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ing a sort of corymb ; the branches spreading and bending back : the 

 flowers numerous, clustered, upright, pubescent, flesh-coloured, all 

 growing one way. It is a native of Europe, flowering in July. 



The second species has the leaves much narrower, and the heads 

 furnished with a greater number of them than those of the first sort, 

 which grow more compact, and are closely set on their edges with 

 hairs: the offsets are globular, their leaves turning inward at the top, 

 and lying close over each other ; these are thrown off from between 

 the larger heads, and, falling on the ground, take root, whereby it 

 propagates very fast: the flower-stalks are smaller, and do not rise 

 so high as those of the former; and the flowers are of a paler colour. 

 It is a native of Russia, Austria, &c. flowering in June and July. 



The third has much shorter and narrower leaves than the first : 

 the heads are small and very compact: the leaves are gray, sharp- 

 pointed, and have slender white threads crossing from one to the 

 other, intersecting each other in various manners, so as in some mea- 

 sure to resemble a spider's web: the flower-stalks about six inches 

 high, succulent and round, having awl-shaped succulent leaves 

 placed on them alternately: the upper part divides into two or three 

 branches, upon each of which is a single row of flowers ranged on 

 one side; each composed of eight lanceolate petals, of a bright red 

 colour, with a deep-red line running along the middle; they spread 

 open in form of a star. It is a native of Switzerland and Italy, 

 flowering in June and July. 



The fourth species greatly resembles the first, but the leaves are 

 smaller, and have no indentures on their edges: the offsets spread out 

 from the side of the older heads, and their leaves are more open and 

 expanded: the flower-stalk is nine or ten inches high, having some 

 narrow leaves below; the upper part is divided inlo three or four 

 branches, closely set with deep red flowers composed of twelve pe- 

 tals, and twenty-four stamens with purple anthers. It is a native of 

 Germany, &c. flowering in June and July. 



The fifth rises with a fleshy smooth stalk eight or ten feet high, 

 dividing into many branches, which are terminated by round heads 

 or clusters of leaves lying over each other like the petals of a double 



