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The vegetable SYSTEM. 
GENUS I. 
PLUME WORT. 
H E R A C L E A. 
Character of the Genus. 
The Scales of the Cup are elliptic, and convex on the 
Surface. 
Plate 34. 0 a b. 
1. RED STALKED PLUMEWORT. 
Plate 34. ‘Fig. i. 
Chara£ter of the Species. Centaurea Phrygia. 
The Leaves are lanced, indented and felTile. 
Fig. I. 0 a h. 
This is a Perennial, native of Italy, Germany, and Switzerland, 
a Plant of two Foot and a halfhigh, crowned with Flowers in Aug jft. 
The Leaves are of a whitilh green, foft to the touch, and downy ; 
the Stalk is woody, rib’d and red. It is very troublefome to the 
Reapers among their corn, and has been a hated Plant for that caufe 
fio.n very early time. The Flowers are large, and of a good crim- 
fon. Their Cups, from the quantity of feathery Hairs, make a very 
fingular appearance. 
2. JAGGED PLUMEWORT. 
Plate 34. Fig. 2. 
Charafler of the Species. Centaurea Capillata. 
The Leaves are irregularly cut into many obtufe fegments. 
Fig. 2. a b> 
This is a Biennial, native of Siberia, and flowers in July. The 
Plant is two Foot high, and very eredl and firm. The Leaves are of 
a faint green ; the Stalk is coarfe, tough, and rib’d. The Flowers 
are crimfon ; and the Hairs of their Cups are black. 
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