p. 70.— Mack. Catal. of 1*1. of lrd. p. 73. — Trimorpha acre, Gray's Nat. Air. 
v. ii. p. 466. — Aster arvensis creruleus acris, Ray’s Syn. p. 175.— Conyza 
ctvrulea acris, Johnson’s Gcrardc, p. 41)4. 
Localities. — In dry, gravelly, or chalky pastures, banks, walls, &c. Not 
common. — Oxfordsh. Bullington Green, Shotover Hill, andSlaniun Marcourt: 
Dr. SiBTHonr. Road-side between the Asylum and Shotover Hill ; between 
Stonesfield and Woodstock Park, July 30, 1831. By the side of the road going 
overCampsfield, between Begbrook and Woodstock, Oct. 18, 1831. Naturalized 
on the walls of the Botanic Garden: 1835, W.B. — Bedfordsh. Thurleigh, 
Ampthill, and Biddenham : Rev. C. Abbot. — Cambridyesh. In dry pastures 
and on walls: Rev. R. Ret.iian. — Cheshire; Amid the sand-hills, between 
Bidston and the Irish Sea : II. (). Watson, Esq. in New Bot. Guide. Walls 
of Beeston Castle : J. E. Bowerman, ibid. — Durham; In Castle Eden Dene ; 
also at Fawdon-slate and Byers’ Quarry near Whitburn, on the sand-hills at 
Hartlepool, and on Hebburn and Sunderland Ballast-hills: N. J. Winch, Esq. 
At Hesledon Qene, and pastures at Owton, near Grantham: J. Ilocc, Esq. in 
Winch’s FI. of Northumb. and Durham. — Gloucestersh. On St. Vincent’s 
Rocks: N. J. Winch, Esq. Spoonbed Hill: Mr. O. Robeiits.— Kent ; At 
Dumpton Gap, near Ramsgate : Rev. G. E. Smith. — Lancash. Near South 
port : G. 0 Kofi eld, Esq. — Leicestersh. In the neighbourhood of Gracedieu 
Nunnery, at the northern extremity of Charnwood Forest- Rev. A. Bloxiia.w, 
in Mag. of Nat. Hist. v. iii. p. 167. — Nurfol/c; Near Norwich: G. Cooper, 
Esq. in Watson’s New Bot. Guide. “ Sent to me from Burham:’’ Miss Bell, 
ibid. — Northamptonsh. Sandy dry pastuies near Kettering and Cransley : 
Watson’s Bot. Guido. — Northumberland ; On Holy Island links, north of the 
Castle ; and on Si. Anthon’s and Willington Ballast-hill : N. J. Winch, Esq. — 
Shropsh. On the walls of Ludlow, and on the carboniferous limestone near 
Wellington : E. Lees, in Wat. Bot. Guide. On a wall at Hords Park, and at 
the side of the turnpike-road, opposite to Faintree House, near Bridgenoith: 
’J’. Puiiton, F.sq. — Somersetsh. On Hampton Down ; at Wyck ; Swainswick ; 
Combe-hay; Gonkwell; near Cottage Crescent, &c. : Rev. C. C. Babincton. 
Near Yeovil : Mag. Nat. Hist. v. iii. p. 174. On old stone walls at the Rookery, 
and other like situations, in the parish of Brislington near Bristol ; and by the 
road-side, two or three miles from Clevedon, approaching fiom Bristol: Dr. 
Withering. — Surrey ; Near Leatherhead : Miss A. Potter, in Wat. Bot. Gu. 
Reigate : N. J. Winch, Esq. Coulsdou: E.Wood. About Croydon : Mr.W. 
Pampljn, ibid. About Kingston: Rev.S. Palmer. — Warwicksh. At Allesley 
and Meridan : Rev. W. T. Bhee. — Westmoreland ; Foulshaw Moss: Nichol- 
son. — Worcestersh. At Sheriff’s Lench : Rev. W. S. Rufford. — Wilts; 
Near Great Bed wyn : W. Bartlett, Esq. — Yorksh. Near Rotherham: Mr. 
1.. Langley, in Mag. Nat. Hist. v. ii. p. 270. Richmond: Mr. J. Waiid, in 
Wat. Bot. Guido. — WALES. Anylesey ; On Ncwborough Common; near 
Tan y Fron, in the parish of Penmon : llev. II. Davies. — Denbiyhsh. Hope 
Mountain, near Wrexham: J. E. Bowman, in Wat. Bot. Gu. — SCOTLAND. 
In dry, mountainous pastures, frequent : Dr. Hookiii. — IRELAND. Outer side 
of the north wall below the Custom-house, Dublin : Mr. J. T. Mackay. 
Biennial. — Flowers from July to October. 
Root branched, fibrous, fibres of a lightish brown colour. Stem 
from G inches to a foot or 18 inches high, upright, somewhat an- 
gular, leafy, hairy like the rest of the herbage, often of a purple 
colour, simple, or sometimes more or less branched. Leaves scat- 
tered, most hairy at the edges; those on the stem mostly sessile, 
oblong-spear-shaped, entire, often undulated ; those from the root 
(fig. 7.) larger, inversely egg-shaped, or tongue -shaped, slightly 
toothed, tapering down into bordered footstalks. Peduncles 
( flower stalks J from the axils of the leaves, and terminal. Flowcis 
upright, never expanding like most other of the order Composiue. 
Scales of the involucrum (fig. 1.) strap-spear-shaped, unequal, and 
hairy. Florets of the disk (fig. 2.) yellow ; those of the ray (fig. 3 ) 
strap-shaped, very narrow, of a purplish colour, nearly upright. 
Seed (fig. G.) oblong, pale brown, a little hairy. Pappus sessile, 
s’mple, very long, yellowish. 
