The vegetable SYSTExM. 31 
ftrong Branches, and flowers in Auguft. The Stalk is brown ; the 
LeavciS are of a ftrong deep green, the Flowers are very large and 
crimfon. 
GENUS II. 
GENTLE THISTLE. 
C I R S I U M. 
Charafter of the Genus. 
The Scales of the Cup end in long 
Hairs. 
weak and ftrait 
Plate 19. 0 a b. 
I. INDENTED GENTLE THISTLE. 
Plate 20. Fig. i. 
Chara£lcr of the Species. 
Gentle Thistle. 
^ Carduus Difleftus. 
The Leaves are indented, with weak thorny points. 
Fig. \.a b. 
This is a Perennial, native of our clayey grounds, and flowers early 
in Auguft. The Stalk rifes to a yard in height. The Leaves are 
foft and pale. The Flowers are large and of a good crimfon. The 
hairs of the Scales are alfo ufually brown, and fometimes redifli. It 
is not common with us ; but at Buddon Wood in Leicefterfliire there 
is a great deal of it. 
2. PINNATIFID GENTLE THISTLE. 
Plate 20. Fig, 2. 
Character of the Species. Carduus Cyanoides. 
The Leaves are pinnatifid, and their Segments fimple and 
undivided. 
Fig. 2. a b. 
This is a Perennial, native of Siberia, and flowers in September. 
The 
