than thofe of the diflc, and irregu- 
larly divided. It is the Centaur ea fca- 
biofa, Great Knapweed or Matfellon. 
The flowers, you obferve, are (ingle 
and raifed on long naked ftalks. The 
fcales of the calyx are edged with a 
brown fringe; but, what particularly 
diftinguifhes the fpecies, is the pin- 
natifid leaves. The Centaurea nigra> 
which generally grows in meadows, 
refembles this plant; but it has no 
neutral Jlofculi y its leaves are lance- 
fhaped, and the flowers lefs. 
Sea. You fee, among the corn, a very tall, 
bto f a - {lender, plant, with long peduncles, 
each fupporting a fingle pale-purple 
flower. The ftem meafures at leaft 
four feet and a half. I take particular 
notice of it, becaufe its natural fize is 
about a third of that height. If you 
now examine the flower, you will finU, 
that it confifts of a number of fmall 
fofculi: You conclude, therefore, with- 
out hefitation, that you are to look for 
it in the Clafs Syngenefia. You are 
miftaken. Nature would fo have clafled 
it 3 but Art tyrannically tears it from 
its 
