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BPE flower is compofed of numerous flofcules, placed in a common cup. 
placed over one another. The Alofcules in the difk are tubular, and thofe 
and the feeds have a fine down fixed to them. 
very numerous {cales, 
on the edge flatted ; 
This is formed of 
Linneus ranges this among the fyngengfa with the others. 
DIVISION L 
1. Starwort, called Golden Sampire. 
After crithinum cryfanthemum difius. 
The root is large, and hung with many fibres. 
The ftalk is round, upright, juicy, green, and 
rarely branched. 
The leaves are of a fingular figure: they are 
long, narrow, and divided into three parts at 
the end. Their colour is a pale green ; and they 
are of a flefhy fubftance. 
The flowers are large, aad of a fine yellow: 
one ufually terminates the ftalk. 
We have it on our weltern coafts. It flowers 
in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Crithinum maritimum flore 
ofteris Attici. 
2. Sea-Starwort. 
After Tripolium didtus. 
The root is long, and furnifhed with many 
fibres. 
The ftalk is round, upright, and three feet 
high. 
The leaves are long, narrow, and of a pale 
green, obtufe at thé ends, and not at all divided 
at the edges. _ 
The flowers ftand in numbers at the tops of 
the branches ; and are large and blue. 
Tt is common about falt rivers, and flowers in 
Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Tripolium majus ceruleum. 
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Narrow-leaved African Starwort. 
Apter purpurafcens anguftifolius Africanus. 
The root is long, and furnifhed with many 
fibres. \ 
The ftalk is upright, branched, and four feet 
high. : 
The leaves are large, but very narrow, of a 
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3. Small Starwort, called Blue, fweet Fleabane. 
After arvenfis ceruleus acris. 
The root is long, and has a few fibres. 
The ftalk is hairy, upright, and a foot-hich 
of a redifh colour, and toward the top Gemnehed) 
The leaves are oblong, broad; of a dufky 
green, and hairy. ; 
The flowers are moderately large, and of a 
purplifh blue: they ftand at the tops of the 
branches. 
We have it on barren grounds, flowering in 
April. ? 
C. Bauhine calls it Conyza cerulea actis. 
Others, After ceruleus arvenfis. 
4. Starwort, called Dwarf Fleabane. 
After conyza Canadenfis annua acris diffa. 
The root is fmall and fibrous. 
The ftalk is round, redifh, upright, and a 
foot high. ne 
The leaves are long, narrow, and of a lively 
green. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the branches, 
and are fmall and white. ' 
It is found in many parts of England, but 
feems owing to feeds fcattered and blown out of 
gardens. It flowers in May. 
Boccone calls it Conyza Canadenfis annua alba’ 
acris Linaria foliis. Others, Conyzella. 
FO RELGEG NOSE CLES 
pale green, fharp-pointed, and not at all divided 
at the edges. : ‘ 
The flowers are large, and of a pale purple, 
fometimes deeper, fometimes whitifh. : 
It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and 
flowers in June. ‘ ‘ 
Commeline calls it Afer anguftifolius Africanus 
IV. 
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GaN. LG. Us, 
ft Ps flower is compofed of numerous flofcules, placed in a common cup. This is large, and is 
formed of numerous fmall fcales. 
The flofcules are tubular, and divided into five parts at 
the edge; and they are furrounded with fhining, hard rays. 
Linnzeus places this among the /yngene/ia. 
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