SYNGENESIA— POLYGAM.-SUPERF. Conyza. 421 



rets. Seed-vessel none, except the permanent, conver- 

 ging, dry calyx, beset with the prominent tips of the 

 scales. Seed oblong, uniform and perfect in all the florets. 

 Down simple, sessile. JRecejJt. slightly convex, tubercu- 

 lated. 

 A numerous, herbaceous or shrubby genus, of which our 

 only British species is the type, many of the foreign spe- 

 cies requiring examination. Gsertner remarks that if 

 this genus had radiant marginal Jlorets, it would not differ 

 from Aster. 



1. C. squarrosa. Plowman's Spikenard. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, downy, crenate. Stem herbaceous, 

 corymbose. Calyx-scales leafy, recurved. 



C. squarrosa. Linn. Sp. PL 1205. Willd. v. 3. 19 18. FL Br. 875. 



Engl. Bot. V. 17. t. I i95. Hook. Scot. 24 1 . Fl. Dan. t. 622. 

 C. vulgaris. Bull. Fr. t. 342. 

 C. n. 135. Hall. Hist. V. 1.59. 

 C. major. Matth. Valgr. v. 2. 222./. Camer. Epit. 6 1 2./. Bauh. 



Hist. V. 2. 105 1 ./. Dalech. Hist. 1044./. 

 C. major altera. Dod. Pempt. 51. f. 

 C. Helenitis. Cord. Hist. 160, 2./. 

 Baccharis monspeliensium. RaiiSyn.l79. Ger. Ein.792.f. Lob. 



Ic.574.f. 

 Montpelier Fleabane. Petiv. H. Brit. t.l8.f. I. 



In chalky or limestone countries frequent, or in woods on a marly 

 soil. 



Biennial, July, August. 



Root tapering, fleshy, much subdivided under ground, though sim- 

 ple at the crown. Herb soft and downy, bitter, somewhat aro- 

 matic, with a portion of mucilage. Stem upright, angular, leafy, 

 2 or 3 feet high, terminating in a corymbose, leafy, many- flow- 

 ered panicle. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, veiny, variously cre- 

 nate ; radical ones large, tapering down into bordered foot- 

 stalks J the uppermost often entire. Fl. dull yellow. Tips of 

 the calyx-scales green, leafy, recurved. 



The radical leaves bear some resemblance to those of Foxglove, 

 but when rubbed, are readily distinguished by their aromatic 

 scent. 



The name of Flea-bane, more properly Fly-bane, has been applied 

 to this plant ; but the still more correct synonym of its Latinized 

 Greek appellation would be Gnat-bane. The genus Erigeron is 

 however the real Fly-bane, some of its viscid species, dipped in 

 milk, being used in the south of Europe to catch the various little 

 winged insects, so troublesome in warm climates. 



