418 71. COMPOSITE: ASTEEOIDE^!. 



p. 290 ; Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 166 ; Franch. et Sav. Enum. PL 

 Jap. ii. p. 400. 



Erigeron kamtschaticus, DC. Prodr. v. p. 290 ; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. 

 p. 488 ; Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. i. p. 227. 



Hupeh : Patung district [A. Henry, 281, 1755, 1810, 1859 !). 

 Herb. Kew. 



"Western Europe to Japan, and in North America. 



2. Erigeron alpinus, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 864 ; DC. Prodr. v. 

 p. 291 ; Ledeb. Fl. Boss. ii. p. 490. 



Coeea: Changpeishan, 1000 to 7500 feet (James !). Herb. 

 Kew. 



"Western Europe to Kamtschatka and in North America. 



[Erigeron annuus, Pers. (Syn. PI. ii. p. 431), syn. Stenactis 

 annua, Less. (G-en. et Sp. Ast. p. 273), is^a North-American 

 plant, naturalized in Europe and Japan; and Eaber sends it 

 labelled " Shanghai mountains, rare."] 



3. Erigeron canadensis, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 863 ; DC. Prodr. 

 v. p. 289 ; Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Lnd. iii. p. 254 ; Franchet, PI. David. 

 p. 162, et in Mem. Soc.Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 225. 



Shantung: Chefoo (ex Franchet); Chekiang: Ningpo moun- 

 tains (Faber !) ; Kiangsi : Kiukiang (hb. Forbes !) ; Hupeh : 

 Ichang and neighbourhood (A. Henry !) ; Szechuen : Nankee 

 (Faber !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 



Now very widely spread, but supposed to be indigenous in 

 America, and a colonist in the Old "World. 



4. Erigeron chinense, Jacq. Hort. Schoenb. iii. p. 30, t. 303 ; 

 DC. Prodr. v. p. 290. 



China. 



[Erigeron hirsutus, Lour. (El. Cochinch. p. 500 ; DC Prodr. 

 v. p. 294), is ai obscure species described as having a subsquar- 

 rose involucre and a blue ray of numerous narrow flowers.] 



5. Erigeron linifolius, Willi. Sp. PI iii. p. 1955 ; Benih. Fl. 

 Hongk. p. 176 ; Debeaux, Fl. Shangh. p. 35 ; Henriques in 

 Bolet. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 147. 



Conyza ambigua, DC. Fl. Franq. Suppl. p. 468, et Prodr. v. p. 381. 

 Erigeron ambiguus, Schultz-Bip. in Phyt. Canar. ii. p. 208. 

 Kiangsu: Shanghai (Maingayl BullockV); Szechuen: Chung- 



