io8 The VEGETABLE SYSTEM. 
7. CREEPING WALL LETTUCE. 
Plate 137. Fig. 7. 
Chara&er of the Species. Prenanthes repens.- 
The Leaves are irregular and trilobate, and the Plant 
creeps. 
Fig. 7. at. 
This is a Perennial native of Siberia, and flowers in Auguft : 
the Stalk is naturally tinged with a deep crimfon : the Leaves are of 
a coarfe ftrong green, and the Flowers are pale yellow. 
GENUS VI. 
GUM SUCCORY. 
Chara&er of the Genus. 
The Cup is cylindric, and form’d of numerous, parallel,, 
narrow, linear Scales : the Fringe is form’d of a few,, 
flight and fhort leafy Films. 
Plate •at. 
O f this Genus we know only one Species. 
1. RUSHY GUM SUCCORY. 
Plate 137. Fig. 8. 
Character of the Species. ChondriUa juncea. 
The radical Leaves are pinnatifid : thofe on the Stalk are 
lanced and narrow. 
Fig. S.m b. 
This is a Perennial ; a very troublefome Weed about the gar- 
dens and vineyards in France and Italy: it is two feet high: the 
Stalk is (lender, upright, and purplifh. The Leaves are of a deli- 
cate green, and the Flowers are fmall and yellow : the whole Plant 
is clammy to the touch. 
END OF THE THIRD VOLUME. 
