64 The VEGETABLE SYSTEM. 
kind, are eaten as Afparagus : there is a great deal of this kind 
now wild in the North of England : but probably it is from Seeds 
fcattsred out of gardens. 
4. HAIRY GOATSBEARD. 
Plate 1 1 3. Fig. 4. 
Cliara^terof the Species. Tragopogon Hybridum. 
The Leaves are gralTy and hairy : the Cup is longer than 
the Flower. 
Fig. 4. * i>. 
This is an Annual, native of Italy, and flowers in July: a low 
but very handfome Plant : the Stalk rifes to about fourteen inches in 
height, and is of a faint green : the Leaves are of a delicate pale 
crimfon. 
5. HARPED GOATSBEARD. 
Plate 1 1 4. Fig. 5. 
Charaftcr of the Species. Tragopogon Virginicum. 
The radical Leaves are harped, or pinnatifid with a great 
end : thofe on the Stalk are undivided. 
Fig- 5. al>. 
This is a Biennial, native of North- America, and flowers in Sep- 
tember : the radical Leaves are numerous, of a deep green, and 
l'mooth. The Stalk is a foot and a half high, and has about two 
Leaves : thefe are lanced, undivided, and embrace it, and are of a 
deader green. The Cups arc fhorter than the Flowers : and thefe 
are of a pale yellow. The Cup contradidts Linnj'eus’s character : 
he allows it but eight Leaves, or Scales, and yet himfelf owns this 
has twelve. 
6. WOOLLY GOATSBEARD. 
Plate 1 14. Fig. 6. 
Chara&cr of the Species. Tragopogon dalechampii. 
The Leaves are woolly, and deeply {inuated, and have a 
large end : the Cup is fhorter than the Flower. 
Fig. 6. a b. 
This 
