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•* Hcrhiiaous, enl'ire-Uavfil, p^tluncles nal-rrf. 

 5. A. lem-llus, brillly-k'aved llarwoit. Curt. Dot. Mag. 

 J!3. " Leaves filiform, piii.kle-ciliat<r ; calyxes liemilplic- 

 rical, with tqiial leaflets." Sttm annual, feven inches high ; 

 lea^'cs feattered, linear, muricatcd underneath ; flowers pe- 

 duncled, folitary, terminal ; diflc of the corolla yellow, ray 

 blue, often rolled back. A native of the Cape. Intro- 

 duced here by Malfon in 1774. 6. A. alfinus, great blue 

 Tnountain llarwort, Curt. Mag. 199. " Leaves fubfpatu- 

 latc, rough with hairs, entire ; Aems fimple, one-flowered." 

 With us it rifts to near a foot in height ; at the top of each 

 ftalk is one large blue flower ; llcm-leavcs two, feldom 

 three, they are ovate, ciliate, petiolate next the root, on 

 the llcm flender, lanceolate. It flowers in June. A native 

 of the Alps and Pyreuees. Cultivated by Miller in 1759. 

 7. A. Jibiricus, Siberian ftarwort, Gmel. Sib. 2. 186. 

 *' Leaves lanceolate, almoft llem-clafping, ferrate, haiiy- 

 fcabrous ; calyxes lax ; leaflets lanceolate acuminate." Stems 

 two feet high ; peduncles one-flowered ; ray of the corolla 

 blue. A native of Siberia. Flowers in AuguiL Cultivated by 

 Miller in 1768. S. A. 7/-if/>«!//W, fea-rtarwort, Hudf. With. 

 Lightf. Smith 888. Eng. Bot. 87. "Leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 entire, flefliy, fmooth, three-nerved, calycine leaflets iubmcm- 

 branaceous, obtufe." Height of the Hem vei-y variable ; flov/ers 

 numerous, handfome, yellow in the difli, blue at the ray. 

 There isa variety deftitute of rays. A native of muddy fca 

 fhores and mo\iths of rivert in every part of our coall. 9. 

 A. Amelias, Italian ft;arwort, Jacq. Ault. 5. 425. " Leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, entire, fcabroiis ; branches corymbtd ; 

 calyxes imbricate, fubfquarrofe ; leaflets obtufe, the inner 

 membranaceous, coloured at the end." Stems numerous, 

 branching at the top into eight or ten peduncles, each ter- 

 •minatcd by a lingle large flower having blue rays, with a 

 yellow difk. A native of the fouth of Europe. Cultivated 

 by Gerard in 1596. 10. A. illvat-halus, divaricate liar- 

 ■wort. " Branches di^'aricate ; leaves ovate, feiTatc ; floral 

 leaves quite entire, rather obtufe, ftem-clafping." Stems 

 rough, about two feet high, dividing towards the top into 

 many forked branches ; flowers grow almoll in an umbel. 

 A native of Virginia. 



♦** Herbaceous, fni'sre-lea-ved, pcduncleijcaly. 

 II. A. hj/p/pifolius, liylfop-leaved ftarwort. "Leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, drawn to a point at the bafe, entire, itift ; 

 branchlets corymbed, fafligiate ; leaflets frequently linear, 

 imbricate ; calyxes imbricate." Stem a foot high ; eight 

 purple florets in the ray; difli elevated, greenidi ; ftamens 

 teftaceous ; piftil yellow. A native of North America. 

 Cultivated in 1760 by Miller. 12. A. dumofus, bufliy- 

 ftarwort. " Leaves linear, entire, fmooth, thofe on the 

 branchlets very fliort ; branches panieled ; calyxes cylindri- 

 cal, clofely imbricated." Stem two feet high, much 

 branched; branchlets filiform; ftem-leaves narrow-lanceolate, 

 on the branches hnear ; flowers fmal', very white, difk yel- 

 low. Cultivated in Chelfea garden in 1725. 13. A. wi- 

 cciilci, heath -leaved ftarwort. " Leaves linear, entire, very 

 fmooth, thofe of the branchlets fubulate, approximating, 

 thofe of the ftem elongated ; calyxes fubfquarrofe ; leaflets 

 acute, ftem fmooth." Stalks (lender, three feet high ; 

 branches numerous, forming a thick bu!h, and terminated 

 by fingle flowers. Cultivated by Mdler in I 758. 14. A. 

 tenmfoltus, fine-leaved ftarwort. " Leaves fublinear, quite 

 entire ; peduncles leafy." Stems five feet high, flender, 

 angular, fmooth, with few branches ; leaves alternate, 

 roughifli ; flowers terminal, folitary, fmall, v.hite ; pedun- 

 cles with fmall fubulate leaflets fcatlcred over them. ij. 

