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The vegetable SYSTEM* 
12. WOODY SI MS ON. 
Plate 72. Fig. 12. 
Character of the Species. Erigeron tuberofum. 
The bottom of the Stalk is woody : the Leaves arc lanced’ 
and narrow. 
Fig. 12, a b 
This is a Perennial, native of Syria, and of fome parts of Europe. 
It flowers in Auguft. The Stalk is woody but flight and fliort, and 
the young Branches are green. The Leaves are of a good green, 
but with Ibme yellownefs : the Flowers are large, and are of a very 
fine yellow. 
GENUS XVII. 
S A N D W E E D. 
ANACYCLUS. 
Chara« 5 ter of the Genus. 
The Cup is hemifpheric: the Scales are flat, oval pointed,, 
and very numerous. The Rays have a flatted tubular 
'Bafe, and are undivided at the Ends. 
Fig. 77. oabc. 
I. RECOMPOUND SANDWEED 
Plate 77. Fig. i. 
Charaifer of the Species. Anacyclus Creticiis. 
The Leaves are divided and fubdivided into flatted Seg- 
ments. 
Fig. I. a b. 
Th is is an Annual, native of the iflands of the Archipelago, and 
flowers in July. The Stalks are weak, and lie upon the ground. 
The Leaves are of a pale but very delicate green : the Flowers are 
white. 
