• The VEGETABLE SYSTEM. 105 
6. DELICATE NIPPLEWORT. 
Plate 135. Fig. 6. 
Chara&er of the Species. Lapfana capillaris. 
The Stalks are {lender and weak : the radical Leaves are 
lanced : thofe on the Stalk are fpear’d. 
Fig. 6. a b. 
This is a very little, delicate and tender Plant, native of the 
corn-fields of Italy : it is but five inches high : the Leaves are of a 
fine fliining green : the Flowers are yellow. 
GENUS V. 
WALL LETTUCE. 
PRENANTHES. 
Character of the Genus. 
The Cup iscylindric : its Scales are long, and only five : 
the fringe is form’d of three fhort unequal films. 
Plate 136. Fig. oab> 
i. IVY-LEAV’D WALL LETTUCE. 
Plate 136. Fig. 1. 
Chara£ter of the Species. Prenanthes muralis. 
The Leaves are harped, and the extream lobe is fpread 
like an Ivy-leaf. 
Fig. 1. a. b . 
This is a Biennial, native cf our own country, and frequent on 
old walls, and in damp thickets : it flowers in June : it is two feet 
and a half high, and is a delicate and well-looking, tho’ weedy 
Plant. The Stalk is flender, and of a purplifli brown : the Leaves 
are naturally of a fine dark green, but they alfo have frequently a 
tinge of the fame purplifli brown : the Flowers are fmall and yel- 
low, very numerous, and placed in purplifli Cups. 
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