930 ■ SYNGENESIA. SUPERFLUA. Cqnyza. 
G. german'icum. (Stem erect, proliferous: heads globose, many- 
flowered, lateral and terminal: .leaves acute: (calyx-scales 
bristle-pointed. Sm. E.) 
{Hook. FI. Lond. — E. Bot. 946. E.)— FI. Dan. 997—Sheldr. 92 — Park. 
685. 3 — Pet. 18. 10— Fuchs. 222 — J. B. iii. a. 158 — Lonic. i. 174. 3— 
JMatth. 861— Dod. 66- 2 — Doh. Obs. 255. 1, and, Ic. i. 480. 2 — Ger, Em. 
642. 10—#. Ox. vii. 11. 10— Pet. 18. 9—Ger. 517. 9. 
{Stem six to eight inches high, leafy, terminated by a globular head of 
small ovat e.flowers, from beneath which spring several horizontal branches, 
in a proliferous manner, each terminated by a similar head of flowers; 
hence the old Botanists applied the term “ Herbaimpia” to this plant, as 
if the offspring were undutifully exalting itself above the parent. Florets 
yellow. Hook. Whole herb grey and cottony. E.) 
Common Cudweed. Chafe weed.* * Irish : Liah Lit ss Bold. Welsh : Digs 
y gynddaredd : Pen llwyd. G. Germanicum. Huds. Relh. Willd. Sm. 
Hook. Grev. E.) Filago Germanica. Linn. Lightf. Barren meadows, 
pastures, and road sides. A. July—Aug.t 
CONY^A.J llecept. naked: Down hair-like: Calyx tiled, 
roundish: Florets of the circumference trifid. 
C. squarro'sa. Leaves spear-shaped, downy, crenate: stem herba¬ 
ceous : flowers in a corymb: scales of the calyx with their 
points recurved. 
{E. Bot. 1195. E.)— Blackw. 102 —J.B. ii. 1051. 2— Matth. 870—Clus. ii. 
21. 2— Dod. 51. 2— Lob. Obs. 308. 3, and Ic. i. 574. 1— Ger. Em. 792 — 
Park. 1U—Pet. 18. 1—#. Ox. vii. 19. 23—El. Dan. 622. 
Eeaves oval-spear-shaped, irregularly serrated, woolly on both sides, de¬ 
creasing in size upwards, those at the base of the flowering branches 
spear-shaped, or strap-spear-shaped, scarce perceptibly serrated. Flowers 
numerous. Fruit-stalks short, woolly. Floral-leaves spear-shaped, small, 
one on each fruit-stalk. Calyx , scales strap-spear-shaped, numerous, the 
lower green, the upper yellowish, points green and expanding. Seeds 
small, blackish, furrowed. Down sessile, as long as the calyx. Woodw. 
Stem two or three feet high; nearly cylindrical, reddish, rough with 
short woolly hairs. Blossom dusky purple, or yellowish. (The whole 
plant bitter, and slightly aromatic. Receptacle tubercled. E.) 
Plowman’s Spikenard. (Welsh: Caclowydd ; Meddyg Mair. E.) Moun¬ 
tainous meadows and pastures and road sides in a calcareous soil. Woods 
in Norfolk in a clayey soil, very common. Sir J. E. Smith. At Force 
Forge, and at Hollow Oak in Furness Fells. Mr. Jackson. On the 
common near Pennybridge. Mr. Atkinson. (Plentiful about St. Vincent’s 
Bocks, Bristol. FI. Brit. Pernnon, &c. Anglesey. Welsh Bot. At the 
foot of Knowle-hill, Brislington, near Bristol. Dr. C. Fox. About 
Corfe Castle, in the lanes about Marnhull, and under Hod Hill, Dorset. 
Dr. Pulteney. Holcombe lane side; and vale of Dudcombe, near 
Painswick. Mr. Oade Roberts. Box Hill, and Matlock. Mr. Winch. 
* (As being used to cure chafed flesh. E.) 
*j* It is given to cattle that have the bloody flux; and has been tried with success in 
similar disorders of the human body. 
+ (From i. e. cuni-lago: the leaves, according to Pliny, destroying gnats and 
fleas. E.) , 
