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25. C. fonchifoliii, Linn. Sp. PI. 1169. (KIcinIa, Flor. Zeyl. 

 Mnel Schari, Rheed. Semdo miiilenifpdlarim, Pluk. Anialtli. 

 192. t. 444. f. I. Chotulnllii zeyhmilka, Burin. Zeyl. 61. 

 Soricl.'iis amli'iiucrijis, Rlimplu Anib. J. p. zjj. t. 103. Tdgo- 

 Una, Ptt. Gaz. t. So. f. ij.) " Leaves cnnbraeliiff the item, 

 toothed ; lower ones lyrc-fhaped ; upper lanceolate, arrow- 

 fhapcd." Willd. ./?«';/ annual. Stem {lender, a little branched, 

 about a foot and halt" hisfh, round, and fprinlcied with a few 

 hairs. Leaves alternate, with a few hairs, ef])eciallv on the 

 rib. Floivcrs terminal, about the llze of thole of common 

 groundfrl, cylindric. Pi<lurichs brilUe-fliaped. Ctilyx per- 

 fcfliv liniple. Tiie whole plant has the appearance of the 

 coium.on fow-thil'cle, but it is eafily dillingnilhed from it by 

 the finiple calyx and tubular florets. A native of Ceylon, 

 Malabar, Aniboina, China, &c. A dccoftion of it is 

 elleeined a fvbritupfe and antiafthmatic ; its juice is given in 

 diarrhoea'. 24. C. fagtitala, Willd. " Leaves to1)thed ; 

 the lower ones petioled, obovate ; the upper oblong. lanceo- 

 late, arrow-lhaped, embracing' the ilem." Vahl .Svnib. iii. 

 p. yf. excludinir the fynonyms. Aiuinal. Refenibling the 

 preceding, but three times larger in all its parts. Lo-wer- 

 kavcs pttioled, obovate, not lyre-lfiaped. Floivers of an 

 eliJgant orange-purple colour. A native of Java. 2;. C. 

 hkrncioides, Willd. " Stem iimple ; leaves petioled, obovate, 

 toothed." Annual. Stem a foot high, ereft, fomctimes with 

 one or two very fmall branches from the axils of the lower 

 leaves. Leaves alternate, obtufe, remotely toothed, fmooth 

 on both fides ; the uppermoll lanceolate, feffile. Floivers 

 fomewhat corymbolc. Peduncles alternate, pubcfcent, fup- 

 ported by a lanceolate bracle. Calyx with twelve lanceo- 

 late leaves, and many flowers. A native of the Eafl; Indies. 

 26. C. bicolor, Willd. " Stem branc'itd ; leaves lanceolate, 

 fmooth, toothed ; thole of the lUm embracing it ; thofe of 

 the branches petioled," Willd. Roxburgh. Stem two feet 

 high or more, crett, fmooth, ilriated. Peduncles very long, 

 terminal, fealy, one-flowered. Calyxes twelve-leaved, many- 

 flowered, the iize of thofe of C. Jhgtttata. Florets purple. 

 A native of the Ealt Indies. 27. C. hicana, Linn. Sp. PI. 

 " Leaves lanceolate, toothed." Stem ereft, tall. Leaves 

 fcarcely petioled, rather thick. Peduncles terminal, branched, 

 long, naked, or with one or two vci-y fmall leaves. A native 

 of the Eall Indies. 28. C. rotundifolia, Wi'.ld. " Stem 

 branched ; leaves roundifli, petioled, rcpand, pubefcent ; 

 flowers con-mbofe." Stem two feet high or more, ereft, 

 round, ilriated, llightly pubefcent. Leaves alternate, imall, 

 fcabrous on both iides, iprinklcd with very fliort hairs. 

 Cirymis tenninal, many-flowered, divaricated. Calyxes of 

 twelve lanceolate leaves. A native of the Eaft Indies. 29. 

 C J'cabra, Willd. " Radical leaves petioled, oblong, tooth- 

 ed ; llcmJeaves lanceolate, fcifile." Vahl. Symb. iii. p. 92. 

 Stem erect, a foot high,fimple, round, ilriated, hairy, efpecially 

 at the bafe. Root-leaves two inches long, with unequal teeth, 

 terminating in a iharp point, rather Icabrous above, veined, 

 narrowed at the bafe, and decurrent into the petiole. Stem- 

 leaves few ; the three lowcil near together, an inch and 

 half long, with four or five teeth on each fide ; the three 

 upper ones remote, half an inch long, linear-lanceolate, vei-y 

 entire, ereft. Petioles oi the radical leaves long, hirfute, flat. 

 Flowers live, peduncled, alternate, fituated near the funimit 

 of the Hem ; pedicels round, hirfute, with a linear-lanceolate 

 bratle at the bafe of each pedicel, and another in the middle. 

