flower. To this we may add, from 
Relhan, that there are from ten to 
twelve pair of wings in each leaf, 
decreafing in fize towards each ex- 
tremity. Thefe circumftances, with 
the filver whitenefs of the under fide 
of the leaves, leave no doubt that it 
is the Potentilla anferina, or Silver 
Weed, called alfo wi!4 Tanfey. 
Scan- You obferye, among the corn, a weed 
dlx - with a fmall white flower, and feveral 
long beaks, which you rrmft fuppofe 
contain the feeds of the plant. By 
thefe long beaks you will eafily diflin- 
guifh it in future. Its generic name 
is Scandix, and from the fuppofed fi- 
mUitude to the teeth of a comb, the 
fpecific appellation is peften. Our bo- 
tanical predeceflbrs have called it Shep- 
herd's-needle, or Venus-comb. If you 
examine the flower, you will find it of 
the Clafs Pentandria and Order Dygy- 
nia. Thefe teefh of the comb are ge- 
nerally about an inch in length. Pro- 
bably the combs of the ancients were 
of a rude conftruftion. 
Yale, 
LET- 
