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tenth, eleventh, twelfth, from the fourteenth to the twenty 

 fourth, the twenty-seventh, and from the thirty-first to thi 

 forty-third species, are too tender to thrive in the open air in 

 England : their seed therefore must be sown upon a hot-bee 

 in the beginning of April, and when the plants are fit to 

 remove, they must be each transplanted into a small pot fillet 

 with light sandy earth, and plunged into a hot-bed, observing 

 to screen them from the sun until they have taken new root : 

 they must afterwards have free air admitted to them every 

 day, in proportion to the warmth of the season, and should 

 also be frequently watered in warm weather, but in small 

 quantities at each time. As they advance in strength, their 

 share of air should be increased, and in warm seasons they 

 may be wholly exposed in the open air during a few weeks in 

 the heat of summer, provided they be placed in a warm situ- 

 ation; but if the nights prove cold, or much wet fall, they 

 must be immediately removed under shelter. If these plants 

 be placed in a moderate stove in winter, they will thrive 

 better than under great heat. With the above management 

 they will flower well in July, but in general they do not per- 

 fect their seeds in England. 



7. Conyza Scabra ; Rough Fleabane. Leaves oblong, 

 somewhat toothed, sessile, scabrous ; peduncles one-flowered, 

 elongated ; leaves rugged on both surfaces, with four or five 

 teeth on each side. Native of the East Indies. 



8. Conyza Asteroides; Starwort Fleabane. Leaves broad- 

 lanceolate, subserrate; corollas radiate; calices squarrose. 

 It flowers in August and September; and is a native of North 

 America. It is a hardy perennial. 



9. Conyza Bifrons ; Oval-leaved Fleabane. Leaves ovate- 

 oblong, stem-clasping. From a thick fibrous root spring up 

 many upright stalks; leaves rough ; flowers terminating, in 

 round bunches, yellow, appearing in July. Native of Ca- 

 nada. This is a hardy perennial, and is propagated by seeds 

 sown on a bed of light earth in the spring, taking care to 

 thin and weed the plants when they come up : they should 

 be removed to where they are intended to remain in the next 

 autumn, and they also must be kept free from weeds ; the 

 second year they will flower and produce ripe seeds, and will 

 continue two years, if it be not too good, for they often rot 

 when planted in a rich soil. 



10. Conyza Bifoliata ; Two-leaved Fleabane. Leaves oval, 

 toothed ; peduncles two-leaved ; bractes opposite. Native 

 of the East Indies. 



1 1 . Conyza Pubigera. Leaves oblong, somewhat toothed, 

 subpetiolate ; peduncles woolly, sustaining about two flowers; 

 stem somewhat shrubby, eight feet high, cylindrical, climbing, 

 branched ; branches with a few scattered hairs on them; 

 leaves alternate, wedge-shaped at the base, green on both 

 sides, with a few scattering hairs, not scabrous; peduncles 

 axillary towards the top, with from two to four flowers. 

 Native of the East Indies, and China. 



12. Conyza Tortuosa; Cranked Fleabane. Stem tortuose, 

 shrubby; leaves ovate-oblong, quite entire ; racemes reflex. 

 Branches subhirsute, striated, simple; flowers alternate, ses- 

 sile, turned up, rounded; calicine scales ovate, the inner 

 lanceolate. Native of Madagascar and Vera Cruz. 



13. Conyza Candida; Woolly Fleabane. Leaves ovate, 

 touientose ; flowers crowded; peduncles both lateral and 

 terminating; stem suffruticose, six inches high, upright, 

 round, hairy, whitish, branched ; leaves very white, quite 

 entire, alternate; flowers purple, peduncled, heaped. It has 

 a pleasant smell : it sometimes varies with a short recurved 

 ray. Native of Candia, Sicily, and Cochin-china. 



