5 S The VEGETABLE SYSTEM. 
GENUS VII. 
BROADFOOT. 
ELEPHANTOPUS. 
Character of the Species. 
The Cup is imbricated, and its Scales are prickly : the 
Fringe confifts of four pyramidal films. There is alfo 
an involucrum of three great Leaves, containing feve- 
ral flowers with their cups. The florets run out from a 
tubular bafe into a narrow flat lorm with five indent- 
ings. 
Plate in. o o o o o o a b c d, 
1. RUGGED BROADFOOT. 
Plate iii. Fig. 6. 
Character of the Species. Elephantopus Scaber, 
The Leaves arc oblong, lanced and rugged. 
Fig. 6. a b. 
This is a Perennial, native of the Indies, and flowers in Augufl:. 
The ftalk is rough, pale, and a foot high. The Leaves are rugged 
and dufky. The Flowers arecrimfon. 
2. WOOLLY BROADFOOT. 
Plate iii. Fig. 7. 
Character of the Species. Elephantopus tomentofus. 
The Leaves are oval and downy. 
F'g- 7 - a • 
This is a Perennial, native of Virginia, and flowers rn Augufl:. 
The Stalk is downy, and a foot and a half high. The Leaves are 
vvhitifh, and the Flowers are crimfon. 
HERB S. 
