The vegetable SYSTEM. 
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Stalk, is a Foot and a half high and redhh ; the Flower is of a 
ftrong and elegant crimfon. 
6. VARIOUS LEAVED GENTLE TfllSTLE. 
Character of the Species. 
Plate 21. Fig. 3. 
CarJuus Heterophyllus. 
The Leaves are lanced, and fome are deeply cut, others 
undivided. 
Fig. 3. a b. 
T H I s is a Perennial, native of France and Switzerland, a low 
Plant, flowering in Auguft. The Leaves are of a pleafant green on 
the upper fide, and downy underneath. The Stalk is pale ; the 
Flowers arc of a very bright and beautiful crimfon. There are 
rarely more than two upon a Stalk, and often one of them im- 
perfedt. 
7. AMPLEXICAUL GENTLE THISTLE. 
Plate 22. Fig. i. 
Chara£fer of the Species. Carduus Helenoides. 
The Leaves are deeply dented and embrace the Stalk ; 
the Scales of the Cup diverge. 
Fig. I. a b. 
This is a native of Siberia, and many other of the northern parts 
of Europe, but I have not feen it in England. It is a Perennial, tall 
Plant, flowering in Auguft. The Leaves are of a deep green on the 
upper fide ; and white and downy underneath. The Stalk is rib’d 
and green ; the Flowers are of a ftrong crimfon. There are but few 
on the Plant, ufually only two on a Footftalk. 
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