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The vegetable SYSTEM. 
G E xN U S XXIV. 
VV H I T E W E E D. 
C A R P E S I U M. 
Charufler of the Genus. 
The Cup is lliort and umbilicated ; its Scales are narrow^ 
and nearly equal, and it is fuiTOunded at the Bafe by a- 
leafy involucruin, cr crown. 
Plate 82. e .7 
I. HEADED WHITE WEED. 
Plate 82. Fig. I. 
Charaaer of the Species. Carpefium ccrnuiim. 
The Flowers Band only on the top Branches, and they 
droop a little. 
Fig. \ . a b. 
This is a Perennial, native of Italy, and flowers in Augufl;. The 
radical Leaves oval, wrinkled, a little downy, foft to the touch, 
and of a pale green. The Stalk is a foot and a half high, and is alfo 
downy, vvhitilh, and foft to the touch : the Flowers grow only on 
the tops of the Branches, which thicken where they are inferted : they 
arc of a fine pale yellow : fometimes naked. 
2. SIDE-FLOWERED WHITEWEED., 
Plate 82. Fig. 2. 
Chara£fer ofthe Species. Carpefium abrolanoidcsr 
The Flowers rife in the bofoms of the Leaves, all up the 
Iides of the Stalk. 
Fig. 2. a, 
This is an Annual, native of China; and flowers in Augufl:. The 
Stalk is firm, hard, and brown. The Leaves are of a dufliy green ; 
the Flowers are of a very pale yellow, and are furrounded by du/ky 
Leaves. Sometimes they leave Rays, and fometimes after the man* 
ner of the former they are naked. 
GENUS 
