5+ The VEGETABLE SYSTEM. 
with oval, but fomewhat oblong Leaves, which have three peculiar 
ribs, that run down from their Bafe : the Flowers are l'mall and 
white : the Cup is divided deeper than in the other Cacalias, and 
has but a flight Fringe. 
8. LANCED HORSEFOOT. 
Plate i io. Fig. 8. 
Character of the Species. Cacalia kleiniana. 
The Leaves are lanced, and the branches have faint 
• marks of fears from their infertions. 
Fig. 8. ab. 
This is perennial, a native of the Canaries, a fingul r and very 
beautiful Plant ; the Stem is thick and woody toward the Bafe, up- 
wards it is tenderer, and of a bluilh green, but fpotted with brown 
fears, where Leaves have fallen off. At the crown of the Stem, 
and from feveral thick fhoots from its fide grow fpreading clutters 
of Leaves of a bluifh green, perfectly flat and fmooth. The Flow- 
ers are fmall and whitifh. 
9. FLATTED-LEAV’D HORSEFOOT. 
Plate 1 10. Fig. 9. 
Charafler of the Species. Cacalia ficoides. 
The Leaves are lanced and flatted. 
Fig. 9. a b. 
This is a native of /Ethiopia; the bafe or Stem is brown and 
woody : the young Shoots are very flefliy and green : the Leaves are 
large, flettiy, of a pale green, and flat. The Flowers are finall and 
white. 
10. VV A R T E D HORSEFOOT. 
Plate no. Fig. 10. 
Character of the Species. Cacalia papillaries. 
The Stem is covered with brown warts, which are the 
remains of fallen Leaves. 
Fig. IO. a b. 
This 
