THE CENTAURY. 289 



La qual per6 mortale, 



Veramente non fil ; perocche* intatto 



Quinci 1'alvo lasciando, e quindi 1'ossa, 



Nel muscoloso fianco 



Era sol penetrate." 



Nor is the beauty of the tribe disproportioned to 

 its usefulness; and, though inferior in size, our 

 British species yield to none of their congeners of 

 more favoured climes in brightness and beauty. 

 The generality of botanists affirm that we are 

 possessed of four species. Two of these are the 



COMMON CENTAURY. Erythrasa Centdurium. 



common centaury (E. centaurium), figured in the 

 accompanying wood-cut, the rosy stars of which 







