104 The VEGETABLE SYSTEM. 
This is an Annual, native of Italy, and for the Angularity of its 
afpetf, has long held a place in our gardens ; it is two feet high : the 
Leaves are of a frefh and very fine green : the Stalk is ufually red- 
difh ; and the Flowers are finall and yellow : the ridges of the Cup, 
when the Seeds are ripening, are covered with red warty knots. 
3. STARRY NIPPLEWORT. 
Plate 135. Fig. 3. Starry Hawkweed. 
Character of the Species. Lapfana ftellata. 
The Leaves are lanced and undivided : the Cup fpreads 
out in Rays. 
Fig. 3. a. b. 
This is an Annual, native of France and Italy, and flowers in 
July. The Stalk is weak : the Leaves are of a deep, but unpleaf- 
ing green : the Flowers are of a pale yellow ; and the (tarry rays 
about the Seeds are brown. 
4. HARPED NIPPLEWORT. 
Plate 134. Fig. 4. Wart Succory. 
Character of the Species. Lapfana rhagadiolus dufta. 
The Leaves are harped ; or pinnatifid, with a broad end : 
the Cup under the Seeds fpreads, and is ftarry. 
Fig. 4.. a b . 
This is a Biennial, native of the Eaft : a very Angular Plant, 
flowering in July. The Stalks are reddifh : the Leaves are deep 
green, and the Flowers are yellow. 
5. RUGGED NIPPLEWORT. 
Plate 135. Fig. 5. 
Chara£ter of the Species. Lapfana chondrilloides. 
The Leaves are oblong, rough, and rugged on the fur- 
face : the Cup is pyramidal. 
v . F'g. 5. a b. 
This is an Annual, native of France and Italy, a rough and ro- 
buft Plant, two feet and a half high. The Stalk is furrowed and 
reddifh : the Leaves are pale, and the Flowers are yellow. 
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