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Rowers the fize of thofe on E. tuberofuni, and globular ;• 
calyx having the colour and appearance of conyza chinen- 
fis, but with the fcales not at all fquarrofe, flefliy, green, 
inembranaceous at the edge, and very fmooth ; corollas 
whitifli, with white down. Native of the Canary iflands; 
flowers in July and Auguft. 
13. Erigeron acre, or blue erigeron: peduncles alter¬ 
nate, one-flowered ; flems fix to eighteen inches high, 
upright, fomewhat angular, hairy, often purple ; in forne 
fcarcely branched at all, in other plants very much fo. 
Inhabits dry lofty paflures frequent, efpecially fandy and 
calcareous foils; alfo often found on walls ; near London 
it is not a common plant ; but it occurs frequently near 
Charlton-wood. Johnfon, in Gerarde, fays, that he firfl 
obferved it in company of Mr. George Bowles, Mr. John 
Bugs, and others, by Farmingham, in Kent ; and the laft 
year, (1635,) Mr. William Broad found it growing at the 
blockhoufe at Gravefend. It flowers from July to Sep¬ 
tember. The Germans take a deco&ion of it to attenuate 
vif'cid phlegm. Cows and goats refute it. Our Englifh 
botanifts name it blue-flowered or purple fleabane. Seve¬ 
ral fpecies of this genus have this ‘name of fleabane in 
Englifh ; which tends (as Mr. Curtis very well obferves) 
to confound this with the genus conyza. Gasrtner re¬ 
marks, that it has fome affinity with chryfocoma, and 
that erigeron is a chryfocoma with a difform ray. 
14. Erigeron alpinum, or alpine erigeron : ftem with 
one or two flowers; calyx fubhirfute ; leaves obtufe ; 
■villofe underneath. This is like the foregoing, infomuch 
that Haller doubts whether it be a diftinct fpecies, or only 
a variety. It has frequently a higher ftem, but the height 
varies much in both ; commonly one-flowered, feldom 
two-flowered. The flowers are larger; the femi-florets 
more numerous ; the leaves longer; the featherdenfe and 
whitifli : it varies with one, two, and three, flowers on a 
-ftalk, and fometimes they are panicled ; it varies alfo with 
a villofe and fmooth calyx. The flowers in this come 
out from the middle and even the lower part of the ftem ; 
whereas in moft of the fpecies they branch out only from 
the upper part. Native of Alpine paftures. Found on 
Ben Lawers, in Scotland, by Mr. Dickfon, in 1789. Pe¬ 
rennial ; flowers in July and Auguft. 
15. Erigeron uniflorum, or dwarf erigeron : ftem one- 
flowered ; calyx hairy ; root perennial ; ftems a finger’s 
length ; fcarcely three inches high according to Haller; 
from a finger’s length to a fpan and more, as others fay ; 
very Ample, ftreaked, with w’andering hairs fcattered over 
them. The flower is as large as in the foregoing fpecies, 
thick, the fcales covered with a white nap, lanceolate, 
broader; all the femiflorets ligulate, with no imperfect 
ones ; fometimes purple, according to Pontedera and 
Scheuchzer. All the varieties with one and many flowers, 
with a fmooth and hairy calyx, with blue and white flow¬ 
ers, make but one fpecies, in the opinion of Allioni. 
Hence Scopoli has named this E. polymorphum. Monf. 
Villars on the contrary, thinks that this bears little affinity 
to E. alpinum, or any other ; from which it is eafily dif- 
tinguifhed by the open fcales of the calyx, loaded with 
long and wider hairs, be the plants ever fo fmall. He 
refers Oeder’s figure to this fpecies; but obferves that 
be has never feenany fpecimenfo large as that reprefents. 
Native of the European mountains from Lapland to Italy; 
flowers in Auguft and September. 
16. Erigeron gramineum, or grafs-leaved erigeron : ftem 
one-flowered; leaves linear ; ciliate ; fcabrous. Avery 
fmall perennial plant, guarded with fading dry leaves. 
Native of Siberia. 
17. Erigeron camphoratum, or Virginian erigeron: 
leaves lanceolate-ovate, villofe ; ferratures cartilaginous 
at the tip ; annual. Native of Virginia. 
18. Erigeron Japonicum, or Japan erigeron: leaves 
feffile, obovate, ferrate, villofe, flowers panicled ; annual; 
ftefn limple, filiform, hairy, upright, a foot high. Native 
of Japan; flowers in June. 
