The vegetable system, 
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GENUS VI. 
PARTHENIUM, 
Chara£ler of the Genus. 
The Cup fpreads out ; the Segments are only five ; they 
are roundifii and cut to the Bafe. 
Plate 21. Fig. 0 oa, 
I. COMPOUND-LEA V ED PARTHENIUM. 
Plate 21. Fig. 3. 
Charatfter of the Species. Parthenium hyfterophoros ditfum. 
The Leaves are compound, and divided into many parts. 
Fig. 3 a. 
T ills is an Annual, native of Jamaica, flowering on the fandy, 
rlfing grounds, in July. The Stalk is rounded, ribbed, weak, 
and flightly branched. The Leaves are of a faint and unpleafing 
green. The Flowers are yellow in the diik; but their few flight 
Rays are white. 
2. EGG-LEAVED PARTHENIUM. 
Plate 21. Fig, 4. 
Chara£ter of the Species. Parthenium integrifolium. 
The Leaves are fimple, of an egg fhape, and dented at 
the edge. 
Fig. 4. a a% 
This is a biennial, native of Virginia, and flowers in Auguft. 
The Stalk is firm, and toward the top divided into many Branches. 
The Leaves are of a ftrong green ; the Flowers are fnow white, but 
their difik is yellow. 
GENUS 
