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capfula, and downy feed ; and you will 
diftinguifh the fpecies by the flower 
being much larger than that of any 
other Sfzrtza, and by its ftem and leaves 
being hairy. 
Car- On the oppofite fide of the rivulet 
duus " I fee a fpecies of Thiftle which we have 
never yet met with. It differs fuffi- 
ciently, in appearance, from the reft. 
Its flowers are of a deeper purple, and 
grow two or three together like a cluk 
ter of filberds. The calyx is clofely 
imbricated and fmooth. The upper 
leaves are few, narrow, and often curl- 
ed. It is the Car duus paluftris, or Marfh 
Thiftle. 
We have, I believe, examined, in our fe- 
veral perambulations, at leaft, fourfcore dif- 
ferent plants, of various ClafTes, Orders, 
Genera and Species: a fmall number, in 
proportion to all the indigenous plants of 
this ifland; but a number amply fufficient 
for a botanical foundation. In the fucceed- 
ing months, were we to continue our ex^ 
ciirfions, we fhould meet with few plants 
in flower that would either add to your bo- 
tanical 
