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Bark; the Spines are very firong ; the Leaves are fmall, and are compofed
                S. .             .          aredetnlv fawed on their Ede-.q
oval LoDes, terminated by an ouuu cone ; .i  ....--..y-.------.....---...
--',....- .', sare large, 
tingle, and of a pale red Colour. It Flowers in June, and are fucceeded by
large, red roundi9h 'ips, 
reprefented at A, filled with round Seeds, as B. The Leaves of this Shrub
are remarkable for their 
Sweet Odour, and where there are many of them together they perfume the Air
to a confiderablc 
Diftance. 
                                PL ATE                     XXVII. 
               .drtlium. Lin. Gen. Plant. 923. Lappa. Tourn. Intl. R. H.
Bisrdock. 
    THE Chara6ters are, 
    THE Empalement of the Flower is fcaly, each ending in a long Thorn which
is reflexed at the 
Point. The Flower A is compofed of many Florets, reprefented at 'B, which
are tubulous and 
uniform, thefe are of one Leaf. The Tube C is long and flender, and cut into
five narrow Segments 
at the Top ; thefe have five fhort flender Stamina, which are crowned by
cylindrical Summits. The 
Germen is fituated at the Bottom of the Tube, having a hairy Tip, fupporting
a long flender Style, 
as D, crowned by a bifid reflexed Stigma; the Germen afterward becomes a
tingle pyramidical angular 
Seed, crowned with Down, as E. 
    THri lGennu of Plants is ranged in l.inna'e i eventfnth -b Cfc .n,;tltA
Q y. ........ A A ...-...... 
  JEOQUALIS, there being an equal Number of Female and Hermophr 
  common Empalement. Cafpar Bauhin, and after him mofi of the W 
  Genus Lappa, but Linneeus has altered it to the old Name of Diofcori 
  faften, as the Heads or Burrs of thefe Plants do to the Cloaths of thofe
     THIs Specie reprefented, is, 
     ARCTIUM foliis cordatis inermibus petiolatis capitulis majoribus 
  thlaped Leaves, without Prickles, having Foot Stalks, and large Heads 
     THis Sort is found growing on the Sides of Roads and Foot P 
  therefore is never admitted into Gardens. This is ordered for Me 
  Phyficians. The Root of this Plant lafts but two Years, fo that whe, 
  they may be much eafier deftroyed than fuch as have abiding Roots, 
  from Seed do not flower till the fecond Year, and when the Seeds are, 
                             P     L    A     T      E        XXVII 
     THE Chara6ters of this are already exhibited in Page i . 
     THE Specie reprefented here is, 
     LAHYRtUS pedunculis bifloris, cirrhis diphyllis, foliis ovato-oblong
 Cliff. 368. Chickling Vetch with two Flowers on a Foot Stalk, a tw 
 Leaves, and hairy Pods ; this is the Lathyrus diftoplatyphyllos birfutu
 flore odore. Hort. Cath. The tweet fcented Pea. Mill. p. VII. 
    THIs Sort grows naturally in Ceylon, but is hardy enough !o thrive in
is an Annual Plant with a climbing Stalk, which rifes from three to fc 
Leaves, compofed of two large oval Lobes, as A, whofe Mid-rib is 
reprefented at B ; the Foot-Stalks come out at the Joints, they are abou
two large Flowers with dark purple Standards, as C; the Wings D are 4 
Keel, E, is rather inclinable to white. They have*a, Ar,% tweet 0 
oblong inflated Pods, as F, which are hairy, containing four or five 
Mill. Gard. Did.t