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The VEGETABLE SYSTEM. 
O R D E R IV. 
With the general Cup tiled, or compofed of feveral feries 
of Scales. 
GENUS I. 
I. lavender cotton. 
SANTOLINA. 
The Cup is hasmifpheric } its Scales are oblong, oval, and 
unequal, with fharp tops turning inward. 
Plate 92. 0 ab. 
i. SQJJARE LEAV’D LAVENDER COTTON. 
Plate 92. Fig. 1. Female Southernwood, or Lavender 
Cotton. 
Character of the Species. Santolina chamaecypariflus. 
The Leaves are fquare and dented : the Flowers Hand 
Engle. 
Fig. 1. a b . 
This is a fmall perennial woody Plant; a native of the warmer 
parts of Europe, and flowers at Midfummer : the Leaves are of an 
afliy green, and ftrong feented. The Flowers are fmall and pale. 
2. SINUATED LAVENDER COTTON. 
Plate 92. Fig. 2. 
Charafter of the Species. Santolina dentata. 
The Leaves are Enuated ; and the Flowers grow in a 
compound clufter. 
Fig. 2. a b. 
This 
