SYNGENESIA. iEQUALIS. Sebratula. 907 
S. tincto'ria. Leaves (serrated, E.) lyre-shaped and wing-cleft; the 
terminal segment very large: florets all alike: (seed-down rather 
bristly. E.) 
FI. Dan. 281— E.Bot. 38— Ger. 577.3 — Matth. 945. 1— Clus. ii. 8. 1 —Dod. 
42. 3— Lob. Obs. 288. 2, and Ic. i. 53\—Ger. Em. 713. 1— Pet. 22. 6 — 
J. B. iii. 23. 2— Park. 475. a. 
( Herb rigid, smooth and shining. Sm. E.) Stem two to three feet high, 
firm, four-cornered, scored, smooth. Leaves sometimes entire, mostly 
wing-cleft, alternate, half embracing the stem; wings spear-shaped, 
sharply serrated, or rather toothed, woolly above, and at the edges and 
veins underneath. Flowers purple, single or in clusters, terminal, or on 
the branches. Calyx scales numerous (slightly coloured, E.) cottony at 
the edges, the upper rather longer. Down yellowish, shining, hairy. 
Woodw. (The flowers of this plant, (as of some species of Carduus, not 
usually considered so,) are proved to be dioecious. See Linn. Tr. xii. 123. 
xiii. 593. E.) 
Common Saw-wort. (Welsh: Dant y pysgodyn. E.) Woods, pastures. 
(Rare in the north. On the coast of Durham, near Whitburn ; and near 
Hilton Ferry. Mr. Winch. Banks of the Clyde, between Daldowie 
and Bothwell. Hopkirk. E.) P. July—(Aug. E.)* 
Var. 2. Blossoms white. 
Alconbury, five miles from Huntingdon, on the north road. Mr. Woodward. 
(In a small wood near Dulwich, (Aug. 1827), in abundance. Mag. Nat. 
Hist. i. 83. E.) 
Var. 3. All the leaves entire. Mr. Wood. 
Kniph. 2— Ger. 576. 1— Matth. 945. 2— Clus. ii. 8. 1— Dod. 42. 3— Lob. Obs. 
288. 2, and Ic. 534. 1 —Ger. Em. 713. 1 —Pet. 22. 5—Park. 475. 
Var. 4. Lower leaves entire, the upper cut. Hall. 
Ger. 576. 2. 
Var. 5. All the leaves jagged. Hall; wing-cleft, without the large terminal 
segment. Wings spear-shaped, serrated. 
Zanon. 94. 
S. alpi'na. Calyx somewhat hairy, egg-shaped; leaves undivided, 
(cottony beneath : seed-down feathery. E.) 
(E. Bot. 599. E.)— Lightf. 19, at p. 449— Pluk. 154. 3— Gmel. ii. 26. 
Boot-leaves egg-spear-shaped, serrated, the serratures not ending in 
bristles but expanding, smooth above, woolly and whitish underneath. 
Stem-leaves seven to ten, spear-shaped, very entire, nearly sessile. Stem 
undivided, a span high. Flowers eight to twelve, in a broad-topped ter¬ 
minal spike. Calyx oblong, nearly cylindrical. Linn. About five inches 
high. Stem cottony. Leaves six or seven; cottony underneath. Flowers 
about six; blue. Down stiff and strong, plumose. 
(Alpine Saw-wort. E.) On the highest rock of Snowdon ; and on Brear- 
cliff, near Burnley, Lancashire. Merrett. Sides of Highland Mountains, 
* This plant is used by the dyers to give a yellow colour, fixed with alum ; but 
is inferior to the Reseda , therefore confined to the coarser woollen cloths. (With blue it is 
said to afford a valuable green. E.) Goats eat it. Horses are not fond of it. Sheep, 
swine, and cows refuse it. 
