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BRITISH WILD FLOWERS. 
orange in the disk ; and the whole plant has a strong and somewhat disagreeable smell. When freshly 
gathered, it is also somewhat glutinous to the touch. It is a perennial, and flowers in August and September. 
The other species is an annual, with dull yellow flowers of no beauty, which is found occasionally in sandy soils 
in England. Pulicaria is derived from pulex, a flea. The genus is in the same Linnaean class and order as 
the last. 
GENUS VII. 
THE STAR-WORT. (Aster, Lin.) 
Lin. Syst. SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. 
Generic Character. — Involucrum imbricated ; scales linear, acute. Flowers radiant ; of the ray female, in a single row, oblong, not 
yellow. Pappus hairy. Receptacle naked. ( Lindley.) 
Description, &c. —Though so many beautiful species of Aster are common in our gardens, only one species 
is a native of Great Britain, and that is comparatively very little known. This species is called the Sea Star- 
wort ( A. Tripolium). It is a perennial, and it produces its pretty blue flowers in August and September. 
Aster signifies a star ; in allusion to the shape of the flowers. The genus is in the same Linnaean class and order 
as Pulicaria. 
GENUS VIII. 
THE CANADIAN FLEABANE. (Erigeron, Lin.) 
Lin. Syst. SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. 
Generic Character. —Involucrum oblong, imbricated ; scales linear, acute, very numerous. Flowers radiant; of the ray female, very narrow 
and numerous, in a double row, not yellow. Pappus hairy. Receptacle naked. (Lindley.) 
Description, &c. —There are three, or, according to some botanists, four species of this genus, all insignificant 
little weeds. The name of Erigeron signifies early old ; in allusion to the habit of the plant, which soon loses 
its florets and remains covered with its bald receptacles instead of flowers. This genus is in the same Linnsean 
class and order as the last. 
GENUS IX. 
THE GOLDEN-ROD. (Solidago, Lin.) 
Lin. Syst. SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. 
Generic Character. —Involucrum imbricated. Flowers radiant; of the ray yellow, about five. Receptacle naked. Pappus hairy. (Dec. 
Description, &c. —The common Golden-rod ( S . Virgaurea) is a well-known autumnal flower in our 
gardens, where it flowers in September. It is found wild in woods and thickets in every part of England 
Another species (S. cambrica) has been found on the Welsh mountains. Both are perennials. The word 
Solidago is derived from solidare, to unite; from the juice of the leaves having been formerly considered to be 
efficacious in causing wounds to heal. This genus is placed in the same Linnsean class and order as the 
preceding one. 
