24 ee 4 GE Ft AD LES Y Sb EM. 
Ge FON = 5 --V. 
2H 4) ee Ne Ws = -D. 
BCHIN OPH OR A 
Piaoade of the ck: 
‘The Head is flat, and compofed of feveral Flowers wittiont Footftalks. The 
general Cup is longer than the Flowers ; it is formed of one‘ piece oblong, 
flender at the bottom, expanded at the T op, and flightly cut’ there into 
‘fix irregular parts. 
Plate 21.0. abc. 
1 FLESHY THORNWEED. 
Plate 21. Fig. 1. 
oe ee PricKLy SAMPIRE, 
Charafter of the a | | Echinophora Spinofa, 
«The Leaves are flefhy and pinnatifid ; > and the —— are thorny at 
the Points. 
Tuts is a Perennial, native of the fea-coafts of moft parts of Europe, our own not 
excepted ; and flowers in June ; a very {pecious, and exceedingly fingular Plant. It grows 
to half'a yard high, but ufually leans in part upon the ground. The Stem is thick, 
firm, and almoft woody, rib’d and jointed in a very ftriking manner. Its colour is 
—ufually brownith toward the bafe, but elfewhere of a blueifh green. The Leaves are 
— flefhy and firm ; they are alfo of a blueifh green, but their points are darker. The Flowers 
are ni but with a bluth of. crimfon, and fometimes of yellow. ie 
So 7HIN TRAVE D THORN Wb "dD. 
Plate 21. “Fig. 2. 
Citabadter of the Species. _ | a3 Echinophora Tenuifolia, | 
The Leaves are recompound, thin, and divided at the Ends into unarmed 
Segments. 
Fi ig. 2. ab, 
THis’ is a Perennial, native of Italy ; sptieipally’ upon the open fea-coafts ; a freth look- 
ing Plant ; flowering in July and Auguft. It grows to two feet high. The Stalk is 
tender, and of a dufky green. The Leaves are fomewhat thick, but not in the leaft like 
the former: Their colour is a yellowith green ; but the nearer the fea the Plant grows, 
the more and more they become of a blueifh tint. The Flowers are yellow: and the ge- 
neral Cup is always paler than the reft of the Plant. : | A. 
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