. A history of the vegetable kingdom; embracing the physiology of plants, with their uses to man and the lower animals, and their application in the arts, manufactures, and domestic economy. Illus. by several hundred figures. Botany; Botany, Economic; 1855. 656 HISTORY OP THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM. Dandelion (leontodon taraxacum). Natural family compositm; syngenesia, polygamia equalis, of Linnaeus. This is perhaps one of the com- monest weeds, the small seed being furnished with a downy appendage, which readily carries it along upon the wind, and diffuses it in all waste places. The leaves are ra
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. A history of the vegetable kingdom; embracing the physiology of plants, with their uses to man and the lower animals, and their application in the arts, manufactures, and domestic economy. Illus. by several hundred figures. Botany; Botany, Economic; 1855. 656 HISTORY OP THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM. Dandelion (leontodon taraxacum). Natural family compositm; syngenesia, polygamia equalis, of Linnaeus. This is perhaps one of the com- monest weeds, the small seed being furnished with a downy appendage, which readily carries it along upon the wind, and diffuses it in all waste places. The leaves are radical and deeply indented, in such a way as has been termed rimcinata. The flower stalk is simple, fistulous, coloured of a pinkish hue, and bears one flower. The outer calyces are bent downwards. The seeds, which are numerous, are crowned with a fine downy feather, and are disposed in a spher- ical shape. The young leaves, in a blanched state, have the taste of endive, and are frequently used in spring, mixed with other salad plants. In Ger- many, the roots are roasted and substituted for coffee by the poorer inhabitants, who say that an infusion prepared in this way, can hardly be distinguished from that of real coffee. This plant yields a milky juice similar to that of the lettuce and others. It is bitter, and somewhat acrid; but the juice of the root is still more powerful. It has been found a general stimu- lant to the system, but especially to the urinary organs. Some of the older physicians recom- mend it in obstructions of the liver, and hypo- chondriacal diseases. In modem practice, how- ever, it is superseded by more active medicines, of a similar tendency. Yarkow, or MiLLFOiL. Natural family com- positce; syngenesia, polygamia superjlua, of Lin- naeus. This is a common perennial plant, found in dry pastures on the steep banks of rivers, in Britain. The stalk is smooth and downy, and grows to the height of ten or twelve inches. The leaves stand alternately on the stem