The vegetable system. 
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:green ; but foftened by a flight down. The Leaves are pale on the 
upper fide, and whitifh and downy underneath. The Flowers fland 
in a large flat clufler on the top of the Stalk, in manner of an um- 
brella. 
GENUS XXIII. 
L E A F W O R T. 
P E C T I S. 
Gharafter of the Genus. 
The Cup is cylindric ; its Scales grow together, and be- 
come foliaceous and unequal. The Rays are few and 
divided lightly at the top. 
Plate 8i. ooab. 
I. EDG’D LEAF WORT. 
Plate 8i. Fig. 3. 
Charaaer of the Species. 
The Leaves are linear, and have a rough edge, with fhort 
ftiff hairs. 
Fig. 3. ^7 b. 
This is a Biennial, native of Jamaica, and Flowers in July and 
Augufl:. The Stalk is of a pale green : the Leaves have a brown 
edge, and the Flowers are yellow. 
2. N A K E D L E A F V/ O R T. 
Plate 81. Fig. 4. 
C'haraaer of the Species. Peflls linnifolia. 
The Leaves are narrow, but fimple, even, and unarmed 
at the edge. 
Fig. 4. a b. 
This alfo is a native of Jamaica, a Biennial j flowering in Augufl. 
The Stalk is ufually crimfom toward the lower part : the Leaves are 
of a pale but pleafing green : tho Flowers are of a flne yellow. 
O E N U S 
