Tart V EGE T ABA EVSYSBQT EM. 47 
ae? 
8 BRO LI RER OU Se CA BLOW S, | 
Plate 34. 
Character of the Species, | | Scabiofs Prolifera. 
ae} he Leaves are broad lanc’ ‘d; sihie Seale is prolifer 
x | 7 Plate 34. a be 
THuIs is a: Biennial, native of China and India, a low, But exceedingly fingular Plant, 
flowering i in’ July... The Stalk is firm, hard, and brown, almoft woody at the bafe. It 
does not exceed fix or feven inches in heighth, and a part even of that lies upon the 
ground ; the bottom is brown with fome tinge of red; the reft greenith with white 
hairs; thefe are rough and rugged, and give it the fame harfhnefs to the touch, that mes 
we find i in the common ——— of our corn fields. 
é 
| Tur Leaves are of a pale, and but unpleafing green. The Piowesd & are of a very pale 
yellow : the outer ranges of thefe in every Head are fo much larger, and more divided 
than the reff, that in fome views, one would fuppote ¢ iE whole Head me a ees; 
F oe 
Tuts is not content or certain in, this Plant, at leaft not in 1 degree : apa it obtains 
more or lefs in many other of. the Scabious kinds. When this grows ina dry foil, and 
fully expofed to the fun, the.outer Flowers, do not exceed the i inner ones, more than in 
the. common Scabious ; but they are always much more irregularly divided ; on the 
other hand, Plants from the fame parcel of Seeds, raifed in a moift place, ieee? fome 
degree of fhade, have {pread out here their outer Flowers to a degree much exceeding 
what is fhewn in this figure. The fame fituation and accidents will wonderfully alter 
the Flowers, efpecially the outer ones, of many of the common kinds; and I have 
feen fuch difference between the Green-houfe Plants, and thofe of the open air, in the 
fame fpecies, as would make fome think the objects too vague for defcription, or for 
figure ; moderation in our accounts and. reprefentations i is the rule of being right; and 
there always remain parts enough that are unchangeable to afcertain the character. _ 
i 8 19, EB NCT IR Bee 
