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Athanasia annua. Annual Athanasia. 



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Cfos* awrf Order. 

 Syngenesia Polygamia ^Equalis. 



Generic Character. 



Recept. paleaceum. Pappus paleaceus, brevissimus. 

 Cal. imbricatus. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Athanasia annua ; corymbis simplicibus coarctatis, foliis 



pinnatifidis dentatis. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 520. 



tVilld. Sp. PL 3. p. 1804. Schkuhr handb. 3. p. 74. 



t. 239. 

 Lonas inodora. Gaertn. sem. 2. p. 396. t. 165. f. 5. 

 Elichrysum inodorum, glabrum, Coronopi folio annuum. 



Magn. Monsp. p. 307. Herm. hugd. Bat. p. 228. 



t. 227. 

 Bellis polyclonos annua africana, coronopi folio, floribus 



nudis compactis. Moris. Hist. 3. p. 30. 

 S antolin a africana corymbifera, coronopi folio . Tourn. 46 1 . 

 Ageratum laciniatis foliis inodorum, Africanum. Raj. 



Hist. 364. 



For specimens of this plant we are indebted to N. S. 

 Hodson, Esq. of Bury St. Edmunds, through whose zeal 

 for the science of Botany, supported by several Gentlemen 

 in the County, a Botanical garden has been established in 

 that town, which promises to become in a few years of con- 

 siderable importance, and is already respectable, particu- 

 larly for the number of herbaceous plants contained in it. 



Athanasia annua, though not very ornamental from its 

 rambling growth, nor possessed of any sweet scent, has the 

 property of lasting long in flower in so remarkable a 

 degree, that Ray thought it merited its name of Ageratum, 



signifying 



