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Alliance ASTEEALES. 

 Order VALERIANEJE. 



The roots of many plants of this order are strong-scented, aromatic, and have been variously 

 used in medicine. 



VALERIANA, Linn. 



ruber, var. flore alba ; her. per. ; Europe. A. 



Order DIPSACE.2E. 



(Teazel Family.) 



This is a small order, and perhaps the only plant of any importance in it is the Teazel, -which 

 at one time was employed by fullers in dressing cloth. 



SCABIOSA, Linn. 



atropurpurea, Linn. ; Pincushion-flower ; her. per. ; East India. A.B. 



Order COMPOSITE. 



(Composite Family.) 



The properties, as might be supposed in so large an order as this, are various, but bitterness 

 seems to prevail in it ; and this is accompanied with tonic, stimulant, aromatic, and sometimes 

 even narcotic, qualities. 



Tribe Vernoniace-E. 

 VEEN ONI A, Schreh. 



cinerea, Less. ; her. per. ; Australia. A.B. 



Tribe Eupatoriace^;. 

 AGEEATUM, Linn, 



conyzoides, Linn. ; an. ; Queensland, &c. A.B. 



EUPATORUM, Linn. 



ianthinum, Hook. (Hebeclinium ianthinum, Hook.) ; sh. ; Brazil. B. 

 riparium. A.B. 



MIEANIA, Willd. 



guaco, Humb. et Bowpl. ; Guaco ; tw. ; South America. A.B. 



One of the many plants supposed to supply an antidote to snake poison. 



Tribe Asteroids^. 

 LAGENOPHOEA, Cass. 



Billardieri, Cass. ; her. per. ; Australia. A.B. 



BEACHYCOME, Cass. 



microcarpa, F. v. M. ; Brisbane Daisy ; her. per. ; E. Australia. A.B. 



BELLI S, Linn. ; Daisy. 



perennis, Linn. ; her. per. ; Europe. A.B. 



CALOTIS, R. Br. 



dentex, B. Br.; her. per.; Eastern Australia, A.B. 



CALLISTEPHUS, Cass. ; China Aster. 



hortensis, Cass. ; Eeine Marguerite ; an. ; China. A.B. 



OLEAEIA, Mcench. 



argoplrylla, F. v. M. ; Musk-tree ; tr. ; Australia. A.B. 



EEIGEEON, Willd. 



linifolia, Willd, ; Cobblers'-pegs ; an. ; Australia. A.B. 