 A. Imarifolms , favory-leaved iVarwort. " I^eaves linear, 

 entire, mucroiiate, fcabrous, iliff, upper ones lax, remote ; 



calyxes imbricate' ; branches faftigiate." Stems purplini ; 



leaves very rough, fliaqj, keeled, Icattcrtd ; peduncles 



alternate ; flowers few, terminal, folitary. Cultivated here 



in 1712. 16. A. Uniforms, flax-leaved ftarwort. " Leaves 



linear, entire, roughifti; branches coiymbcd, falligiate with 



fmall leaflets ; calyxes imbricate ; rays about equal to the 



difl<." Leaves lanceola'e, gradually narrowmg to the end ; 



peduncles with many fmall fubulate fcales ; tlems ilrong, 



from two to three feet high, with many branches, terminated 



by one blue flower. Cultivated in 1759 by Miller. Thele 



fpecies are natives of North America. 17. A. arris. " Leaves 



lanceolSle-linear, ftiff, entire, flat ; flowers corymbed faf- 



tigiate ; peduncles leafy." Much branched ; leaves very 



narrow ; flowers of a pale bluifli colour, in large cluftcrs at 



the top, of the plant. A native of the fouth of Europe. 



18. A. coHcolor. "■ I.,eavc3 ovate, feflile, quite entire ; ftem 



fimple ; raceme terminal." Eour feet high; flowers of a pale 



blue colour ; the whole plant tomentofe ; raceme fimplej 



with very fliort peduncles. A native of Virginia. 19. A. 



r'l^ldus, iliff-leaved ftarwort. '' Jjcaves linear, alternate; 



flowers terminal, folitary." Leaves fmall, ftiff^ many; ftem 



woody, almoll fimple, terminated by-one fpccious flower ; 



flolculcs of the ray purple, long. A native of Virginia. 



20. A. nova: an^!:,r. New England ftarwort. " Leaves lan- 

 ceolate, entire, cordate, ftem-clafping, hairy ; calyxes longer 

 than the dilk, loofe ; leaflets linear-lanceolate, nearly equal; 

 ftem hilpid." Stems many, five feet high, brown, terminated 

 by large purple violet flowers, growing in a loofe panicle, 

 and appear in Auguft ; peduncles very fliort. A native of 

 New England and Virginia. Cultivated in 1731 by Miller. 

 There is a variety, with numerous panieled branches. 



21. A. uniiiilatus, \yaved ftarwort. " Leaves ferrate, hairy 

 waved, lower cordate ; petioles winged, dilated at the 

 bale ; branchlets virgatc ; calyxes imbricate ; ftem hilpid." 

 Stems two or three feet high ; leaves broad, heart-fliaped 

 at bottom; flowers on loofe fpikes, of a pale blue colour, in- 

 clining to white ; leaves on the peduncles minute, ovate. A 

 native of North America. Cultivated in 1699, bv J. Bo- 

 bart. 22. A. grandtjlorus, Catcfijy's ftarwort, ^Iill. fig. 

 t. 282. " Leaves ftem-clafping, hnear, entire, hifpid, ciliate; 

 thofe of the branches and calyx reflcx." Stems many, three 

 or finu' feet high, ftifl", reddifti, haiiy ; leaves of the branches 

 fmall, lanceolate, rough, about the fize of thofe on common 

 hyllop ; branches each terminated by one large blue flow- 

 er. Mr. Cateftiy, in 1720, brought this plant from Virginia. 



**** Herbaceous, leaves ferrate, ptiluiieles fmo'jh. 

 1^. A. eordfol'nis, heart -leaved ftarwort. " Leaves heart- 

 fliaped, acute, finely ferrate, underneath hairy ; petioles 

 almoft fimple ; branches panieled ; ftem rough with hairs." 

 Stem finoothilli, much branched at top ; root-leaves cor- 

 date, fliaply ferrate ; lower ftem leaves ovate, ferrate, with 

 edged petioles ; upper fpatulate-lanceolate, ftem-clafping; 

 ray whitilb, with twelve flofcules. A native of North 

 America. Cultivated in 1759 by Miller. 24. A.puniccits, red- 

 ftalked ftarwort. " Leaves ftem-clafping, lanceolate-ferrate, 

 fubfcabrous ; branches panieled; calyxes furpafling the 

 dilk ; leaflets linear-lanceolate, nearly efjual, ftem hifpid." 

 Stems purple ; more than two feet high ; flowers forming a 

 corymb, blue, on fingle peduncles. A native of North 

 America. Cultivated here in 1739. There are two varieties of 

 this Ipccies. 25. A. annuus, annual ftarwort, llor. Dan. 486. 

 " Leaves fomewLat hairy, lower ones fubovate, ferrate ; 

 the upper lanceolate; calyxes hemifpheric; leaflets fiibequal, 

 ftrigofe." Stems about two feet high, terminated by a 

 corymb of white flowers in Auguft ; annual. A native of 

 North America. Cultivated herein 1640. 26. A. vernus, 

 vernal llarwort. " Root-kaves lanceolate, quite entire, 



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