The VEGETABLE SYSTEM. 
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i. FLESHY THORN WE ED. 
Plate 21 . Fig. i. prickly sampire. 
Character of the Species. Echinophora Spinofa. 
The Leaves are flefhy and pinnatifid ; and the Segments 
are thorny at the Points. 
This is a perennial, native of the fea coafls of moft parts of Europe, 
our own not excepted ; and flowers in June ; a very fpecious, and ex- 
ceedingly Angular Plant. It grows to half a yard high, but ufually leans 
in part upon the ground. The Stem is thick, firm, and almofl: 
woody, rib’d and jointed in a very ftriking manner. Its colour is ufu- 
ally brownifh toward thebafe, but elfewhere of a blueifh green. The 
Leaves are flefhy and firm ; they are alfo of a blueifh green, but their 
points are darker. The Flowers are white, but with a blufh of crim- 
fon, and fometimes of yellow. 
2. THIN LEAV’D THORN WE ED. 
Plate 2 f. Fig. 2. 
Character of the Species. Echinophora tenuifolia. 
The Leaves are recompound, thin, and divided at the 
Ends into unarmed Segments. 
Fig. 2. a b. 
This is a perennial, native of Italy; principally upon the open fea 
coafts ; a frefh looking Plant ; flowering in July and Augufl. It grows 
to two feet high. The Stalk is tender, and of a duiky green. The 
Leaves are fomewhat thick, but not in the leafl: like the former : 
Their colour is a yellowifih green ; but the nearer the fea the Plant 
grows, the more and more they become of a blueifh tint. The 
Flowers are yellow : and the general Cup is always paler than the reft 
of the Plant. 
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