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The VEGETABLE SYSTEM, 
8. PRICKLY CUDWEED. 
Plate 104. Fig. 8. 
Character of the Species. Gnaphalium rr.uricatum. 
The Leaves are lanced, they turn back, and are arm- 
ed with thorns at the end. 
Fig. 8. a b. 
This is a native of ./Ethiopia; a fmall woody Plant : the Stein 
is brown : the young Shoots are of a pale green : the Leaves are 
pale, and the points are fo hard that they are prickly, and they all 
appear bent, oblique, and contorted : the Flowers are whitifh. 
9. CONIC C U D W E E D. 
Plate 104. Fig. 9. 
Chara&er of the Species. Gnaphalium obtufifolium. 
The Leaves are lanced, and downy underneath ; the 
Stalk is branched ; and the Flowers are conic. 
Fig. 9. a b c. 
This is an Annnal, native of Virginia ; an upright plant of two 
feet high : the Stalk is greyifh, hairy, and firm ; the Leaves are of a 
delicate green on the upper fide, and white and woolly underneath : 
the Flowers are very beautiful, white, with a filvery glofs. 
10. PALE HEADED CUDWEED. 
Plate 104. Fig. 10. 
Character of the Species. Gnaphalium indicum. 
The Leaves are fhort, lanced, and obtufe ; the Stalk is 
very branchy ; the clutters are irregular. 
Fig. to. a b. 
This is an Annual, native of China and the Eaft Indies: the 
Stem is weak and whitifh : the Leaves are of a delicate filvery green : 
and the Flowers are of a filver white. 
11. SWORD- 
