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and Dioscoridis has afccrtained the Plants to which it then belong- 
ed : he deferibes accurately the leafy range of Scales : he fays they 
are fmall Leaves radiated as a Staiv 
I. L A N C E D B O I L - W E E D. 
Plate 40. Fig. 1. 
Character of the Species. 
B iiplith al mum fpi n ofu m . 
T he Leaves are lanced, and the long Scales of the Cup 
are fharp-pointed. 
Fig, r. a b. 
THIS is an Annual, a very fingular Plant, native oE the way-fides 
and borders of fields, in all the fouthern Europe. It is two feet high; 
the Leaves embrace the Stalk at their Bafe ; they are numerous, and 
of a coarfe green. The Flowers are yellow, and their furrounding 
Star is of a dulLy green. It flowers in Auguft, 
This is a particular of Dioscorides. It is of importance 
to be fure of it, becaufe its virtues, as an afiiringent, are very great.. 
If any doubt, becaufe he adds to tlie epithets of the Flower; 
let it be obferved, the Ancients attributed the fame colour to the 
Swan ; they meant only bright and glowing by the word; and Dios- 
fo RIDES himfelfhas called it alfo yellow. 
2. SESSILE-FLOWERED BOIL^WEED. 
Plate 40. Fig. 2. 
CharaiSler of the Species. Bupthalmum aquaticiim. 
The Flowers ftand clofe m the wings of the Branches, 
and the long Scales of the Cup are obtufe. 
Fig. 2. <7 b. 
This is alfo an Annual, a little but very pretty plant; native of 
the South of Europe, and common alfo to the Eaft. The Stalks 
lean ; the Leaves are of a pale, but not iinpleafing green: the Flowers- 
which fit clofe in the bofoms of the Shoots are delicately yellow : it 
blows in Auguft. 
3. FaOT- 
