The vegetable SYSTEM, 
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I. V/ R I N K L E D E L F - W O R T. 
Plate 41. Fig. i. Elecampaxf. 
Characl®r of the Species. luula Helenium dicta- 
The Leaves are deeply v/rinkled, and woolly undernetah. 
Fig. I. a b. 
This is a Perennial, native of Holland and Germany; a robull 
rough looking Plant, four feet high, with numerous and fpecious 
golden fdov^ers : the Leaves are pale, and the Stalk is ufually purpliHi. 
It Flovt^ers in Auguft. Its excellence, as a Medicine in .defcafes of 
the breaft, led our Anceftors to cultivate it univerfally in their Gar- 
dens ; and frona the abundance of it now growing in fuch ground- 
converted to other ufes, it is generally fuppofed a native of our king- 
dom. 
2. FEW-FLOWERED ELF-WORT. 
Plate 41. Fig. 2. 
Charadler of the Species. Inula odbra. 
The radical Leaves are oval, and thofe on the Stalk are 
lanced, amplexicaul, and ferrated. 
Fig. 2. a b. 
This alfo is a Perennial, a native of the fouthern parts of Europe 
univerfally; flowering from July to Odtober. The Stalk is red; the 
Leaves are hairy and of a pale green. The Flowers are few; but 
they are large, and of a pale tho’ delicate yellow. 
3. W O O L L Y E L F - W O R T. 
Plate 41. Fig. 3. 
Charafler of the Species. Inula oculus Chrifti di£ia. 
- The Leaves are oblong and undivided, and the whole 
Plant is woolly. 
Fig. 3. ab. 
This is a Perennial, native of Germany ; a hardy Plant, flower- 
ing all Autumn. The Stalk is woolly, and divides into many branches 
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