Hieracium Pilosella 
Mou S E-EAR 
HIERACIUM Lin. Gem Pi. Syn'genEsia RolygAmia as Mali's-. 
Recent, nudum. Cal imbricatus, ovatus. Pappus fimplex, feffilisi 
Ran Syn. Gen. 6 . Herb.® flore composito natura pleno lactescentes. 
HIERACIUM Pilofella foliis ovatis integerrimis tomentofis, flolonibus repentibus, fcapo unifloro. Lin. Syfi. 
Veget ab. p. 597. Sp. PL p. 1125. FI. Suec. n. 697. 
HIERACIUM caule unifloro, flolonibus reptantibus, foliis petiolatis, ovatis-, longe pilofis, fubtUs 
tomentofis; Hizller. Hijl. n. 53. 
HlERACIUiVi Pilofella. Scopoli FI. Carnfol. n. 966. 
PILOSELLA niajbr repens hirfuta. Faith. Pin. i 62 . 
jPILOSELLA minor vulgaris repens-. Parkinfoti, 690. 
PILOSELLA repens. Ger. emac. 6.38. Raii Syh. p. 176. Commoti creeping Moufe-ear. Hudfon Pt. 
■Angi. p. 343. Ligbtfoot Pi. Scot. p. 436. 
RADIX perennis, fibrofa, fibris pallide fufcis; 
|ROOT perennial, fibrous-, the fibre's of a pale brown 
mentofa, utrinque pilis longis oblita, e centro ¥ 
foliorum ad bafin caulis, oriuntur ftolones| 
teretes, repentes, hirfuti, folioli’, foliis utplu- $ 
rimum lanceolatis. ¥ 
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FOLIA petiolata, ovata, fxpe oblonga, integerrimi, fu- ¥ LEAVES ftanding on foor-ftalks, Ovate, often oblong 
perne virentia, fcabnufcula, inferne alba, to- f perfedly entire, oil the upper fide green and 
roughilh, on the under fide white and downy, 
on both fides befet with long hairs, from the 
center of the leaves, at the bafe of the ftalk, 
fpring one or more round, creeping, hirfute, 
leafy runners with leaves for the moft part 
. . ... . lanceolate. 
SCAPUS : ex una planta feu rofula exfUrgit fcapus pie - 1 STALK : from a fingle plant or ofF-fet arifes generally 
rumque folitarius, palmaris, fpithamams et % one folitary ftalk, from four to feven inches or 
ultra, eredus, teres, nudus, fiftulofus, infeme | more in height, upright, round, naked, hol- 
pilolus, filperne hirfutus, uniflorus. ¥ low, below hairy, above hirfute, fup porting a 
■ ■ . . . . , I . fingle bloflbm. 
FLORES pallide lutei, feU fulphUrei, extimis ftofculis f FLOWERS of a pale yellow or fulphur colour, the 
inferne purpurafcentibus. J outermoft florets purplifh on the under fide. 
CALYX communis imbricatus, fquamis pluribus, linean- £ CALYX : the common Calyx imbricated, the fcales nu- 
bUs, valde mequalibus. Jig. 1, 2. hirfutis, pilis | merous, linear, very unequal. Jig. 1 2. hir- 
nigncantibus, ad lenfem globiferis. | fute, the hairs blackifh, and when magnified 
^ , , I globular at the extremity. 
COROLLA compofita, imbricata, uniformis '$ Corollulis | COROLLA compound, imbricated and uniform, the 
hermaphroditis, numerofis-, aequalibus ; propria ¥ Florets hermaphrodite, numerous, equal and 
monopetala, Tubus pappo longior, albUs, la - 1 moiiopetaloUs. The Tube longer than the 
natus. Limbus planus, qmnquedentatus Ion- * pappus, white and woolly-. The Limb flat 
gitudiUe tubt. Jig. 3, 4. | having five teeth-, the length of the tube. Jig. 
¥ 3,4. 
STAMINA": FilAmenta quinque capillaria* brev"if-| STAMINA-. five capillary Filaments, very (tiort. As- 
fima. Antheeai in tubum 'cylindricum, fii-| therje united in a cylindrical, yellow tube 
vtim 'coalitae. Jig. j. f Jig. 5. 
PISTILLUM: Germen oblongum-. Stylus filiformis, | PISTILLUM* Ge 
longitudine flaminum. Stigmata duo, reVo- ¥ 
luta. Jig. 6, ¥ 
SEMEN oblongum, nigricans-, ftriatum. Pappus fe- f SEfiD obloiig. biackilh, ftriated-. Dawn twice the length 
flnne duplo lofigio'r, feHilis, fimplex-, fig. 7, 8. ? of the feed, feffile, and Ample. Jig. 7, 8. 
. The ancient botanifts fended forne fimilitude betwixt the hairy leaves of this plant and a moufe’s ear whence 
its name. 
Of the whole 'gehlis of Hawk-weed this is the moft univerfally common in this country. It delights in dry and 
-expofed Etuabons, which are frequently rendered barren by long continued drought, the funny bank the lifelefs 
wall, and arid heath, are often enamelled with its lively flowers, which appear in May and June, and frequentlv 
produce a fecond crop late in the fUttimer. " J M / 
It has been received into the Ihops under the name of Auricula muris, and confidcred as poffeffing an aftringent 
quality ; but at prefent, in this refped, is but little regarded. 6 ° 
Simon Pauli difcovered on its roots fmall tubercles, which he confidered ai the eggs of an unknown infed • 
thefe have finee proved to be a Coccus (Coccus Pilofella , Lin.) nearly related to the Coccus polonicus, an in fed ufed in 
dying. We have not heard of its having been obferved here. 
rmen oblong. Style filiform, the 
length of the flamina. Stigmata two, rolled 
back. fig. 6. 
