synsenesia supEBFLUA. Erigeron. 
rimis, caule sub-3-floro, radiis elongatis,— Willd. sp . 
pi. 3. p. 1958. 
E. serpentaria. Herb. Banks, mss. 
E. pulchellum. Mich.Jl. amer. 2. p. 224. 
E. caule simplicissimo, &c. Gron. fl. virg. 122. 
In shady woods, principally throughout the mountains : 
Canada to Carolina, }/ . June — Aug. v. v. A foot 
or eighteen inches high ; dowers large, rays blueish- 
white j sometimes it produces only one flower, and 
sometimes more than three. It is known by the name 
of Poor Robin's Plantain. 
3. E. glabrum ; foliis radicalibus o?ali-lanceolatis acutis 
subdentatis, caule simplicissimo subaphyllo elongato, 
corymbis terminalibus paucifloris, radiis longitudine ca- 
lycis. — > Mich.Jl . amer. 2. p. 224. 
Aster vernus. Willd. sp. pl. 3. p. 2G2Q. secundum speci- 
men Clayton. 
In low grounds of Carolina and Georgia. 1/ . June — ■ 
Aug. v. v. ; v. s. in Herb. Gronov. A foot high ; 
flowers small, rays blueish-white. 
4. E. tenue pubescens j foliis lanceolatis acutis, inferioribus 
sublyratis grosse dentatis supremis integerrimis, caule 
subsimplici summitate 3-floro, radiis calyce hemi- 
sphaerico duplo longioribus. — Lam. encycl. 8. p. 491. 
Icon. Lam. illustr. t. 681 .f. 4. 
In Carolina and Florida. 1/. . July, Aug. v. s. in Herb . 
Ensi en. Not above a span high } flowers pale blue or 
white. 
5. E. pubescens ; foliis cuneato-oblongis rariter inciso-den- 
tatis, caulinis semiamplexicaulibus, caule debili sim- 
plici superne corymboso, pedunculis elongatis uniflo- 
ris, radiis capillaceis calyce hemisphaerico duplo lon- 
gioribus.— Willd , sp. pl. 3. p. 1957. Mich.Jl. amer. 2. 
p. 223. 
In fields and dry woods : Canada to Carolina. 1/ . Aug. 
Sept. v. v. A delicate and handsome plant, from 
one to two feet high ; flowers the size of a common 
daisy, rays of a beautiful blueish-purple. 
6. E. pubescens 5 foliis oblongis dentatis amplexicaulibus, 
superioribus integerrimis, pedunculis corymbosis in- 
crassatis, inferioribus elongatis, calycinis squamis ca- 
rina pilosis, radiis calyce duplo longioribus. — Willd. 
sp. pl. 3. p. 1958. 
In pastures and on fertile hills, near the banks of rivers : 
533 
nudicaule. 
quercifolium , , 
Philadelphia 
cum. 
purpureum , 