14. Conyza Anthelmintica ; Purple Fleabane. Leaves 

 lanceolate-ovate, scabrous ; peduncles one-flowered; calices 



squarrose. Stem erect, roundish, branched, slightly tomen- 

 tose, spotted with purple ; the branches erect, scattered ; 

 leaves alternate, serrate, with acute unequal teeth, narrowed 

 at the base into the petiole, scabrous on the upper surface, 

 smooth, and veined on the lower ; flowers in panicles at the 

 ends of the branches, on long peduncles, thickening towards 

 the flower, and having one leaf on each ; a solitary peduncle 

 terminates the stalk; corolla uniform, consisting of from 

 twenty-five to forty hermaphrodite red florets ; those of the 

 ray reflex. The leaves of this plant have an exceeding bitter 

 taste. It flowers in August and September, is biennial, and 

 a native of the East Indies. It requires the protection of a 

 green-house, dry-stove, or glass-case, in our climate. 



15. Conyza Balsamifera; Balsam Fleabane. Leaves lance- 

 olate, tomentose underneath, even the petioles toothed : 

 down ferruginous. Native of the East Indies. 



16. Conyza Cinerea ; Ash-coloured Fleabane. Leaves ob- 

 long ; flowers panicled ; corollas cylindric, twice the length 

 of the calix. Stem erect, panicled pubescent; corollas pur- 

 ple. Annual. Native of the East Indies. 



I?. Conyza Odorata ; Sweet-scented Fleabane. Leaves 

 ovate, serrate, subtomentose, acute ; stem arborescent, co- 

 rymbed ; corollas almost globular. This is an odoriferous 

 plant, with an upright shrubby stem, four feet high, the 

 branches rising in form of a corymb ; flowers purple, lateral, 

 and terminating, several together; the corollets so short as 

 not to emerge from the calix. Native of the East Indies and 

 Cochin-china. 



18. Conyza Chinensis; Chinese Fleabane. Leaves lance- 

 olate-ovate, reflex-serrate, tomentose underneath ; flowers 

 terminating, heaped. Stem suffruticose, four feet high, 

 upright, round, smooth, branched at top ; leaves hardish, 

 petioled, alternate; flowers yellow, peduncled, terminating. 

 Native of China, Cochin-china, Java, and Amboyna. 



19. Conyza Hirsuta ; Shaggy Fleabane. Leaves oval, 

 quite entire, scabrous, hirsute underneath. Stem herbaceous, 

 a foot high, upright, simple, round, hairy, having few leaves; 

 these are oblong, sharpish, toothletted, hairy, scattered ; 

 flowers in racemes, yellow, crowded, terminating. Native 

 of Java, China, and Cochin-china. 



20. Conyza Arborescens; Tree Fleabane. Leaves ovate, 

 quite entire, acute, tomentose underneath ; spikes recurved, 

 one-ranked ; bractes reflex. This is a shrub, with a depressed 

 rugged stem; corolla uniform, with twelve hermaphrodite'co- - 

 rollets in the circuit, a little higher than the others, giving the 

 lower a radiate appearance. It commonly rises to the height 

 of three feet and a half or more in the low lands of Jamaica. 



21. Conyza Fruticosa; Shrubby Fleabane. Leaves ovate, 

 quite entire, obtuse ; flowers sessile, alternate ; branchlets 



lexuose. Native of South America. 



22. Conyza Virgata; Winged-stalked Fleabane, Leaves 

 decurrcnt, lanceolate, serrulate; stems wand-like ; flowers 



piked, in scattered heaps. It is hairy, and rises generally 

 o the height of two feet or more. The leaves are somewhat 

 loary ; the flower-branches are very long and slender, and 

 lisposed in the form of spikes at top ; the lower flowers are. 

 in threes, the upper solitary. It flowers in August and Sep- 

 tember. Native of Jamaica and Carolina. It may be kept 

 in a green-house, dry-stove, or glass-case. 



23. ConyzaDecurrens ; Running Fleabane. Leaves decur- 

 rent, lanceolate, serrulate; flowers axillary, sessile, glomerate. 

 Root annual ; glomerules of flowers ash-coloured, from the 

 axils of the leaves, globular. The stem is about a span in 

 height, erect, villose-tomentose ; as is the whole plant. 

 Native of India. 



24. Conyza Aurita ; Eared Fleabane. Leaves dentate- 