 Calyx perfeftly fimple, of twelve linear-oblong leaflets the 

 length of the florets. Down feflile, feathered with very 

 minute hairs, vifible only under a lens. Vahl. A native of 

 Brazil. 30. C. indica. La Marck. " Stem downy ; leaves 

 nearly deltoid, irregularly toothed, on long petioles ; bradtes 

 briille-niaped, invclling the peduncles." Stem about u foot 



high, clothed with a white cottony down, branched near the 

 bottom, leafy. Flowers nearly folitary at the fummit of 

 each branch ; fcales of the calyx ilraight ; peduncles cot. 

 toiiy. A native of the Eail Indies, communicated to La 

 Marck by Sonnerat. .31. Cfaracenica, Linn. Sp. PI. 1169. 

 {Solidago Lemonier, Ob. 163. Sauv. Monfp. 84. Gouan 

 Monfp. 144.. Seiiecio perennis, Vaill. Act. ,366. yirga 

 aurea, Moril. Hill. iii. p. 23. Bauh. Hill. ii. p. J 063. Co. 

 ny-ia Chcm. Ad. Par. 1705. p. 394.) " Leaves lanceo- 

 late, ferrated, dccunent." Perennial. Stem two or three 

 feet high, ilriated, almoil entirely fmooth, lea.''y, flraight, 

 a little branched at its lunimit. Leaves alternate, pointed, 

 feinie, or even embracing the (lem, fmooth above, and 

 llightly pubefcent beneath. Flowers pale yellow, in a tcr- 

 minal corymb. Cidyx nearly finiple. Peduncles furniflicd 

 with brilticfliaped Kaflets. La Marck. A native of the 

 foulh of France. This plant has fo flrong a rei'emblance to 

 Senecio Saracenieus, that La Marck has feparated it from 

 that genus chiefly in deference to the authority of Linnxus. 

 32. C. hajlata, Linn. Spec. PL [Senecio, Gmel. Sib. ii. 

 p. 136. t. 66.) " Leaves three-lobed, acuminate, ferrated ; 

 flowers nodding." Perennial. Stem covered with a glau- 

 cous meal. Leaves haftate-dcltoid. Flowers of about five 

 white florets, without- the fetaceous braCtes, except at the 

 fubdivilions. ylnthers black. Peduncles hoary, fomewhat 

 tomentnfe, I^inn. Cdyx cyliudric, coniilting of many- 

 leaves in a fimple or nearly double feries, calyckd at the 

 bafe with acute fcales. Receptacle rather flat, naked, with 

 pentagon areas, inclofing a depren"ed little nipple. Seedf 

 roundiih, Ilriated, of a pale bay colour. Down capillary, 

 foft, white, minutely toothed, a little longer than the feed.- 

 Gatrt. A native of Siberia. La Marck judges it only a 

 variety of the preceding. 35. C. fuaveolens, Linn. Sp. PI. 

 " Leaves haftate-arrow-fliaped, toothed ; petioles dilated 

 upwards." Perennial. iV«;» four or five feet high, ilriated, 

 leafy. Leaves alternate, pointed, fmooth. Flowers whitifli, 

 m a terminal compound corymb ; calyx and peduncle 

 fmooth, with fetaceous braftes under the calyx, and 

 under the divifions of the peduncles. A native of Vir- 

 ginia and Canada. 34. C. alripUcifolia, Linn. Sp. PI. 

 [Porophyllum, Gron. virg. i. p. 94. Mardus, Pluk. aim,, 

 t. roi. f. 2.) " Leaves fomewhat htart-ftiaped, toothed, 

 finiiate ; calyxes with five florets." Root perennial, com- 

 poled of many flefliy, fpreading tubes. Steins three or four 

 feet high, round, flightly ilriated, leafy, a little branched. 

 Leaves alternate, petioled, fmooth, of a glaucous colour 

 beneath: lower ones hcart-fliaped, rounded, as large as the 

 human hand, with large, unequal indentures ; thofe on the 

 ilem heart-lhaped, pointed, angular. Flowers fmall, ob- 

 long, pale, or reddifh, in a terminal, loufe corymbus. Ca- 

 lyx fimple, confining of five or fix linear leaflets, fcariofe at 

 their edges. La Marck. A native of Virginia and Canada. 

 l'^. C. reniformis, Willd. " Leaves petioled ; radical ones 

 between kidney and heart-fliaped, toothed in a repand man- 

 ner ; ilem ones oblong, toothed, wedge-fliaped at the bafe, 

 very entire ; corymbs fafligiate." Perennial. Radical leaves 

 large, fmooth, hairy underneath on the nevvci ; Jlem-leavei 

 very entire, remotely toothed from the middle to the end. 

 Corymbs many-fluwered. Calyx of five, lanceolate, obtufe 

 leaflets. Florets numerous, white. It refcmbles C. atri- 

 plicifolia, but is clearly diilinguiflied from it by the form of 

 its leaves, and its failigiate corymbs. A native of Pennfyl- 

 vania. 36. C. petajhes. La Maick. (Alpina, Linn. 

 Sp. Plant. V.'illden. j.j, but not all the fynonyms hirfuta, 

 Villars Dauph. 3. 170, 17^. C. incano folio, Cluf. hid.' 

 2. p. I I ■;. C. foliis ci-aifis hirfutis, Bauh. Pin. 198.) " Lower 

 leaves large, roundi.li-heart-fliaptd, angular, tjothcd, ilem. 

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