SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA J^IQUALIS. 
ones fomewhat longer. The proper flower confifts of a 
fingle, liguiated, truncated petal, indented into five parts. 
There are five very fliort capillary filaments, with cylin- 
draceous, tubuiofe anthera^. The germen is oblongs 
the flyle thread-like and of the length of the ftamina, 
with two revolving fligmata. The cup is connivent, 
acuminated, the length of the feed, f wells to a belly^ 
and contains many oblong, angular, rough feeds, llen- 
der at both ends, and has feathery down. The pappus 
is feathery, plain, with about thirty two rays. The re- 
ceptacle is naked, plain, and rough. 
Pratenfe. TeUow Goal's Beard with an empalement 
equal to the rays of the flower, and entire clofed leaves. 
Common in meadows and paflures. Bien. June, 
Porrifolium, Purple Goaf s Beard with cups longer than 
the ray.of the flower, entire naked leaves, and footflalks 
thicker at the upper part. In meadows and paftures. 
In many places of Cornwall, Dr Gunthrop. In the 
fields about Rofe-Cajiie and Carlijle, R. ^y. In fome 
meadows near Edmunlon, Mr Hurlock. Black’s Spec, 
Bot, In the marfhes near Long-Reach below Woolwich, 
Mr Jervis. Bien, June, 
P I C R I S. 
The common cup is double; the exterior is very large 
and confifts of five leaves, vdiich are cordate, plain, lax, 
and connivent. The interior is imbricated and ovate. 
The compound flower is imbricated and uniform, and 
the fmall hermaphrodite flowers are numerous. Tlie 
proper flower is monopetalous, liguiated, linear, trun- 
cated, and quinquedentated. There are four flender 
and very fhort filaments, and the antherse are cylindra- 
ceous and tubuiofe. The germen is fomewhat ov^ate, 
the ftyle is the length of the llamina, with two reflex 
fligmata. The feeds are folitary, ventricofe, and obtufe, 
and the pappus is plumofe. 
Bb, 
Echioides, 
