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This is a Perennial, native of Virginia : it flowers toward the 
end of Summer. The Stalk is two feet high : the Leaves are dufky : 
the Flowers are yellow. 
5. THIN LEAV’D SPIKENARD. 
Plate 96. Fig. 5. 
Character of the Species. Baccharis tenuifolia. 
The Leaves are lanced, but fomewhat oval ; they are re- 
markably thin : the Stem is woody. 
■Fig. 5 0 h. 
This is a woody African Plant, flowering at all feafons : the 
Stem is purplilh, and the young Shoots are paler. The Leaves are 
of a faint green, and the Flowers of a pale red. 
6. F OE T I D SPIKENARD. 
Plate 96. Fig. 6 . 
Chara&er of the Species. Baccharis fcetida. 
The Leaves are lanced, and very deeply cut ; the tufts 
of Flowers have a leafy Bafe. 
Fig. 6 . a b. 
This is a robufl: and woody Plant of North- America. The 
Stem is brown : the young Shoots are green : the Leaves are of a 
ftrong green : the Flowers are fmall and redifh. 
GENUS VI. 
DUTCH AGRIMONY. 
EUPATORIU M. 
Character of the Genus. 
The Cup is oblong, and compofed of upright, fwelling, 
and fharp pointed Scales of irregular lengths. 
a Thofe with four Flowers in each Cup. 
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