The VEGETABLE SYSTEM. 99 
2. BROAD-FLOWER’D OX-TONGUE. 
Plate 132. Fig. 2. Yellow Succory. 
Character of the Species. Picris Ilierachioides. 
The fringe of the Cup is filmy, harfh, and oblong : the 
Flowers fpread wide open. 
Fig. 2. a b. 
This is a Perennial, native of our country, and frequent on the 
edges of plow’d grounds j flowering in Auguflr : the Leaves are of 
yellowifli green : the Stalk is paler, and both are covered with ftiff 
hairs. The Flowers are large, and of a ftrong yellow, and they 
Ipread wide open. 
3. DWARF OX-TONGUE. 
Plate 132. Fig. 3. 
Cha'after of the Species. Picris pygmrea 
The fringe of the Cup is loofe and leafy, and the Leaves 
are finuated. 
Fig. 3. a b. 
This is a very fmall and very Angular Plant, a native of the Py- 
rencean mountains : it flowers in Augufl: : the Leaves are of a dark 
blackifli green, and flightly covered with long hairs : the Stalks are 
paler and more hairy ; and the Flowers are of a pale and delicate 
yellow. 
4. PINNATIFID OX-TONGUE. 
Plate 1 32. Fig. 4. 
Chara&er of the Species. Picris Afplenoides. 
The Leaves are pinnatifid, and the lobes are rounded and 
alternate. 
Fig. 4. a. b. 
This is a Biennial, native of iEgypt, and flowers in June. The 
Leaves are of a dull and dulky green : the Stalk is brownifh ; and 
the Flowers are yellow. 
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