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The VEGETABLE SYSTEM. 
1. DEEP-CUT SPIKENARD. 
Plate 6. Fig. i. 
Chara&erof the Species. Baccharis ivaefolia. 
The Leaves are lanced ; and very fharply, and deeply in- 
dented. The Stem is woody. 
Fig. i. a b. 
This is a robufl: Plant, native of North and South-America : the 
woody Stem is redifli : the Leaves are deep green : the Flowers are 
white. It flowers all Summer. 
2. OVAL-LEAV’D SPIKENARD. 
Plate 96. Fig. 2. 
Chara&erof the Species. Baccharis Indica. 
The Leaves are oval, and lightly dented : the Flowers 
grow in a vafl: regular clufter. 
Fig. 1 . a b. 
This is a Perennial, native of the Eaft-Indies, and flowers all 
the year : the Stem brown : the Leaves are pale green : and the 
Flowers are yellow, 
.3 SLIGHT DENTED SPIKENARD: 
Plate 90. Fig. 3. 
Character of the Species. Baccharis neriifolia. 
The Leaves are lanced, and have a dent or two near their 
points. 
Fig. 3. a b. 
This is an ^Ethiopian woody Plant, flowering in Autumn : the 
Stem is pale. The young Shoots are green : the Leaves are of a 
frefh green : the Flowers are yellow. 
4. BLUE-GREEN SPIKENARD. 
Plate 96. Fig. 4. 
Chara&er of the Species. Baccharis halimifoiia. 
The Leaves are egg-fhaped and dented, deepeft toward 
the end. 
Fig. 4. « b. 
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