19. Erigeron fcandens, or climbing erigeron: leaves 
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ovate, ferrate, villofe; flowers axillary ; ftem climbing. 
Having feen only a Angle, flower, and that not open, 
Thunberg fays he is not very certain about the genus. 
, 20. Erigeron tuberofum, or tubcroiis-rooted erigeron . 
leaves linear ; branches one-flowered ; ftem fuffruticofe. 
It is the link between this genus and after. Native of the 
fouth of France and Syria. 
2.1. Erigeron fcetidum, or {linking erigeron : leaves lan¬ 
ceolate-linear, retufe, flowers coryrnbed ; root perennial, 
thick, fibrous, from which arife feveral upright hairy 
ftalks, near four feet high, putting out feveral fide 
branches ; leaves feflile, hairy, a quarter of an inch broad 
towards the end, where they are broadeft, and dimiuiffiing 
gradually to their bafe; of a deep green on their upper 
fide, and pale on their under, continuing all the year : 
they come out from the fide of the ftalk, and branches in 
cinders from the fame point, and without order, on every 
fide. The ftem is terminated by feveral large corymbs of 
golden-coloured flowers : thefe appearlate in the autumn, 
continuing in beauty great part of the winter, fading in 
the fpring, and are fometimes fucceeded by oval feeds, 
which ripen in England. The ftems generally decay the 
fecond year, and are then fupplied by new ones from the 
fame root ; the old ones remaining with their green hairy 
leaves in vigour, until the young ones are grown to a con- 
fiderable height. Native of the Cape of Good Hope; 
and has been long cultivated in the curious European 
gardens. It has a great refemblancC to inula foetida, but 
the flowers are flofculous. Cultivated in 1722, in the 
botanic garden at Chelfea. 
22. Erigeron obliquum, or oblique-leaved erigeron : 
very much branched; leaves ovate ; oblique ; annual ; 
ftem herbaceous, a hand high, round, ereift, hairy, 
branching very much. Native of the Eaft Indies. 
23. Erigeron tricuneatum, or wedge-leaved erigeron : 
fomewhat fhrubby ; leaves wedged, three-lobed. A fmall 
ftirub, very much branched or panicled, leafy. Native of 
Mexico ; obferved there by Mutis. 
24. Erigeron pinnatum, or pinnatifid leaved erigeron : 
leaves pinnatifid, toothed ; ftem herbaceous, upright, a 
foot high. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
25. Erigeron Sumatrenfe, or Sumatra erigeron : tomen- 
tofe ; flowers raceme-panicled ; leaves lanceolate, fubfer- 
rate ; ftem three feet high and more, round, ftreaked, 
tomentofe, red. Native of Sumatra. 
26. Erigeron fericeum, or filky-leaved erigeron : flowers 
panicled ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, tomentofe-filky, entire 
and ferrate, appendicled at the bafe. Native of Java. 
The two laft were brought to Europe by Wennerbcrg. 
27. Erigeron hirfutum, or hirfute erigeron : ftem hif- 
id ; leaves linear-lanceolate, fubferrate, very hairy on 
oth fides ; ftem herbaceous, twofeethigh, erettt, round. 
Native of China, near Canton. 
28. Erigeron rivulare, or rivulated erigeron: leaves 
wedge-ftuiped, acute, rough with hairs, toothed on both 
fides at the tip, ciliate on the edge, thofe on the ftem fef- 
file; ftem almoft fimple, eredt, few-flowered. This is an 
annual plant, native of Jamaica and Hifpaniola. 
29. Erigeron decurrens, or retiring erigeron : leaves 
decurrent, linear, tomentofe; flowers panicled. Native 
of Arabia. 
30. Erigeron incanum, or hoary erigeron : leaves linear, 
tomentofe, toothed a little; flowers coryrnbed; ftem 
ftirubby. Native of Arabia and Felix. 
Propagation and Culture. Tire firfl; fpecies is propagated 
by feeds, which, if fown in autumn, w ill more certainly 
fucceed than thofe which are fown in the fpring. When 
the plants come up, they fiiould be thinned if they are too 
clofe, and kept clean from weeds till autumn, when they 
fiiould be tranfplanted where they are to remain. They 
delight in a dry foil, and a funny expofure. The fecond 
year the plants will flower and perfect their feeds, but the 
roots will continue feveral years, and annually produce 
their flowers and feeds. 
6, 7, 13, 14. Are preferved in botanic gardens,, for the 
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