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The vegetable SYSTEM, 
G E N u s n. 
O X - E Y E. 
B U r T H A L M U M. 
Charavlcr of ihc Genus. 
T'he Seales of the Cup arc long and leafy : they fland 
clofe, upright, fimple, and compadt. 
Fig. 39. 0 a a. 
1. HELIANTHOIDE OX-EYE. 
Plate 39. Fig. i. 
Character of the Species. Pmpthalmum helianthoides. 
The Leaves are hearted, and have one fide fliorter at the 
bafe. They have three ribs, and are waved 
Fig. I. a a. 
This fingular Plant is the pU.in Species, by which Nature, who 
connedts all genera, when we have opportunities of knowing the 
Plants, unites the Helianthus and Buphthalmum. In the lurt: Heli- 
anthus, the leafy Scales of the Cup were waved but little, and ftood 
nearly clofe, in this which is the firll: of the Buphthalmums, the 
Scales have loft that little undulation, and ftand quite clofe j the Cup 
has therefore formed its full diftindlion. 
This is a beautiful as well as fingular Plant: a Perennial, native 
of North-America, with deep green Leaves, roughened by a few 
Icattered hairs, and reddifti Stalks, whofe branching heads are cover- 
ed with large yellow Flowers. 
2. DOWNY OX-EYE. 
Plate 39. Fig. 2. 
Charafter of the Species. Bupthalmum falicifolium. 
The Leaves are lanced, lightly ferrated, and downy. 
Fig. 2. a I, 
We are returned to Europe : the Helianthus’s are all Americans ; 
and even the connedting Plant, and that which leads the way into 
this 
