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The Leaves arc of a ftrong green ; the Stalk is two Foot high; the 
Cups are round and green ; the Flowers are of a bright crimfon. 
2. OVAL-HEADED BURDOCK. 
Plate 25. Fig. 2. 
WOOLLV-HEADED BuRDOCK. 
Character of the Species. Lappa ArtSlium. 
The Cups are oval, and dented in at the Bafe. 
Fig. 2. a b. 
This is a Biennial, common by our way-fides, and flowers in 
Augufl:. The Leaves are vaft, and of a flrong green ; the Stalk 
is tinged with red, and the Flowers are crimfon. The Cups are 
red, but covered with a white downy matter : The Plant is a Yard 
high, and vaftly branched. 
3. OBLONG-HEADED BURDOCK. 
Plate 25. Fig. 3. 
Character of the Species. Lappa Minor. 
The Heads are oblong, and fmalleft at the Ends. 
Fig. 3. <7. 
This is a Biennial, native of our dry wafle grounds, and flowers 
in Augafl. The Leaves are of a dark green ; the Stalks are red, and 
the Flowers are fmall and of a pale crimfon. 
Linnx^us makes thefe three only varieties of one Species, and 
he adds the preceding Gentle Thiflle to the fame Genus ; but Na- 
ture contrad’dls this decifion. Thefe are diftindt ; and that is not 
of the Genus; but the connedting Plant. 
The fecond Species is the Bardana, eminent againft the Gout 
and Rheumatifm. The inner Bark of the Root contains its principal 
Virtue. 
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