The vegetable SYSTEM. 
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GENUS XXV. 
RED CUP. 
P O L Y M N I A. 
Charadler of the Genus. 
The Cup has three ranges of leafy Scales ; three in each 
of the outer, and four in the inner range: all inferred 
almoft in one place at the Bafe, and appearing nearly 
as a fimple Series. 
Plate 82, Fig. I. 0 a b. 
Of this Genus we know only one Species, 
I. LARGE FLOWER’D RED CUP. 
Plate 82. Fig. 3. 
Character of the Species. 
The Scales of the Cup are nearly equal to the Rays in 
length. 
Plate 82. Fig. 0 a b. 
This is a Perennial, native of North-America, and flowers late in 
Autumn. The Stalk is firm and hard, red toward the ground, but 
green on the upper part. The Leaves are of a fine but not flrong 
green, and the Flowers are yellow. The Cup often gets a tinge of 
red, which fhews this in a very agreeable oppofition. The Rays 
are often in part wanting, and fometimes entirely. 
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