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are recommended thus taken for the jaundice
and cachexy, and in a ftrong decoflion for the
gravel.
^is LEONTODON caule ramofo, pedunculis fqua-
mofis, foliis lanceolatis dentatis integerrimis gla-
bris. Sp.pL 1123. (Ger. em. 296./. 2. Pet. herb,
t. 12./. 3. 4. Moris, hijl.f. 7. /. 7. /. 6. ordinis
inferioris.)
Yellow Devil's-Bit. Anglis.
In meadows and paftures frequent. %. VIII.
The root is fhort, thick, truncated and crown'd
with fibres. The ftalks naked and branch'd.
The radical leaves numerous, fmooth, of a va-
riable figure, commonly deeply indented, or la-
ciniated half-way down to the rib, the lacinut
acute and intire. Sometimes they are almoft
intire, being only (lightly dented. The ftalk is
tumid under the flower. The calyx fmooth ; the
flowers yellow. The feed longifh, and crown'd
with a plumofe feffile down.
The flower opens about feven o'clock in the morn-
ing, and clofes at three in the afternoon.
LEONTODON calyce toto eredo, foliis^ dentatis
integerrimis hifpidis, fetis furcatis, Lin. fyji. nat.
■p. 522. ^.fl. 1124. {Ger. emac. Z^Z- f- ^- -^^^•
herh. t. 11./. 9, 10. Moris, hifi.f. 7. /. 8./^. ulr
ordiiiis medii ad dextram.)
Rough Dandelion. Jnglis.
In meadows and paftures frequent. % . VI.
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