238 SYNGENESIA POLYGAM. SUPERF. Erigeron. 



sides. FL small, stalkless, often solitary. Cal.-scales awl- 

 shaped, keeled. 

 G. germhiicum. Common C Stem erect, proliferous 

 at the top. Leaves spear-shaped. Heads globose, 

 many- flowered, from the side in the axils of the 

 branches, as well as terminal. Calyx-scales bristle- 

 pointed, smooth. E. B. 946. H. L. 43. Filago 

 germanica. Sb. 262. F. sive Herba impia. G. E. 

 642. 



Pastures, fields, waste ground^ on gravelly soil. Sm. 

 An. July. 



Easily distinguished by its proliferous stem or two or more 

 branches springing from a single head, and as it were overtop- 

 ping its parent ; hence according to Gerarde, called Herba 

 impia, or f flicked Cudweed. Ls. numerous, alternate, erect, 

 waved, woolly on both sides. Cal. live-cornered. Bt-anches 

 horizontal, mostly two, and sometimes three from below the 

 head terminating the main, and thicker stem : rising above the 

 main stem. 



The plant is astringent : the powder and decoction have suc- 

 ceeded in dysentery and diarrhoea. Light/. 



CONY'ZA. Spikenard. 

 C. squarrosa. Ploivman*s S. Leaves spear-shaped, 

 downy, notched. Stem herbaceous, corymbose. Calyx- 

 scales leafy, curved back. E. B. 1195. Baccharis 

 monspeliensium. G. E. 792. 



Chalky, or limestone situations. Sm. 



Bien. August. 



Plant downy, bitter, sUghtly aromatic, upright, two or three f. 



Stem reddish. Ls. wrinkled ; root-ones large, tapering at the 

 base, notched ; upper ones entire. Fl. in a terminal, leafy 

 corymb. Cal. egg-shaped, outer scales with green tips, the 

 inner erect, reddish, fringed. Florets dusky purple, or yellow. 

 The root-leaves resemble somewhat in shape those of the Fox- 

 glove. Recept. tuberculated. Fl.-ls. small, one on each fruit- 

 stalk. 



* * Radiated flowers. 



ERI'GERON. Flea-bane.' 

 E. acris. Blue F. Stem racemose. Stalks mostly 

 single-flowered. Leaves spear-shaped, or tongue- 

 shaped, stalkless. Ray erect. Seed-down as long as 

 the florets of the ray. E. acre. E. B. 1158. C. 1. 

 60. Conyza ceerulea acris. G. E. 484. 



' Ang.-Sax. 



