The VEGETABLE SYSTEM. 
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GENUS I. 
MAIT HE N. 
CREPIS. 
Chara£ter of the Genus. 
The Body of the Cup is cylindric, and form’d of a Engle 
range of oblong, narrow, pointed, fwelling Scales, 
clofefet: its fringe is formed of three ranges of fhort 
pyramidal Elms. 
Plate 129. tab. 
1. LACINATED MAITHE N. 
Plate 129. Fig. 1. Succory Hawkweed. 
Chara&er of the Species. Crepis biennis. 
The Leaves are variouEy lacinated in a winged, and fome- 
what fpeary form. The body of the Cup is round, 
with foft prickles : the Fringe is fmooth. 
Fig. 1. a h. 
This is a Biennial, common in our pastures, and is the herb our 
farmers properly call Maithes and Maithen ; a name they in fome 
places confufedly give to the Stinking May-weed, and in others to 
the Adonis. It is a foot and a half high, and flowers in June : the 
Leaves are of a yellowilh green : the Flowers are incoafiderable, 
but numerous, and of a pale yellow. 
2. BROAD-LEAV’D MAITHEN. 
Plate 129. Fig. 2. 
Character of the Species. Crepis Alpina. 
The Leaves areoblong, pointed, and indented, and embrace 
the Stalk by a broad Bafe. 
Fig. 2. at. 
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