480 Mr. Cutler's Account of indigenous Vegetables, 



Artemisia foliis pinnatifidis planis incisis subtus tomentosis, ra- 

 cemis simpHcibus, floribus ovatis : radio quinquefioro. Syst. Nat. 



MUG WORT. Blossoms purplish. Borders of fields. Aug. 



Dr. Withering says, in some countries it is used as a culinary 

 aromatic. A decoction of it is taken by the common people 

 to cure the ague. 



GNAPHALIUM. Linn.' Gen. Plant. 850. 



Gnaphalium foliis semiamplexicaulibus ensiformibus repandis 

 obtusis utrinque pubescentibus, floribus conglomeratis. Syst. Nat. 



CATSFOOT. Woolly Mouse-Ear. Blossoms yellowish white. 

 Road sides. August. 



Gnaphalium foliis decurrentibus obtusis mucronatis utrinque to- 

 mentosis planis. Syst. Nat. 



LIFE-EVERLASTING. Blossoms white. In pastures and 

 fields. September. 



NONE-SO-PRETTY. Stems herbaceous ; branched. Leaves 

 ovate ; slightly serrated ; sessile ; alternate. Blossoms in broad 

 topped spikes ; redish purple. Female florets in the circum- 

 ference, and without petals. 



ERIGERON. Linn. Gen. Plant. 855. 



Erigeron ramis lateralibus multifloris, calycibus squarrosis. 

 Syst. Nat. 



FLEABANE. Florets in the circumference white ; those in 

 the center purple. By fences. August. 



Erigeron caule floribusque paniculatis. Syst. Nat. 



MEADOW FLEBANE. Florets in the circumference white; 

 those in the center yellow. Moist land. August — September. 



Erigeron pedunculis alternis unifloro. Syst, Nat. 



ROSEBETTY. Blossoms in the circumference purple ; those 

 in the center yellow. By fences. August — Sept. 



TUSSILAGO. 



