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|talks, gamifhed with flender narrow leaves like thofe 

 of Fennel, irregvilarly difpofed. . The fiower-ftalk 

 rifes about two feet high, fending out many branches, 

 garniHied the whole length with the fame compound 

 capillary leaves, and at the top are terminated by 

 compound umbels, compofed of near twenty fmall 

 ones ; thefe have white flowers with five petals, which 

 are fucceeded by oblopg, hairy, channelled fruit, di- 

 vided into two parts, each containing one oblong 

 naiiy feed. 



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This fort is propagated by feeds, which {hould be 

 fown in autumn on an open bed of light dry ground ; 

 and v/hen the plants come up in the fpring,they fhould 

 be kept cle^n from weeds, and thinned where they 

 are too dole, fo that they may have room to grow 

 till the following autumn, when they fliould be care- 

 fully taken up, and planted at about a foot diftance 



in a bed of light fandy earth, where the ./opts will 



continue feveral years, and annually flower and pro- 

 duce ripe feeds. It flowers in June, and the feeds 

 are ripe in September. This grows naturally in Can- 

 dia, but Is rarely injured by cold in thL5 country. . > . 

 The thii'd fort is a perennial plant 3 this fends up 

 from the root feveral upright ftalks, near three feet 

 high, which are terminated by compound umbels , 

 thefe, at their firft appearance, arc very clofe and 

 compa6t, but aftersvard fprcad open, and divide into 

 feveral fmaller umbels ; the foot-flialks or rays of 

 thefe are Ihort and hairy. . The flowers are compofed 

 of five white petals, which are not quite equal, and 

 are fucceeded by objong woplly fruit, divided in- 

 to two parts, each containing one oblong channelled 



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This may be propagated m the fame manner as the 



. former, and is equally hardy ; it grows naturally in 

 jSicily, and fome parts of Italy. •_ 



, The fourth fort is a perennial plant, which growsr na- 

 turally in fome particular parts of England, France, 

 and Germany ; the leaves of this are linear, and 

 acutely cut into oblong fegments j the ftalks rife two 

 feet high, dividing toward the top into three or four 

 branches, each being terminated by an umbel of 

 white flowers, which are fucceeded by oblong ftriated 

 feeds. It flowers in July, and the feed? ripen in 



.feriorlbus linearibus dentatis, fuperioribus ovatis fcr- 

 ratis. Lin. Sp. 1181. Athanafta ivith a ccmpcund 

 corymhuSy the lower leaves linear and indented^ the 

 upper cval and fa'-jued. Coma aurea Africana frutef- 

 cens, foliis inferioribus incifis^ fuperioribus dentatis. 

 Com. Rar. PI. 41. 



2. Athanasia (7V//i^rri2/(3) corymbis fimplicibus, foliis 

 trilobis cuneiformibus. Lin. Sp. ii8i, Athanafui-juitb 

 a fmgle corymbus^ and wedge-Jhaped leaves viith three 

 lobes. Qom^i aurea Africana fruticans, foliis glaucis 

 & in extremitate trifidis. Hort.Amft. 2. p. 97. 



3. Athanasia {CrithmifoUa) corymbis fi'mplicibus, fo- 

 liis femitrifidis linearibus, Liu. Sp. 1181. Athanafia 

 with afmpk corymbus^ and linear femitrifid leaves. Co- 

 ma aurea fruticans foliis angufl:iffimis trifidis. Burm. 

 Afr. 1S6. . ■ - .- 



4. Athanasia {Puhefcens) corymbus fimplicibus, foliis 

 lanceolatis indivifis viilofis. Amcen. Acad. 4. p. 329. 



Athanqfia ivith aftmple corymbus.^ and fpsar-J/japedy un- 

 ;. divided, hairy leaves. Coma aurea Africana fruticufii 

 omnium maxima, foliis tomentofis & Incanis. Hurt, 

 .. Amft..2. p. 93. . 



5. Athanasia (Annua) corj'mbus fimplicibus coartfba- 

 tis, foliis pinnatifidis denutis. Lin. Sp. 11 82. Atha- 

 7iaJIa with afimple coryrr.hus., and winged indented leaves. 

 Elichryfum inodorum glabrum, coronopi folio da- 

 brum. Magn, Montp. 307. 



