The vegetable SYSTEM. 
flrong green, and very beautiful. The Flower appears in the center, 
refting upon the ground : it is large and elegant : the Rays are white, 
and the Dilk is yellow. This Plant abounds with a gummy juice ; 
whence the name of the Gum Thillle is very improperly added to it. 
3. LEAF Y-HE ADED GUM THISTLE. 
Plate 80. Fig. 3. 
Charai'ilcr of the Species. Atradylis humill^. 
The Leaves are finnated, and there is a fpreading leafy 
head under the Flower. 
Fig. 3. a l>. 
This Is a Perennial, native of the fouthern parts of Europe and 
of the Eall, flowering in July. The Stalk is a foot and a half high, 
green, but ftained with crimfon toward the Bafe. The Leaves are 
of a dark, fhining, green : the Flowers are large, and of a delicate 
crimfon ; two or three of thefe crown the Stalk ; and they gain freUi 
beauty from the Leafy Involucrum, or mantle which is placed under 
them. 
4. LINEAR GUM THISTLE. 
Plate 80. Fig. 4. 
Character of the Species. Atra£ly!is cancellata. 
The Leaves are linear, and dented. 
Fig. 4. a b. 
This is an Annual, a little Plant, native of Spain and Italy : it 
dowers in Auguft. The Stalk is weak, green, and not more than 
five inches high : the Leaves are of a flrong green, but with fome- 
what of a greyilh tinge. The Flowers are crimfom ; their Rays are 
often wholly wanting j but the whole Surface of the Cup being 
netted, has an elegant appearance. It dowers in Augud. 
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