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obtufc ; Hem almod naked ; iiliform, a little branchinqf ; 

 pedunc'.i's naked." Stem green, haiiy, creA; le:ivcs 

 like tliofe of daify ; fiofcules, flender, white. A native of 

 Virginia. 



***** Hcrhacemis, leaves ferrule, peduncles J'caly. 

 2". A. indiciis, Indian ftarwort. " Leaves ovate -oblong, 

 ferrate ; floral leaves oval-lanceolate, quite entire ; brancliitts 

 one-flowered." Stem herbaceous, round, ftiiated, branched, 

 tv.'O feet high ; lower leaves oblong, remotely and acutely 

 ferrate; upper lanceolate, entire, gradually diminishing 

 towards the top ; flowers folitary. A native of Japan and 

 China. 28. A. laevis, fmootli after. •' Leaves ftcm- 

 clafping, entire, fliining; root-leaves lubferrate ; branches 

 fimple, bearing about one flower ; calyxes imbricate , 

 peduncles leafy, fubdvided ; leaflets fomewliat wedge-(haped; 

 acute, thickei.ed at the end ; ftem fmooth." Ray blue. A 

 native of North America. Cultivated in 1758 by Miller. 

 29. A. miifabV.is, variable ftarwort. " I^eavcs almoft llcm- 

 clafping, lanceolate, ferrate, gloffy, drawn to a point below; 

 branchlets virgate ; calyxes rather leafy*, lax ; ftem fmooth." 

 Leaves of the peduncles and calyx fquarrofe and recurved ; 

 ray a deep pnrple ; diflc firft yellow, afterv.-ards purple. 

 Cultivated by Miller in 1 73 1. 30. A. Traiufeaiiti, Tradcf- 

 cant's ilarwort. •' Leaves lanceolate, ferrate, feflile, fmooth ; 

 middle branches virgate ; calyxes clofely imbricate ; ftem 

 round, fmooth." Radical leaves four inches long 

 like thofe of willow ; ftems round, fmooth, woody, 

 brownifli ; ray varies from white to purple, cor.fifting of 

 twenty florets. A native of Virginia. Cultivated in 1731 

 by Miller. There are two varieties, viz. the dwarf and tall 

 ftarwort. 31. A. Novi Belg'ii, New Holland ftarwort. 

 " Leaves almoft: ftem-clafping, lanceolate, fmooth, 

 but fcabrous about the edge, the lower ferrate ; branches 

 fubdivided ; calyxes loofely imbricate, leaflets linear-lanceo- 

 late ; ftem round, fmooth." Stem four feet high, having 

 broad leaves at the bottom, diminifliing gradually to the 

 top ; difk of the corolla yellow ; ray pale blue, revolute. 

 It is very like A. mutabilis. Its flowers appear in the latter 

 end of Auguft. A native of N. America. Cultivated in 

 1759 by Miller. 32. A. tardiflorus, late-flowering ftar- 

 wort. " Leaves feflile, lanceolate, drawn to a point at the 

 bafe, ferrate, fmooth ; calyxes lax, leaflets lanceolate-linear, 

 fnbequal, fmooth." Stems two feet high, fcarcely branching, 

 fmooth ; leaves large, fmooth, rather ftift", ferrate at the 

 middle, and having a pubefcent ftreak ; flowers hke thofe 

 of the foregoing. It differs from the 31ft in having the 

 branches more divaricate, and a knot or joint at the bafe. 

 A native of N. America, introduced here in 1775 by Mr. 

 Cree. 33. A. »;//?•;•, fmall white-flowered ftarwort. "Leaves 

 feflile, lanceolate, fubfen-ate, fmooth ; calyxes imbricate, 

 leaflets acute; diflc equal to the rays." Stem a foot and a 

 half high, thick, green, lefs paniclcd than the reft ; ftcm- 

 leaves a little ferrate, nodding, thofe of the branches lanceo- 

 late ; ray white, vtr)- fmall, poor, di(k linail, convex, pale, 

 with dark yellow ftyles. A native of N. Ameiica. Intro- 

 duced here in 1776 by Monf. Tho'.iin. 34. A., macmphyl- 

 lus, broad-leaved blue ftarwort. " Leaves feriate, oblong ; 

 the upper ovate, feflile, thofe on the ftem cordate, petiolcd ; 

 upper petioles winged." Peduncles crowded at the top, of- 

 ten tritid. A native of N. America. Cultivated in 1739 

 by Miller. 35. A. chinenfts, China after or ftarwort. 

