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Jacq. Ic. i .—(E. Bot. 638. E.)—Kniph. 7 —FI Dan. 797—Ger. SOS. 1— 
Park. Par. 511. 8 —Matth. 538— -Dod. 256. 1— Lob. Obs. 297. 1, and Ic. 
i. -550. 1— Ger. Em. 73 5. 1— Park. 412— Pet. 15. 7 and 8 — H. Ox. vii. 
9. S. 
Stem-leaves shorter than in T. pratensis, scarcely longer than the space be¬ 
tween the joints. Calyx about one-third longer than the blossom. Blos¬ 
som dull purple. Woodw. (closing about noon. Herb glaucous, smooth, 
three or four feet high. Anthers nearly black. E.) 
Purple Goats’-beard. Salsafy. Moist meadows and pastures. In 
Cornwall. Merrett. About Carlisle and Rose Castle, Cumberland. Dil- 
lenius. Marshes near Long-Reach, below Woolwich, and meadows near 
Edmonton. Blackstone. On the banks of the Calder, near Whalley, 
Lancashire. Gerard. Meadows below St. Vincent’s Rocks, Bristol. Mr. 
Sowerby. About Rip ton, Huntingdonshire. Mr. Woodward. Moist 
marshes in the parish of Whiteford, near Holywell. Bingley. Marshes 
near Purfleet, Essex. Mr. E. Forster, jun. in Bot. Guide. About Gorcot 
Hall, near Alcester. Purton. About Glasgow, but very rare. Hopkirk. 
E.) B. May—June.* 
PFCRIS.f Receptacle naked : Calyx double : Down feathery : 
Seeds with transverse furrows. 
P. EchioPdes. Outer calyx of five broad, prickly leaves, larger than 
the inner: (down standing on a pedicle. E.) 
Curt. 150— (E. Bot. 972. E.)— Pet. 12. 12— Ger. 655. 2—J. B. ii. 1029. 1 
—Lob. Ic. i. 577. 2—Ger. Em. 798. 2—II. Ox. vii. 5. 38. 
Root-leaves oval, scolloped, stiff with numerous warty protuberances, which, 
as also the ribs and edges, are set with short thorn-like hairs. Stem 
Goats are not fond of it. (Both these species are among the most regular indices of the 
Horologium Florae , closing their flowers so invariably about mid-day, that they have 
obtained the rustic designation of Go to Bed at Noon: for even the ploughman knows 
that 
4< In every copse and sheltered dell. 
Unveil’d to the observant eye, 
Are faithful monitors, who tell 
How pass the hours and seasons by. 
Broad o’er its imbricated cup 
The Goatsbeard spreads its golden rays. 
But shuts its cautious petals up, 
Retreating from the noontide blaze.” 
Nor does the Burgomaster, luxuriating in his earthly paradise, disdain this humble 
memento of the winged moments; 
■ ■■ ■»■ ■ (t Then to lay one down 
Upon a primrose bank, where violet flowers 
Smell sweetly, and the mead’s in bloomy prime. 
Till Flora’s clock, the Goatsbeard , mark the hours, 
And closing says, Arise, ’tis dinner time ; 
Then dine on pves and cauliflower heads, 
And roam away the afternoon in Tulip beds.” E.) 
* The roots are esculent, and when cultivated in gardens for boiling or stewing are 
called Salsafy. (They are usually in season during winter, are very sweet, and contain a 
large quantity of milky juice. Salisbury. E.) 
t (From niitposf bitter; a prevalent flavour of these plants. E.) 
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