S,YN®ENESIA SUPERFLUA. Erlgei'on. 533 
I’imis, cau]e sub-3-floro^ radiis elongatis. — Willd. sp. 
pi. 3. p, 1Q58. 
E. serpentaria, Herl. Banks, mss. 
£. pulchellum. Mich.Ji. amer. 2. p. 224. 
E. caule simplicissimo^ &c. Gron. fi. virg. 122. 
Jn shady woods, principally throughout the mountains : 
Canada to Carolina. If. June — Aug. v.v. Afoot 
or eighteen inches high ; flovv'ers large, rays blueish- 
white j sometimes it produces only one flower, and 
sometimes more than three. It is known by the name 
of Poor Bolin's Plantain. 
3. E. glabrum j foliis radicalibus ovali-lanceolatis acutis nudicaula. 
subdentatis, caule simplicissimo subaphyllo elongate, 
corymbis terminalibus paucifloris, radiis longitudine ca- 
lycis. — -Mkh.Ji. amer. 2. p. 224. 
Aster vernus. Willd. sp. pi. 3. p. 2029. secundum speci- 
men Clayton. 
In low grounds of Carolina and Georgia. % . 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 quercifolium, 
sublyratis grosse dentatis supremis integerrimis, caule 
subsimpiici summitate 3-floro, radiis calyce hemi- 
sphaerico duplo longioribus. — Lam. encycl. 8. p. 49I. 
Icon. ham. illustr. t. 4. 
In Carolina and Florida. If . July, Aug. v. s. in Herb. 
Efislen. Not above a span high 5 flowers pale blue or 
white. 
5. E. pubescens j foliis cuneato-oblongis rariter inciso-den- philadelphi- 
tatis, cauhnis semiamplexicaulibus, caule debili sim- cum. 
plici superne corymbose, pedunculis elongatis uniflo- 
ris, radiis capillaceis calyce hernisph^srico duplo lon- 
gioribiis.— Willd. sp. pi. 3. p. I957. Mich.Ji. amer. 2. 
p. 223. 
In fields and dry woods : Canada to Carolina. % . Aug. 
Sept. V. V. A delicate and handsome plant, from 
one to two feet high 5 flowers the size of a common 
daisy, rays of a beautiful blueish-purple. 
6. E. pubescens j foliis oblongis dentatis amplexicaulibus, purpureuni. 
superioribus integerrimis, pedunculis coryrabosis in- 
crassalis, 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; 
