Cy’anus, 
SYNGENESIA. FRUSTRANEA. Centaurea. 
Stem angular, cottony, Fruit-stalks cottony. Mr. Woonw. 
the edges. Florets of the circumference, 5; border nearly circular, 
bent back, slightly cloven into 3 ; those of the centre i or more, 
but not more than 4 or 5 expanding at once, Linnzus says the 
leaves are smooth, but in all that I have eaminad, they are 
either woolly. or hairy. 
Var. 2. Blossoms purplish red; sometimes nearly crimson. 
Yarrow. Millfoil Yarrow, Meadows, pastures, and road 
sides. P. June—Auvug.* 
FRUSTRANEA. 
CENTAURP/A. Recept. bristly : down either fea- 
thered or hair-like: florets of the circumfe- 
rence funnel-shaped, irregular, longer than 
the others. 
(1) Scales of the calyx serrated with fringe. 
C. os scales sos leases strap-shaped, very en- 
tire; the lower ones toothed. 
Curt.—Fl. dan, <a : 3 277-Kniph. 6-Ludav. 55-Sheldré 
44—Blackw. 270-Wale.—Dod, 251. 1-Lob. obs. 296+ 1s 
and it. i, 546, 2~Ger. em. 732. 2-Park, 482. 2-Pet. 22+ 
4—Fuchs, 428-F. B. iii, 21. 3-Ger. 592, 2-Trag. 50- 
Lonic. i. 182. 1—-Matth, 508—H. ox. vii. 25. 4. 
Blossoms blue, sometimes white, ss or i 
Livy. Leaves, the lowermost sometimes very entire. Mr. Hot 
LEFEAR. Stem 1 to 2 feet high, ‘sngutay, ned slightly eae: 
branched upwards, Leaves numerous, whitish and cott 
derneath, — 3 parallel ribs. Branches with 1 flower. "Cal 
purp + rter than the anthers. 
Deut ‘bon ae Mr. SNesiecks.. Stem angular, with 
* The flowers eed an essential oil. The leaves are celebrated by 
the Materia Medica writers for a variety of purposes, but they are little 
attended to at _ sent. "Sheep and swine cat it. Horses, cows, and goats 
are not tond o 
