The vegetable SYSTEM. 
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fully ftreaked and fpotted with white, like veins in the Egyptian mar- 
ble ; the Thorns are numerous and robuft ; the Flowers are crimibn. 
3. CLUSTERY FISH-THISTLE. 
Plate 10. Fig. 2. 
Chara£ler of the Species. Cardiius Onopyxos Authorum. 
The Leaves are doubly pinnatifid, and the Flowers ftaiid 
erecl and cluflered. 
This is an Annual, native of Germany, a Plant of two Foot and 
a half high, and flowers late in September. The Stalk is pale, the 
Leaves are of a flrong green, and armed with very fliarp though fliort 
fpines ; the Flowers are of a bright crimfon. It is the mofl: leafy 
of all Thiflles. 
GENUS III. 
BANK-THISTLE. 
A S C A L E A. 
Character of the Genus. 
The Cups ai'e bloated : their Scales are long, {lender, and 
bend back. 
Plate II. a 0 l>. 
I. DROOPING BANK-THISTLE. 
Plate II. Fig. I. 
Chara£ter of the Species. Carduus Nutans. 
The Leaves are deep cut, and the Flowers ftand drooping. 
Fig. \. a b. 
Th I s is a Biennial, native of our damp wafte grounds, and flowers 
in 'Auguft. The Plant is five Foot high. The Leaves are of a fine 
deep green, and the Flowers are crimfon. lathe evening they have a 
mufley 
