. Flora scotica: or, A systematic arrangement, in the Linnæan method, of the native plants of Scotland and the Hebrides . e ofStuic-an lochain^ in Glen-lyon\ upon Ben-achala-der^ and Ben-dotha^ in Gknorchy •, and uponMalmore^ a mountain in Glenco, in Upper-Lorn,about two thirds of the wa>. We found it alfoupon a Braey a mik from Tali[kar^ in the ifle ofi^kye^ between the two rocks called Great andLittle Breeze-HilL We are informed that it hasbeen gathered likewife in the lowlands nearilfc/-/^/, in j^mmndaie^ fo that it is not a very fcarccplant in North-Britain. 14. VIII. IX. It is commonly
. Flora scotica: or, A systematic arrangement, in the Linnæan method, of the native plants of Scotland and the Hebrides . e ofStuic-an lochain^ in Glen-lyon\ upon Ben-achala-der^ and Ben-dotha^ in Gknorchy •, and uponMalmore^ a mountain in Glenco, in Upper-Lorn,about two thirds of the wa>. We found it alfoupon a Braey a mik from Tali[kar^ in the ifle ofi^kye^ between the two rocks called Great andLittle Breeze-HilL We are informed that it hasbeen gathered likewife in the lowlands nearilfc/-/^/, in j^mmndaie^ fo that it is not a very fcarccplant in North-Britain. 14. VIII. IX. It is commonly about to or 12 inches high, but va^ries from fix inches to two feet: the leaves arculually of an oval lanceolate figure, fparinglydented, or flightly finuated on the edges, and woolly uniiemeath ; but thefe again vary very much, being nearly heart-fhapd, andat other times of a narrow lanceolate form : thellalk is firm, unbranchd, woolly and reddifh: theflowers are purple and grow in a clufter at thetop, with one or two at a little diftance below:the calyx when mature is cylindrical: the fcales are X[ SYNGENESIA : POLYGAMIA iEQUALlS. 449are broad, Ihort, nearly triangular and woolly :the receptacle is hairy; the feed is crownd witha feflile plumofe down. arvenfis 3. SERRATULE foliis dentatls fpinofis. Sp. pL1149. {Ger. em, 4. Column, ecphras, L p,45. /. 45. Moris, hift. f 7, /. Common Way-Thiftle, or Corn-Thiflle. Anglis* Foghenan, Cluaran. Gaulis. In cultivated grounds and by way-fides. tX, VII. The root is long and creeping: the flalk a yardhigh, ereft, branchd, fmooth and angular, butnot winged : the leaves are generally fmooth, ofa lanceolate figure, either indented on the edges,or pinnatifid, the lacinU undulated, angular anddented ; the dents ending in fpines : the flowersare commonly purple, but fometimes white, andgrow in loofe umbels, one or two upon longwoolly peduncles : the caly^ is longifh, and con-* fifls of numerous compadl lan
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