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The VEGETABLE SYSTEM. 
This is an Annual, native of America, a low Plant, flowering in 
Auguft : the Stalk is firm and green : the Leaves are dark green ; 
and the Flowers are white, with a blufh of crimfon.. 
GENUS III. 
B UTTERBURR. 
PET A SITES. 
Character of the Genus. 
The Cup is egg fhaped : the Scales of it are narrow, filmy, 
numerous, and unequal. 
i. OVAL-HEADED BUTTERBURR. 
Flate 90. Fig. 4. Common Butterburr. 
Character of the Species. Tuffilago Petafites di£ta 
The Flowers are numerous, deftitute of Footflalks, and 
{land in a thick fhort Spike. 
Fig, 4. a 1. 
This is a Perennial, native of our wet grounds, a Plant of emi- 
nent but neglected virtues, flowering in April : the Stalk is ten 
inches high, thick and reddifh, and has a few Films of the fame 
colour: the Flowers are white, with a flight blufh of crimfon. The 
Leaves appear as the Flowers fade, and grow to two feet in diame- 
ter. The root cures malignant fevers. 
2. LONG SPIKED BUTTERBURR. 
Plate 90. Fig. y. Footstalk’d Butterburr. 
Character of the Species. Tuflilago hybrida. 
The Flowers have long, branchy, and filmy Footflalks. 
Fig. 5. a. b. 
This is a Perennial, native alfo of our wet grounds, and flowers 
in March. The Stalk is a foot and a half high, tender, red- 
difh, and filmy. The Flowers are pale crimfon : the Leaves are 
vaft, and appear in April and May. 
3. LOOSE 
