The VEGETABLE SYSTEM. 73 
1. MANY HEADED GLOBE THISTLE. 
Plate 40. Fig. 1. 
Chara&er of the Species. Echinops Sphaerocephalus. 
The Stalk is branched 3 and fupports feveral Heads of 
Flowers, 
Fig. I. a b. 
This is a perennial, native of Spain and Italy, an upright hand- 
fome Plant, of a yard or more in heighth, flowering in July and Au- 
guft. The Stalk is firm, thick, and brown ; the Leaves are of a dark 
and dufky green on the upper fide : but whitifh and hoary underneath. 
The Flowers are naturally of a blueifli white, fometimes they are 
white entirely ; and fometimes they are crimfon : this is the moll beau- 
tiful, but the leaft ufual ftate of the Plant. 
2. ONE HEADED GLOBE THISTLE. 
Plate 40. Fig. 2. 
Chara&er of the Species. Echinops Ritro. 
The Stalk is fimple ; and fupports only one Head of Flowers. 
Fig. 2. a b. 
This is a perennial, native of Italy, and the South of France, a 
very handfome Plant, flowering in Auguft. It grows to two feet and a 
half in heighth. The Stalk is rib’d, firm, of a greenifh white; and in 
the wild ftate is deftitute of branches ; in gardens it has often more 
than one ; but in this cafe, each Branch fupports only one Flower, fo that 
the character of the fpecies is yet kept diftind ; the Leaves are of a pale 
but pleafant green on the upper fide, and white underneath. The 
Flowers are of a very beautiful blue. The feparate Flowers and ge- 
neral Heads, vary confiderably in fize ; they are twice as big in 
gardens as we fee them in wild nature. 
GENUS 
