The vegetable SYSTEM. 
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IS ot a brownifh red the Leaves are not of a very drong, but an 
extremely delicate green. The Flowers are of a bright crimfon. It 
has lefs the air of a native Plant of our country, than mofl: others, 
and is far from being univerfal among us. By what I have feen, it 
is found only in the midland counties, Northamptonfliire, and the three 
or four adjacent. 
ORDER II. 
With the Scales of the Cup, armed both at the point and 
along the fide with thorns. 
GENUS II. 
MILK THISTLE. 
MARIANA. 
Chara£ter of the Genus. 
The Scales of the Cup have hde fpines continued all their 
length. 
PI. i6. 0 a 
Of this Genus we know only one Species. 
I. MARBLED MILK THISTLE, 
Milk Thistle. 
Charailcr of the Species. Carduus Mari’anus. 
The Leaves embrace the Stalk, and are lightly pinnatifid. 
Fig. I. a 
This is a Biennial, native of our wafte grounds, a tall and /lately 
Plant, flowering in Augu/l. Only its being common, makes us over- 
look its extreme beauty : In my garden at Bayfwater, where every 
thing has its proper place, and where this Plant /lands out of the 
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