The VEGETABLE SYSTEM. 63 
1. SIMPLE-LEAV’D GOATSBEARD. 
Plate 1 1 3 . Fig- 1. Yellow Goatsbf.ard. 
Character of the Species. Tragopogon prate me. 
The Leaves are limple, grafTy, and undivided : the Cup 
is longer than the Flower. 
Fig. I . a a. 
This is a Biennial, native of our pastures, and flowers in July: 
it is two feet high : the Leaves and Stalk are of a fine grafly green, 
or fomewhat paler: the Flowers are yellow : they always clofe at 
noon. Linn.eus makes the Cup of this Plant equal with the Flow- 
er : it is confiderably longer. 
2. WAVY GOATSBEARD. 
Plate f 13. Fig. 2. 
Chara£terof the Species. Tragopogon Oricn‘.a!e. 
The Leaves are undivided, but are waved at the edge : 
the Cup is fhorter than the Flower. 
Fig. 2. a b: 
This isa Biennial, native of the Eaft, and flowers in June : it is 
two feet and a half high : the Leaves are delicately waved, and of a 
deep green. The Flowers are extreamly large, and of a fine yellow. 
3. THI CK-CRO W N’D GOATSBEARD. 
Plate 1 13. Fig. 3. Salsafie. 
Character of the Species. Trag'pogon porrifolium. 
The Stalk grows thick juft under the Flower, and the Ci p 
is longer than the rays. 
Fig. 3. a b. 
This is a Biennial, native of the fouthern parts of Europe, and 
flowers in Augufl: : it has long had a place in gardens, as an efculent 
Plant, and is what was heretofore called Artifie, now Saifafie : it is 
near a yard high. The Leaves are of a flrong green, and the Flow- 
ers are purple. The young Stalks of this, and of the wild, or firft 
kind. 