 " Leaves ovate, angular, toothed, petioled ; calyxes expand- 

 ing, leafy, terminal." Height from eighteen inches to two 

 feet, putting out long bending branches from top to bottom ; 

 leaves next the ground, and at the origin of the branches 

 refemble thofe of common goofefoot (chenopodium), thofe 

 on the branches are much fnialler, and the upper ones narrow 



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and very entire. The flowers are largeft and handfomeft of 

 any of this genus. l)in< yellow, flufculct of the ray broad 

 and lorig. Dillenius and Miller affirm, that this fpeciei 

 came originally to Europe from China ; Linnscus doubts of 

 this. Befides the common varieties, white, blue, purple, and 

 red, both fingle and double, there is now anotiier irj the 

 gardens, with variegated blue and white flowers. 36. A. 

 tatariciis, Tartarian ftarwort. " Root leaves lanceolate- 

 ovate, ferrate, fcabrous ; ftem few-flowered." Railical 

 leaves large, running into petioles ; ftem rough, fcarcely 

 twice as long as the radical leaves ; flowi.rs large, five or 

 eight in number ; the peduncle hai two alteraate flender 

 entire bracles ; ray of the corolla blue. A native of Siberia. 

 37. A. b'lfp'idus, fliaggy ftai-wort. " Lowcft leaves ob- 

 long, crenate, fcabrous, ftem leaves lanceolate, entire, ciliate, 

 ftem fcabrous." Stem crett, liifpid, branching, a foot high ; 

 lower leaves obtufe, remotely notched ; flowers terminal, 

 folitai-)': ray white; down ferruginous. 38. A. fcaber, 

 rugged ftarwort. " I^eavcs oblong, ferrate, fcabrous, pe- 

 duncles panicled." Stem herbaceous, a foot high, at top 

 branched in panicles ; leaves alternate, petiolate, pointed, 

 above green, rough, v^'ith white cilias, underneath pale, vein- 

 ed, fmooth ; flowers in terminal panicled branchlets. Both 

 the above are natives of Japan. 



Species recited by Mr. Miller, Isfc. 

 39. A. glaber, ptach-leavcd ftarwort. " Leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute, ferrate, ftem branching, flowers terminal, 

 calyxes linear, erect." Five feet high, bearing large, pale 

 blue ilowers. A native of N. America. 40. A. ferolinus, 

 late-flowering blue ftarwort, or Michaelmas daify. " Leaves 

 oblong, acute, broader at the bafe, half ftem clafping, ftem 

 branching, flowers terminal, and for the moft part lolitar)-." 

 Stems nuirerous, three feet high ; branches lateral, bearing 

 large pale blue flowers. Brought from Virginia, by Tradef- 

 cant. 41. A. praecox, early ftarwort. " Leaves oblong, 

 acute, fcabrous, ftiarply toothed, half ftem clafping, ftem 

 hairy, flowers corymbed, calyxes hairy, ercft." Stems a 

 foot and a half hit;li ; flowers large, blue, expanding in July. 

 A native of the Alps and Pyrenees. 42. A. ahijfimus, lofty 

 ftarwort. See puniceus (^) n. 24. 43. A. ramofijjimusy 

 brandling ftarwort. <' Leaves linear-lanceolate, ftiff; ftem 

 very branching, fpreading ; flowers placed regularly one 

 above ariother ; peduncles leafy." Stems flender, purplifti, 

 about three feet high ; branches numerous fpreading ; flow- 

 ers fmall, pale purple, appearing in November. A native of 

 N. America. 44. A. umbellatus, umbelled ftarwort. 

 " Leaves lanceolate, drawn to a point at the bafe, entire, 

 fcabrous about the edge, branches cor^-mbcd, faftigiate." 

 Stems fcveral feet high, channelled; ray of the flower white. 

 A native of N. America, flowering in July and Auguft. 

 Cultivated by Miller in 1759. 45. A. rurvo/iis, three-nerv- 

 ed ftarwort. " Leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, nened ; 

 ftem fimple, flowers terminal in a kind of umbel." This 

 much rtfembles the umbellatus, but the leaves are narrower, 

 whiter on the under fide, and have three longitudinal veins. 

 The flowers are alfo larger and whiter. Sent from Pennfyl- 

 vania to P. Collinfon, tfq. who gave it to Miller. 46. 

 A. paiiicuhtvs, panicled ftarwort. " Lower leaves ovate, 

 half-ftem clafping atthe bafe ; upper leaves lanceolate, fmall; 

 ftem panicled, branches one-flowered, peduncles leafy." 

 About four feet high ; branches eif A, forming a loofe fpike 

 of large blue flowers. A native of N. America. 47. A. 

 la!ifoiius. " Leaves linear-lanceolate, fmooth, three-ueri-ed, 

 flowers corymbed, terminal." Stems a foot and a half high, 

 terminated by peduncles on every fide, each fuftain- 

 ing one pale blue flower. A native of Canada. 

 48. A. proiumbms, procumbent ftanvort. MilLfig. 1.57. 



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