The vegetable SYSTEM. 
2t 
AuguH-. It grows to a great height ; the Leaves are cottony i the 
Cup is tinged with brown, and the Flowers are of a very ftrong and 
fine crimfon. 
GENUS V. 
FAIR THISTLE. 
P T E R N I X. 
Character of the Genus. 
The Cup is oblong; its Scales fland loofe, and their 
Points harden into flattifli Thorns. 
Plate 0 a b. 
I. ONE-FLOWERED FAIR TFIISTLE. 
Plate 13. Fig. i. 
Gharader of the Species, Carduus Mollis. 
The Leaves are linear and pinnatifid ; the Stalk fup- 
ports only a fingle Flower. 
Fig I. a b. 
This is an Annual, native of the Pyrenaean Mountains, and. 
flowers in July and Auguft. The Stalk is weak; it leans and bends, 
and fcarce rifes to more than a Foot high. The Leaves are of a 
good, but not flrong green ; the Flower is of a very delicate crim- 
fon, and there is a redifh brown often diffufed over the Cup, which 
gives fome beauty. 
2. MANY-FLOWERED FAIR THISTLE. 
Plate 13. Fig. 2. 
Charadler of the Species, Carduus Defloratus. 
The Leaves are lanced and ferrated, the Flowers are up- 
right while in their bloom ; but when they fade they- 
Fig. 2. a b. 
This is a Biennial, a Plant of two Foot high, native of the 
high grounds in Germany, and flowers late in Autumn. The Leaves- 
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