196 
The vegetable SYSTEM. 
GENUS ZXL 
GUM THISTLE. 
ATRACTYLIS. 
CharaiEler of the Genus. 
The Cup is oval ; the Scales are very numerous, lanced, 
and convergent. 
Plate 80. oah c. 
1 . W O O D Y GUM THISTLE. 
Plate 80. Fig. i. 
Character of the Species. Atraftylis fruAIcofa. 
The Leaves are oblong, dented, oval, and prickly: the 
Stalk is woody. 
Fig. I. Cl l>. 
This is a Perennial, native of the Cape of Good Flopc ; a very 
beautfful Plant, flowering in Augiift. The Stem is woody and 
brown, and the young Shoots are tender : the Leav^Sjare of a pale 
but pleahng green, and the Flowers are of a gold yellow : they hand 
fingly at the tops of all the Branches. The Plant is a yard high, 
and fpreads into a handfome figure. 
2 STALK LESS GUM THISTLE. 
Plate 80. Fig. 2. 
Cliaracler of the Species. Atra£lylis gummifera. 
The Flower rehs upon the ground: the Leases which 
lurround it are prickly. 
* • Fig. 2. all. 
This is a Perennial, native of the warmqr parts of Europe, and 
of the Eah, a very fingular Plant. , The Leaves rife only from the 
Root ; for the Plant is wholly dehitute of Stalks : they are of a tine 
ftrong 
