The VEGETABLE SYSTEM. 55 
This is a large and flefhy Shrub, native of Ethiopia, and dif- 
tinguifhed by its rough and moft lingular afpedl. The Stem is thick, 
juicy, and of a faint green, hut covered with a kind of riling 
tubercles. Thefe are the remains of the bafes of Leaves which grow 
hard when the Leaf itfelf is fallen away : they ftand to a confider- 
able height beyond the general furface of the Stalk, and are abrupt 
at the ends : they have perfectly the appearance of harmlefs Spines. 
The Leaves are of abluifli green : the Flowers arefmall and white. 
*%* There are five other Genera of this Clafs extreamly lingular, 
each confifting of only one or two Plants : we fhall therefore give 
them in one view together. The lafi of them is that by which Na- 
ture connects the Plants of this and the fucceeding Clafs. 
GENUS III. 
CHAFEWEED. 
M I C R O P U S. 
Ghara&er of the Genus. 
The Cup has five Scales of a hooded form : the Fringe five 
filmy Leaves. 
Plate in. o a b. 
i. PROCUMBENT CHAFEWEED. 
Plate hi. Fig. i. 
Chara&erof the Species. Micropus fupina. 
The Leaves are covered with a filvery down, and the 
Seeds are prickly. 
Fig. r. a b. 
This is an Annual, native of Portugal, and flowers in July. The 
Stalks are fix inches long. The Leaves are filvery. The Flowers 
which are inconfiderable, are white. We know no other Species. 
GENUS 
