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VIN. Conyza fruticofa, cifti odore, floribus pallide purpureis, fummitatibus ras 
mutlorum infidentibus, capitulis cr femine minoribus. Cat. po 123. Tab. 151. 
Fig.r. 
“This Shrub rifes to about fix or even Foot high, it has feveral Stems as big 
as ones Thumb, covered witha reddifh brown Ropy, or membranaceous tough 
Bark, and the Branches go out oppofite one to the other, or fometimes 
three together, they are thick fet with Leaves, ftanding on a quarter of an 
Inch long Foot-Stalks; they are Inch long, half as broad near the round 
Bafe where broadeft, the Nerves running from the Foot-Stalks end, as from 
a common Center, they are fomewhat rough, vifcid and f{mell like thofe 
of Ciffus. Thetops are branched out into feveral Foort-Stalks, fuftaining fe- 
veral naked Heads like thofe of Facobea of a pale purple colour. After thefe 
follow many f{mall, light brown, oblong, canulated pappous Seeds. There 
are fome {mall varieties of this. 
It grows by the way going to Guasaboa on the Red Hills, and on Mount 
Diablo on a {mall Savanna very plentifully. 
IX. Conyza fruticofa, cifti odore, floribus pallide purpureis fummitatibus ras 
mulorum infidentibus, capitulis & femine majoribus. Cate p. 124. Tabs 191. 
Pig. 3 
’Tis in every thing like, the former, only feemed fomewhat larger, the 
Heads were alfo much larger, being inclofed by feveral Leaves of a brown 
colour, furrounding Squammatim the Flowers and Seed. 
X. Conyza fruticofa, folio haftato, flore pallide purpureo. Cat. p.124. Eupa- 
torium Americanum, foliis urtica mollibus cy incanis. Tournef. Inft.p. 456: An 
Conyza Americana urtice folio flore caruleo. hort. Amft. p.99 ? 
This by a large woody Stalk rifes to about feven Foot-high, the Batk is 
of a whitifhcolour, the Branches are quadrangular, and. fet oppofite one to 
another. The Leaves ftand likewife on the ends of the Twigs on an Inch 
tong Foot-Stalks, oppofite onetothe other, being almoft triangular, an inch 
and an half long, and more than anInch broad at Bafe, a little hairy, having 
Ribs run through the Leaf to the feveral parts of it from the end of the,Foor- 
Stalk. They are of a. yellowifh green colour,..and very,,odoriferous. Ex 
alis foliorum towards the tops are {mall two Inches long Stalks, having here 
and there {maller Leaves of the fame fhape with the larger, {upporting {e- 
veral naked Flowers, each whereof have an half Inch long Foot-Stalk, is 
naked, and compofed of many pale purple Flowers with their feveral Sta- 
mina, {tanding very clo{e by one another, and all inclofed by many green, 
long, fcaly Leaves. . After thefe follow feveral {mall; oblong, cannulated, 
or ftriated Seeds, of a light, brown or gray colour, having fome {tiff pappous 
hairs on their ends. : 
It grows every where about the Town. 
It is counted an admirable vulnerary, being only beaten and applied, 
having cur’d one who was Lanc’d through the Body at the taking of the 
Ifland. cunts 7 Bedi ¢' 
There is a variety in this, the Leaves being fometimes more hairy, and 
{maller; 
XI. Conyza fruticof flore pallide purpureo, capitulis & lateribus ramulorum 
fpicatim excuntibus. Cat. p. 124... dn Cotino affinis arbor Americana, Tremate 
Brafilienfibus. Marcgr. Pluken. Alm. p. 20? 
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