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ERIGERON BELLIDIFOLIUM. PLANTAIN- 
LEAVED ERIGERON. 
BEEK KEEEE EEE REE 
Class and Order. 
SyncENesiA Potyeamia SupERriva. 
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Generic Character. 
Recept. nudum. Pappus pilosus. Cor. radii lineares, 
angustissime. : | 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
ERIcERoN bellidifolium ; hirsutum, incanum; foliis radicali- 
bus obovatis subserratis ; caulinis paucis distantibus 
lanceolatis integerrimis, caule subtrifloro, radiis elon- 
gatis. Pursh Fl. Am. Sept. 2. p. 532. 
Exiceron billidifolium ; foliis radicalibus obovatis serratis ; 
caulinis lanceolatis integerrimis, caule subbifloro, radio 
disco longiore. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 1958. 
ERicERon pulchellum ; hirsutum, subincanum, foliis radica- 
libus oblongo-obovalibus sive cuneato-oblongis subin- 
tegris ; caulinis paucis distantibus semiamplexicauli- 
bus, floribus majusculis: radiis numerosis, elongati 
eat albidis. Michaux Fl. Bor. Am. 2. p. 
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Drscr. Radical leaves several, wide-obovate, obtuse, 
- U§ose-veined, coarsely serrate from the middle upwards, 
rough, with rigid hairs on the upper surface, hairy along 
the course of the veins underneath. Cauline leaves distant, 
tongue-shaped, somewhat undulate, quite entire. Stem 
“rect, hairy, streaked, simple, branching out at the upper 
Part into from three to five long, hairy, one-flowered pe- 
duncles, Bracte one or two, small, subulate; but little 
distant from the flower. Calyx hemispherical : leaflets 
ibulate, imbricate. Ray many-flowered, linear, pale blue, 
°nger than the flat yellow disk. : fe 
