its relations. It wants the efTential 
characteriftic of the Clafs Syngenefia: 
itsftamina are not united. If you ex- 
amine any of the/0/o///, you will find, 
that they contain fourjiamtna and one 
fiftillum: therefore you muft turn to 
the Clafs T^etrandna^ and Order, Mono- 
gynia. Scabiofa, the fecond plant in this 
Clafs, is the genus, andarvenfis the fpe- 
cies. The genus is determined by the 
common calyx confirming of many leaves, 
and the proper calyx being double and 
above the germin. The fpecific cha- 
racter is- corolla quadrifid, radiant; 
leaves oppofite; pinnatifid, ending in a 
lance j ftem cylindrical and rough . You 
will find a good engraving of this plant 
in the Flora Londinenfis, except that it 
appears rather dwarfifh. 
Among that wheat you fee a bright Jgrof- 
purple flower, which for fimple ele- temma * 
gance is not furpafled by any of the 
exotics in our gardens, green-houfes, 
or hot-houfes : but we eftimate things, 
not by their beauty, but by their 
fcarcity; elfe who would exchange 
ten guineas for Cromwell's halfpen- 
ny? 
