130 PLANTS OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



Zinnia. W. 17. 2. 



Named after John Godfrey Zinn, who published a catalogue of 

 plants in the garden of Gottingen. Loudon. 

 An American genus of 5 species. 



Z. violacea, W., and Z. verticillata, W. Blood Marygold. 

 Beautiful plants from Mexico, introduced within a few years into 

 our gardens. 



Starkea. W. 17. 2. 



Named after the Rev. Mr. Starke, a botanist of Silesia ; only 

 one species, a native of the island of Jamaica. 



*S. umbellata. W. Lately introduced into flower-gardens, 

 for its beauty. The leaves are opposite, nerved, and downy be- 

 neath, and the flowers are in umbelliferous heads. 



Erigeron. L. 17. 2. Fleabane. 



From the Greek for spring and old man, because some species 

 become old early in the season, which is not the fact with any of 

 our species. About 50 species are spread over Europe and 

 North and South America ; 7 are common in this State ; all 

 weeds. As some species have a strong aromatic scent, which is 

 always offensive to insects, and avoided by most of them, we see 

 the origin of the English name. 



E. belli difolium. W. Plantain-leafed Fleabane. Stem 2-3 

 feet high, with purplish blue flowers ; though named daisy-leafed, 

 it has little beauty of foliage compared with that plant. 



E. Canadense. L. An unsightly plant, 2-4 feet high, with 

 small flowers, growing over the fields, with a strong, aromatic, 

 offensive odor ; astringent, and used sometimes by farriers to stop 

 the flowing of blood from wounded horses ; spreads rapidly on 

 every side ; August. 



E. iniegrifolium. Big. Grows beside roads and woods, 2 



