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indented ; and of a beautiful green on the upper 
fide, and a pale green underneath. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks in 
round heads ; and are of a beautiful blue. 
It is a native of Italy, but is common in our 
gardens, — f 
C. Bavhine calls it Carduus fpherocephalus lati- 
folius vulgaris. Others, Carduus globofus. 
2: Bleffled Thiftle, 
Carduus benediétus. 
The root is long and flender. 
The ftalk is tough, firm, very much branched, 
and two feet high, 
The leaves are long, moderately broad, irre. 
gularly finuated at the edges, and of a yellowith 
green. 
The flowers are yellow; and they are placed 
in prickly heads, clofe furrounded with feveral 
little leaves, 
It is a native of the German mountains, and 
flowers in Auguft, { 
C.Bauhine calls it Cutcus filveftris bir futiors 
Others, Carduus benediatus. 
It is celebrated as a ftomachick and fudorifick, 
but is not fo much regarded in the modern prae- 
tice as thofe encomiums beftowed on it by au- 
thors feem to demand, 
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CARTHAMUS. 
ee flowers are difpofed in numbers in fcaly heads; the feveral fcales having a kind of folia? 
ceous appendage at the end. Each feparate flower is formed of a fingle petal, and is tubular at 
the, bafe, and divided into five fegments at the edge. The feeds are large, and ftand almoft naked. 
Linneus places this with the other capitate plants among the /ygenefias their buttons coalefcing. 
Common Saff flower. 
Carthamus vulgaris. 
The root is long, flender, whitifh, and hung 
with a few fibres. 
The ftalk is upright, not much branched, 
round, and redifh at the bottom. 
The leaves are broad, fhort, fharp-pointed, 
and of a lively green: they ftand irregularly on 
the ftalks. 
The flowers grow at the fummits of the ftalks 
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and branches in large fcaly heads; and they are 
of a beautiful orange yellow, which they retain 
when dry. 
It is found by road-fides in fome few parts of 
England. Probably thefe fhoots have rifen from 
fcattered feeds, the plant having been cultivated 
in the neighbourhood for the ufe of dyers : though 
perhaps it may be native. 
It flowers in Augutt. 
C.Bauhine calls it Cnicus fativus. Others} 
Carthamus. 
New U's IV. 
SAW-WORT. 
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HE flowers are collected in fmall heads, and contained in a common cup; which is oblong; 
Tt rounded, a little fwelled, and formed of fcales clofe fet, but not prickly. Each flofcule is 
formed of a fingle petal, tubular, and crooked at the bafe, and fwelled out, and divided into five 
fegments at the rim. The leaves are not prickly. 
Common Saw-wort. 
Serratula vulgaris. 
The root is fibrous and white. 
The firft leaves are ufually undivided, oblong, 
broad, and of a beautiful green: fometimes they 
are deeply cut in a pinnated form; and they 
in the fame manner vary upon the ftalks, being 
in fome plants undivided, and in others very 
deeply jagged, while the fpecies is the fame. In 
both forms they are very regularly and beautifully 
notched at the edges; whence the plant had its 
ame. 
The ftalk is round, upright, flender, and two 
feet or more in height. : 
The flowers are collected in fmall heads; and 
are of a fine purple, but fometimes white. 
The feeds are oblong and large. 
It is common about woods, and flowers in Aus 
gutt. : 
C. Bauhine calls it Serratula, Others, Serratula 
purpurea. 
It is accounted vulnerary and aftringent, but 
not ufed. 
GENUS 
