILLUM Hermaphroditis : Germen oblongum, 
hifpidulum; Stylus filiformis, longitudine 
fiaminum ; Stigma bifidum, reflexum_^. 8. 
Femineis : Germen ut in Hermaphrodito ; 
fg, 3. Stylus longitudine tubi, Stigma 
bifidum, fg. 2. 
PAPPUS pilofus. €g. 4. 5. 6. 
ROOT perennial, creeping, whitifh, the thicknefs of 
a goofe quill, furnifhed with largifli fibres. 
STALK from one to two feet high, upright, very 
much branched, round, firm, folid, with a 
wooly furface, 
LEAVES alternate, fet thickly together, fpreading, 
embracing the flalfc, oblong, obfeurely ferra- 
ted, underneath woolly, above fomewhat hir- 
fute, of a dull green colour. 
BRANCHES numerous, like the ftalk, upright, the 
latefi: growing to the greateft height. 
FLOWERS yellow, confpicuous at a diftance, nume- 
rous, and forming a kind of corymbus. 
CALYX : common to many florets, the leaves placed 
one over another, fomewhat linear and hir- 
fute. 
COROLLA compound and radiate, hermaphrodite 
Florets equal and exceedingly numerous in the 
center. Female llgulate, numerous, growing 
clofe together, m the circumference. Fach 
Hermaphrodite floret funnel fhaped, the limb 
divided into five fegments which are nearly 
upright, fig. 7. Female ligulate, fomewhat li- 
near, terminating In three teeth. i. 
STAMINA in the Hermaphrodite flower ; five Fila- 
ments thread-lhaped and ftiort. Antherje 
forming a cylindrical tube, compofed of five 
fmaller linear ones united, each terminating 
below In two ftrait fetae or threads the length 
of the filaments. 
PISTILLUM of the Hermaphrodite florets : Germen 
oblong and fomewhat hlfpld ; Style thread- 
Ihaped, the length of the Ramina ; Stigma 
bifid and turning back. fig. 8. of the female 
Florets ; Germen as in the Hermaphrodite 
ones. fig. 3. Style the length of the tube ; 
Stigma bifid. 
DOWN hairy, fig. 4, 5, 6. 
At the clofe of the year this plant contributes not a little to enliven and beautify the fides of our molfl: ditches, 
to the Farmer it however affords no very pleafing fpeftacle when it overruns as it frequently does large trails of 
Land and gives it a barren uncultivated appearance. 
Linna:us in his Flora Suecica mentions his having been informed by General Kelt that the Ruffians in their 
expedition againfl the Perfians were cured of the Bloody Flux by means of this plant, whence It has probably 
obtained its name of dyfenterica, had it pofleffed any efficacy in this difeafe fuperior to the medicines in general 
ufe it would moft probably have been retain’d in the prefent praftice. Ray has obferved that the leaves when 
bruifed fmelt like Soap, Rutty informs us that the juice Is faltifh and warms the mouth a little, that the 
decoflion is fomewhat acrid in the throat, at the fame time aftringent and turning green with vitrol of Iron, 
that the infufion is fomewhat aflringent, very bitter in the throat, and turning black with vitriol of Iron. 
Cattle in general diflike it. 
