$6 The VEGETABLE SYSTEM. 
This is a Biennial native of Italy ; a petty Plant, but not 
without its beauty : the Stalk is weak and red : the Leaves tire of a 
deep green j and the Flowers are of a remarkable light yellow. 
8. HOLLOW FRIN G’D MAIT H E N. 
Plate 130. Fig. 8. 
Character of the Species. Crepis veficaria. 
The Fringe of the Cup fwells into a kind of oval bladder. 
Fig. 8. a. 
This is a Biennial, native of Italy and Switzerland, a fingular, 
and not unhandfome Plant. The Root is thick and flefhy : the 
Leaves are harped and rough : the Stalk fpreads wildly, and the Flow- 
ers are yellow. 
9. ARROWED M A ITHEN. 
Plate 13 1. Fig. 9. 
Chara£ler ©f the Species. Crepis Pulchra. 
The Leaves are arrowed and indented : the Footftalks of 
the Flowers are fwelled and turbinate. 
Fig. 9. a b. 
This is an Annual, native of France, and flowers in July. The 
Stalk is a foot and a half high, and red toward the ground : the 
Leaves are of a very fine ftrong green : the Flowers are final], but 
they are of a beautiful yellow. 
10. A L A T E D MAITHEN. 
Plate 131. Fig. 10. 
Chara&er of the Species. Crepis Sibirica. 
The Leaves are oval and dented, and they have alated, 
dented, leafy Footftalks. 
Fig. jo. a b. 
This 
