36 The VEGETABLE SYSTEM. 
14. BRANCHY GENTLE THISTLE. 
Plate 24. Fig. i. 
Chara£ter of the Species. Centaurea Cichoracea. 
The Leaves are fawed, and the Points of their indentings 
very hard ; the Stalk divides into many Branches. 
Fig. i. a b. 
This is a Biennial, native of Spain, and flowers in July. The 
Stalk is firm, and tinged with brown ; the Leaves are of a fine frefli 
green the Flowers are of a firong crimfon. 
15. SMALL-SCALED GENTLE THISTLE. 
Plate 24. Fig. 2. 
Character of the Species. Centaurea Salamantica. 
The Scales of the Cup are minute and compadb, and their 
Hairs bend back j the Leaves are pinnatifid and dented. 
Fig. 2. a b. 
T I! I s is a Biennial, native of Spain, Sicily, and the fouth of France, 
and flowers in Auguft. The Leaves are downy, foft and whitifli. 
The Stalk .is rib’d, and two Foot high; the Flowers are of a de-r 
licate crimfon ; which has a beautiful effedt with the whitenefs of 
the Plant. 
16. BROAD-CUT GENTLE THISTLE. 
Plate 24. Fig. 3. 
Chara£ler of the Species. Crillum Hallerianum. 
The radical Leaves are cut in the winged Manner, with 
a few broad Segments ; the Scales of the Cup are long, 
and their Hairs curl back. 
Fig. 3. a b. 
This is a Biennial, native of Switzerland, a tall and flately Plant, 
flowering 
