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CONYZA? 4. Foliis lanceolatis, ample xantibus, oppofitis-, cattle alatO\ fori* 



bus purpurafcentibus comofis. 



The purple Flea-bai 



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edged ftalki 



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This plant is a native of the low lands, and feldom rifes above two or three f< 



height 



The leaves are narrow, and without footftalks ; the ftem edeed in fev 





places ; and the flowers difpofed in a fhady form at the toj: 



VERBESINA 1. Foliis oblongo-ovatis y fubdentatis 



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Verbefina foliis alte 



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bus\ florib 



decurrentibus undulatis obtufis. L. Sp. PI. 6c H. C 



Chryfanthemum alatum, &c. Slo. & Chryfanthemum Amcricanum 



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e larger tufted Fcrbefina^ with edged ft 



This plant is pretty common on the north fide of the ifland, and remarkable foi 

 1 edgings of its ftalk. The feeds are of an oval form, compreffed, and terminated 



each, with a fi 



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fubulated 



VERBESINA 2. Foliis inferior ibus fimplicibus oppofitis, fuperioribus pinnato- 



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The larger upright Verbefma. ' 



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This plant is a native of the coldeft mountains of Liguanea, and rifes generally 



to the height of three or four feet. The leaves are of an oval form, and intire. 



VERBESINA 3. Erect* a hirfuta, foliis fubfeffilibus ovatis oppofitis, for ibus 



confertis alaribus % 



The erect Verbefina> with fimple oppofite leaves. 



This plant is common every where in the low lands: it feldom branches, or 

 divides in its growth ; and rifes generally from eighteen to twenty-four inches in height. 







TAGETES 1. Cattle fubdivifo diffufo, foliis ferr at is, bipinnatis vel compofitis. 

 Tagites caule fubdhijb diffufo. L. H. C. & Sp. PI. 







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The French Marygold. 



This flowering plant is cultivated in moft gardens in "Jamaica-, and thrives 



well in all parts of the country. 



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TAGETES? 2. Minor \ caule fubdivifo diffufo, foliis linear ibus integris. 

 Hieracium fruiicofum, angujlififimis gramineis foliis. Slo. Cat. 



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The fmaller diffufe French Marygold. 



TAGETES? 3. Caule ereBo, ad fummitatem ramofi; foliis cblongo-cordatis, 





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leniter crenatis. 



The larger erect French Marygold. 





In both thefe lad fpecies, the common cups are made up of five, fix, or {even narrow 

 equal fcales, joined together into a cylindric tube ; which contains fo many female 

 ligulated^r^j, difpofed, very orderly, round the margin; and a few hermaphro- 

 dites in the center. The firfl: is fpreading and (lender ; it grows much about the Savan- 

 nas, and feldom rifes above eighteen or twenty inches in height : the other is more 



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