s,YS6ENESiA supERFLUA. Erigeron, 533 



rimis, caule sub-3-florOj radiis elongatis. — IViUd. sp. 

 pi. 3. p. \Q58. 



E. serpen taria. Herb. Banks, mss. 



E, pulchelluin. Mich.Jl. amer. 2. p. 224. 



E. caule simplicissimo, &c, Gron.ji. virg. 122. 



In shady woods, principally throughout the mountains : 

 Canada to Carolina. 1/ . June— Aug. v. v. Afoot 

 or eighteen inches high ; tlowers large, rays blueish- 

 white ; sometimes it produces only one flower, and 

 sometimes more than three. It is known by the name 

 of Poor Rokiri's Planlain. 



E. glabrum ; foliis radicalibus orali-lanceolatis acutis nudicaule. 

 subdentatis, caule simplicissimo subaphyllo elongate," 

 corymbis terminalibus paucifloris, radiis longitudine ca- 

 Vy'ch.—Mkh.Ji. amer. 2. p. 224. 



Aster vernus. IFilld. sp. pi. 3. p. 2029. secundum sped- 

 vien Clayton. 



In low grounds of Carolina and Georgia. % . June — 

 Aug. V. V. ; V. s. in Herb. Gronov. A foot high ; 

 flowers small, rays blueish-white. 



E. tenue pubescens ; foliis lanceolatis acutis, inferioribus quercifolhini. 

 sublyratis grosse dentatis supremis integerrimis, caule 

 subsimplici summitate 3-floro, radiis calyce hemi- 

 sphaerico duplo longioribus. — Lam. encycl. 8. p. 49I. 



Icon. Lam. illustr. t. 681.y. -1. 



In Carolina and Florida. % . July, Aug. v. s. in Herl. 

 Enslen. Not above a span high ; flowers pale blue or 

 ■white. 



E. pubescens ; foliis cuneato-oblongis rariter inciso-den- philadelphi' 

 tatis, caulinis semiamplexicaulibus, caule debili sim- cum. 

 plici superne corymboso, pedunculis elongatis uniflo- 

 ris, radiis capillaceis calyce hemisphnerico duplo lon- 

 gioribus.— JVilid. sp. pi. 3. p. 1957. Mich.Jl. amer. 2. 

 p. 223. 



In fields and dry woods : Canada to Carolina. 1/ . Aug, 

 Sept. V. V. A delicate and handsome plant, from 

 one to two feet high ; flowers the size of a common 

 daisy, rays of a beautiful blueish-purple. 

 . E. pubescens ; foliis oblongis dentatis aniplexicaulibus, purpureum. 

 superioribus integerrimis, pedunculis coryrabosis in- 

 crassatis, inferioribus elongaris, calycinis squamis ca- 

 rina pilosis, radiis calyce duplo longioribus. — IFilld. 

 sp.pl 3. p. 1958. 



In pastures and on fertile hills, near the banks of rivers : 



