The vegetable SYSTEM. 
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Fig i. a b. 
Tins is a Perennial, native of the coafts of Spain and Africa, a 
low but very confpicuous Plant, dowering in June. The Stalk is half 
a Yard high, of a whitifh green, rib’d, and fomewhat downy. The 
Leaves are of a pale green on the upperfide, aud downy underneath. 
The Cup is pale green, and the Flower is blue. 
2. WITHERED ARTICflOKE. 
Plate 36. Fig. 2. 
The Chardoon. 
Character of the Species. Cynara Carduntuius. 
The tops of the Leaves and points of the Scales of the 
Cup are dry, withered, and membranaceous. 
Fig. 2. a b. 
This is a Perennial, native of the coaft of Africa and of Crete, and 
other of the Greek iflands, a Plant of high flature, flowering in Auguft. 
The Leaves are vafl: and of a greyifli green ; the Stalk is eight Foot 
high. The Flowers are blue : The Cup is bigger than a goofe-egg, 
and its Scales are fpotted with red. 
’Tis to be doubted, whether this has not rifen firfl; from the feeds 
of the former, and the fucceeding from the feeds of this. Here the 
ftature is increafed, and the thorns fade ; this may arife from a rich 
foil wild j for we know how eafily it refults from culture. 
3. FLESHY ARTICHOKE. 
Plate 36. Fig. 3. 
Common Artichoke. 
Chara£ler of the Species. Cynara Scoiymus. 
The tops of the Leaves are naked, and the Points of the 
Scales of the Cup are fplit. 
Fig. 3. a b. 
This is our Garden Artichoke, but it is a wild Plant in lefs per- 
fedlion in the fields of Sicily. It is a Perennial, a Yard in height, and 
flowers in Auguft. The Leaves are of a whitifh green: the Stalk is rib’d 
and ftrong j the Head is vafl and flefhy, and the Flowers are blue. 
VoL. III. P GENUS 
