SYNGENESIA SUPEEFLUA. Erigeron. 533 



rimis, caule sub-3-floro, radiis e\or\gat\s.—lFilld. sp. 

 pi. 3. p. IQ5S. 



E. serpentaria. Herb. Banks, mss. 



£. pulchellum. Mich.Ji. amer. 2. p. 224. 



E. caule simplicissimo, &c. Gron. /i. virg. 122. 



In shady woods, principally ihroughoiU the mountains : 

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

 or eighteen inches high; flowers large, rays blue'ish- 

 white ; sometimes it produces only one flower, and 

 sometimes more than three. It is known by the name 

 of Poor Rolin's Planlain. 



3. E. glabrum ; foliis radicalibus ovali-lanceolatis acufis nudicaule. 



subdentatis, caule simplicissinio subaphyllo elongate, 



corymbis terminalibus paucifloris, tadiis longltudine ca- 



lycis. — Mkh.Jl. amer. 2. p. 224. 

 Aster vernus. IFiUd. sp. pi. 3. p. 2C2g. secundum speci- 



vien Clayton. 

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



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



flowers small, rays bllieish-white. 



4. E. tenue pubescens ; foliis lanceolatis acutis, inferioribus querci/oliuni. 



sublyratis grosse dentatis supremis integerrimis, caule 

 subsimplici summitate 3-floro, radiis calyce hemi- 

 sphaerico duplo longioribus. — Lam. encycl. 8. p. 4QI. 



Icon. Lam. illustr. t. 681. f. 4. 



In Carolina and Florida. 1/ . July, Aug. v. s. in Herb. 

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

 white. 



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



tatis, caulinis semiamplexicaulibus, caule debili sim- cum. 

 plici superne corymbose, pedunculis elongatis uniflo- 

 ris, radiis capillaceis calyce hemisph^rico duplo lon- 

 gioribus.— ?Fi//c?. sp. pi. 3. p. 1957. Mich.Ji, amer. 2, 

 p. 223, 

 In fields and dry woods : Canada to Carolina. 7/ . Aug. 

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

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

 daisy, rays of a beautiful biueish-purple. 



6. E. pubescens ; foliis oblongis dentatis amplexicaulibus, purpureuTU. 



superioribus integerrimis, pedunculis corymbosis in- 

 crassatis, inferioribus elongaiis, calycinis squamis ca- 

 rina pilosis, radiis calyce duplo longioribus. — Willd. 

 sp.pl. 3. p. 1958. 

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



