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{talks, garrphed with {lender narrow leaves like thofe 
of Fennel, irregularly difpofed. The flower-ftalk 
rifes about two feet high, fending out many branches, 
garnifhed the whole length with the fame compound 
capillary leaves, and at the top are terminated by' 
compound umbels, compofed of near twenty fmall 
ones ; thefe have white flowers with five petals, which 
are fucceeded by oblong, hairy, channelled fruit, di- 
vided into two parts, each containing one oblong 
hairy feed. 
This fort is propagated by feeds, which fhould be 
fown in autumn on an open bed of light dry ground ; 
and when the plants come up in the fpring,they fhould 
be kept clean from weeds, and thinned where they 
are too clofe, fo that they may have room to grow 
till the following autumn, when they fhould be care- 
fully taken up, and planted at about a foot diftance 
in a ' bed of light fandy earth, where the roots will 
continue feveral years, and annually flower and pro- 
duce ripe feeds. It flowers in June, and the feeds 
are ripe in September. This grows naturally in Can- 
dia, but is rarely injured by cold in this country. 
The third fort is a perennial plant; this fends up 
from the root feveral upright ftalks, near three feet 
high, which are terminated by compound umbels ; 
thefe, at their firft: appearance, are very clofe and 
compact:, but afterward fpread open, and divide into 
feveral fmaller umbels ; the foot-ftalks or rays of 
thefe are fhort and hairy. The flowers are compofed 
of five white petals, which are not quite equal, and 
are fucceeded by oblong woolly fruit, divided in- 
to two parts, each containing one oblong channelled 
feed. 
This may be propagated in the fame manner as the 
former, and is equally hardy ; it grows naturally in 
Sicily, and lome parts of Italy. 
The fourth fort is a perennial plant, which grows na- 
turally in fome particular parts of England, France, 
and Germany •, the leaves of this are linear, and 
acutely cut into oblong fegments ; the ftalks rife two 
feet high, dividing toward the top into three or four 
branches, each being terminated by an umbel of 
white flowers, which are fucceeded by oblong ftriated 
feeds. It flowers in July, and the feeds ripen in 
autumn. 
The fifth fort grows naturally in the fo,uth of France, 
and in Auftria : this hath a perennial root ; the ftalks 
rife three feet high, garnifhed with winged leaves, 
which are cut into angular fegments ; they are ter- 
minated by umbels of white flowers, which are fuc- 
ceeded by naked feeds. This flowers in July, and 
the feeds ripen in autumn. 
Thefe two forts are feldom admitted into any gar- 
dens but thofe of botanifts, for the fake of variety, 
being plants of little beauty or ufe. They are pro- 
pagated by feeds, which fhould be fown in autumn 
foon after they are ripe, and the plants will appear 
the following fpring, when they will require no other 
care but to thin them where they are too clofe, and 
keep them clean from weeds. The, fecond fummer 
they will flower and produce ripe feeds, but the roots 
will abide feveral years where they are defired. 
ATHANASIA. Lin. Gen. 943. Baccharis. Vaill. Ad. 
Gall. 1719. Goldylocks, 
The Characters are. 
The empalement is imbricated , oval , and the fcales are 
fpear-Jhaped ; the flozver is of the compound kind ; the 
florets are uniform and longer than the corolla ; the her- 
maphrodite florets are funnel-fid aped, cut into five feg- 
ments , which are erebl ; they have each five fioort hair-like 
ftaminaj with cylindrical tubulofe fummits , and an oblong 
germen with a /lender Jlyle, terminated by an obtufe bifid 
Jligma ; each floret has an oblong feed with a chaffy down 
betzveen them. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft order of 
Linnaeus’s nineteenth clafs, entitled Syngenefia Poly- 
gam ia TEqualis ; the florets of this order are all her- 
maphrodite. 
The Species are, 
1. Athanasia ( Dent at a ) corymbis impofttis, foliis in- 
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ferioribus linearibus dentatis, fuperioribus- ovatis fer- 
ratis. Fin. Sp. 1 1 8 1 . Athanafia. with a compound 
corymbus, the lower leaves linear and indented, the 
upper oval* and fawed. Coma aurea Africana frutel- 
cens, foliis inferioribus incifis, fuperioribus dentatis. 