6. Athanasia {Maritime) pedunculis unifloris fubco- 

 r)'mbofis, fohis lanceolatis indivifis crenatis obtu- 

 fis tomentofis. Lin. Sp. 11 82. Athanafta with fmgle 



■ flowe)'s en each foot-fialk formed like a corjmlus, oid 



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The fifth fort grows naturally in the foutli of France, 

 and in Auftria : this hath a perennial root ; the ftalks 

 rife three feet high, garnifhed with winged leaves, 

 wliich are cut into angular feg-ments ; they are ter- 

 minated by umbels of white flowers, which are fuc- 

 ceeded by naked feeds. This flowers in July, and 

 the feeds ripen in autumn, 



Thefe two forts are feldom admitted into any gar- 

 dens but thofe of botanifts, for the fake of variety, 

 being plants of little beauty or ufe. They are pro- 

 pagated by feeds, which lliould be fown in autumn 

 foon after they are ripe, and the plants will appear 

 the following fpring, when they will require no other 

 care but to thin them where they are too clofe, and 

 keep them clean from weeds. The fecond fummer 

 they will flower and produce ripe feeds, but the roots 

 will abide feveral years where they are defired. 



ATHANASIA. Lin. Gen. 943. Baccharis. Vaill. Aft. 

 Gall. 17 19. Goldylocks. 

 The Characters are. 

 The empalement is imbricated, oval, , and the fcales are 

 fpear-Jhaped \ 'the flower is of the compound kind; the 

 florets are uniform and longer than the corolla \ the her- 

 maphrodite florets are funnel-Jhapedj cut into flve'feg- 

 snentSy which are ere^l ; they have each five floort hair-like 

 flamina, with cylindrical tubulofe fummits, and an oblong 

 germen with a fl.endcrftyle, terminated by an obtufe bifid 



' Jligma \ each floret has an oblong feed with a chaffy down 

 between them. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the firft order of 

 Linna^us's nineteenth clafs, entitled SyngenefiaPoly- 

 gamia -^qualis ; the florets of this order are all her- 

 maphrodite. 



The Species are, 



I. Athanasia {Bentala) corymbis impofids, foliis in- 



fpear-flpaptd, obtuft 

 timum. C. B. P. 263. 



Gnaphalium mari- 

 he Cape of Good 



Hope : this hath a low, flirubby, branching ftalk, 

 which feldom rifes three feet liigh ; the branches are 

 garniflied with two forts of leaves^ thofe toward the 

 bottom are linear, and indented, but the upper are 

 oval and fawed on their edges : the flowers are dif- 

 pofed in a compound coiymbus at the end of the 

 brandies ; they are of a pale yellow, and appear early 

 in fummer, and if the feufon proves favourable, will 

 be fucceeded by ripe feeds in autumn. 

 The fecond fort is a native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope : this rifes with a Ihrubby ftalk five or fix icct 

 high, dividing into many irregular branches, g.ir- 

 nifhed with flat glaucous leaves cut at their extremity 

 into three fegments j thefe have an agi'ccable odour 

 when bruifcd. The flowers are produced in a fini- 

 ple corymbus at the extremity of the branches •, they 

 are of a bright yellow colour, and appear in Auguit, 

 but are feldom fucceeded by ripe feeds in England. 

 The third fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 

 Hope: this hath a flirubby branching ftalk like, the 

 former; the leaves are linear, and divided more than 

 half their length, fome into three, and others into 

 five narrow fegments : the flowers are produced at 

 the extremity of the branches in a fiinple corymbus, 

 like thofe of the former fort in fhape and colour, of 

 which there is a fuccefiion on the fame plant frrcat: 

 part of fummer ; but unlefs the fcafon is warm, \he/ 

 are rarely fucceeded by ripe feeds in England. 

 The fourth fort rifes with a flirubby ftalk fix or fcvca 

 feet high*, the branches are garnifned with hairy, 

 fpear-fliaped, entire leaves ; the flowers are ycllovv', 

 and produced in a fimple corymbus at the extremity 

 of the branches, but are not fucceeded by good feeds 

 in England. 



Thefcfour forts arecafilypropagatedbycuttingsduring 

 the fummer months. If thefe are planted cidier in pots 

 or upon an old hot-bed, and ciuicly covered witli 

 glafics,fliading them in the heat of the day, and rcfreDi- 

 ing them with water when they require it, they v/iil 

 put out roots in five or fix weeks ; and in two mondis 

 they may be taken up and planted in pots filled 

 with light earth, and placed in a fliadyTituation un- 

 til they have taken new root ■, after which they fliould 

 be removed to a flickered fituation. mixin'^ then) with 

 other exotic plants, where they may remain till the 

 middle or end of October, according as the feafon 



proves 



