T he VEGETABLE SYSTEM. 
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This is an Annual, native of the woods of Italy, Germany, and 
France ; and flowers in July : it is two feet high : the Stalk is (len- 
der, but firm and brown. The Leaves are of a deep and blackifh 
green : the Flowers are crimfon, with a tinge of purple, a deep, 
and, tho’ a fine, yet not a pleafing colour. 
5. TRILOBATE WALL LETTUCE. 
Plate 137. Fig. 5. 
Character of the Species. Prenanthes altiffirna. 
The Leaves are formed of three great lobes : the Flow- 
ers are only five in a Cup. 
Fig. 5 . a k. 
This is an Annual, native of Canada and Virginia, a very (late- 
ly and fingular, tho’ not handfome Plant : it is five feet high : the 
Stalk is purple : the Leaves are of a deep (hining green : but, as 
they grow higher up the Stalk, they are lefs divided and paler : the 
Flowers are fmall and yellow. 
6. UMBRELLA ’D WALL LETTUCE. 
Plate 137. Fig. 6. 
Chara£ter of the Species. Prenanthes alba. 
The Leaves are fpear’d and angulated : the Florets are 
numerous in the Cup. 
Fig. 6. a b. 
This is a Biennial, native of Virginia, and flowers in Septem- 
ber : the Stalk is upright, firm, and of a deep purple : the Leaves 
are of a dark and dulky green : the Flowers are of a pure and per- 
fect white. 
7, CREEP. 