Com. Rar. PI. 41. 
2. Athanasia [Trifurcata ) corymbis fimplicibus, foliis 
trilobis cuneiformibus. Lin. Sp.ri8i. Athanafia with 
a Jingle corymbus , and wedge-Jhdped leaves with three 
lobes. Coma aurea Africana fruticans, foliis glands 
& in extremitate trifidis. Hort. Amft. 2.p. 97. 
3. Athanasia (firithmifdia) corymbis fimplicibus, fo- 
liis femitrifidis linearibus. Lin. Sp. 1181. Athanafia 
with a Jimple corymbus and linear femitrifid leaves. Co- 
ma aurea fruticans foliis anguftiiiimis trifidis. Burm. 
Afr. 186. 
4. Athanasia (Pubefcens) corymbus fimplicibus, foliis 
lanceolatis indivifis villofis. Amoen. Acad. 4. p. 329. 
Athanafia with a Jimple corymbus , and fpear-flj aped, un- 
divided, hairy leaves. Coma aurea Africana fruticofa, 
omnium maxima, foliis tomentofis & incanis. Hort! 
Amft. 2. p. 93. 
5. Athanasia (Annua) corymbus fimplicibus coarcia- 
tis, foliis pinnatifidis dentatis. Lin. Sp. 1182. Atha- 
nafia with a Jimple corymbus , and winged indented leaves. 
Elichryftim inodorum glabrum, coronopi folio gla- 
brum. Magn. Montp. 307. 
6. Athanasia (JMaritima ) pedunculis unifioris fubco- 
rymbofis, foliis lanceolatis indivifis crenatis obtu- 
fis tomentofis. Lin. Sp. 1182. Athanafia with Jingle 
flowers on each foot-Jlalk formed like a corymbus , and 
fpear-Jhaped, obtufe , woolly leaves. Gnaphaliurn mari- 
tirrium. C. B. P. 263. 
The firft fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 
Hope : this hath a low, fhrubby, branching ftalk, 
which feldom rifes three feet high ; the branches are 
garnifhed with two forts of leaves, thofe toward the 
bottom are linear and indented, but the upper are 
oval and fawed on their edges : the flowers are dif- 
pofed in a compound corymbus at the end of the 
branches ; they are of a pale yellow, and appear early 
in fummer, and if the feafon proves favourable, will 
be fucceeded by ripe feeds in autumn. 
The fecond fort is a native of the Cape of Good 
Hope : this rifes with a fhrubby ftalk five or fix fe.et 
high, dividing into many irregular branches, gar- 
nifhed with flat glaucous leaves cut at their extremity 
into three fegments.; thefe have an agre-eable odour 
when bruifed. The flowers are produced in a Am- 
ple corymbus at the extremity of the branches ; they 
are of a bright yellow colour, and appear in Auguft, 
but are feldom fucceeded by ripe feeds in England. 
The third fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 
Elope : this hath a fhrubby branching ftalk like the 
former; the leaves are linear, and divided more than 
half their length, fome into three, and others into 
five narrow fegments : the flowers are produced at 
the extremity of the branches in a Ample corymbus, 
like thofe of the former fort in fhape and colour, of 
which there is a fucceftion on the fame plant great 
part of fummer ; but unlefs the feafon is warm, "they 
are rarely fucceeded by ripe feeds in England. 
The fourth fort rifes with a fhrubby ftalk fix or feven 
feet high; the branches are garnifhed with hairy, 
fpear-fhaped, entire leaves ; the flowers are yellow, 
and produced in a Ample corymbus at the extremity 
of the branches, but are not fucceeded by good-feeds 
in. England. 
T hefe four forts are eafily propagated by cuttings during 
the fummer months. If thefe are planted either in pots 
or upon an old hot-bed, arid clofely covered with 
glaffes, fhading them in the heat of the day, and refrefh- 
ing them with water when they require it, they will 
put out roots in five or fix weeks ; and in two months 
they may be taken up and planted in pots filled 
with light earth, and placed in a fhady fituation un- 
til they have taken new root ; after which they fhould 
be removed to a fheltered fituation, mixing them with 
other exotic plants, where they may remain till the 
middle or end of Qdober, according, as the feafon 
proves 
