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fir a! ght, 'Thp fme!l is lightly, but not ungratefully, 
aromatic. Tragus reports it to be an emmenagogue, 
but it is fcarcel.y known officinal Iy. Native of Denmark, 
Great Britain, Germany, Holland, France, Swifferlarid, 
Carniola, Piedmont: chiefly on dry mountainous paf- 
tures; by hedge-fides and in woods: with us .moftly in 
a calcareous foil; ‘as in Cambrldgefnire, at Shelford, 
Whittldsford, Hilderfham, and Abington.: common aifo 
in woods in Norfolk, in a clayey foil ; Charlton wood, 
and near Hartford and Greenhithe, in Kent; near Hare- 
field, in Middlefex ; Finfhead, in’ Northampton; Scot¬ 
land, but not common. It flowers from July to October. 
* 2. Conyza linifolia, or flax-leaved fleabane: leaves 
linear-lanceolate, quite entire; corollas radiated. Stems 
afoot or a foot and half in height, ere£t, hardifh, green ; 
leaves refembling thofe of mezereon or hyflop, only more 
obtufe, fmooth, and ftiit; branches (lender, ftraight at 
the top of the (lemS; flowers on fhort peduncles, termi¬ 
nating'; florets white, (lender, reflex. Cultivated 1699 
in Chelfea garden ; it flowers in Auguft and September. 
3. Conyza fordida,_or fmall-flowered fleabane : leaves 
linear, quite entire; peduncles long, three-flowered; 
Item underfhrubby. Native of the fouth of Europe; 
cultivated in 1570, by Mathias de l’Obel; flowers from 
July to September. 
4. Conyza faxatilis, or rock, fleabane : leaves linear, 
nlmoft entire, tomentofe underneath ; peduncles very 
long, one.flowered ; calycine IcalesTubulate. Native of 
Spain, Italy, Iftria, Carinthia, the Valais, Paleftine, and 
the Cape of Good Hope ; Ray found it on walls and 
rocks about Medina and Sicily, abundantly. It flowers 
in July and Auguft. 
5. Conyza canefcens, or hoary fleabane : leaves linear; 
panicle faftigiate. Found at the Cape, by Thunberg. 
6 . Conyza rupeftris, or African fleabane : leaves fpa- 
tulate, fomewhat toothed, tomentofe ; ftem underfhrub- 
’by ; peduncles elongated, one-flowered. This refembles 
conyza faxatilis very much, but the flowering ftems have 
axillary bunches of l'maller leaves ;. the leaves are 
-broader, fhorter, more obtufe, all except- the loweririoft 
white on both fides } fmell ftrong. Native of Arabia. 
7. Conyza fcabra, or rough fleabane: leaves oblong, 
fomewhat toothed, feflile, fcabrdus; peduncles one- 
flowered, elongated ; leaves rugged on both furfaces, 
with four or five teeth on each fide. Native of the Eafr 
Indies. 
8. Conyza afteroides, or ftarwort fleabane: leaves 
broad-lanceolate, fubferrate; corollas radiate; calyxes 
fquarrofe. Native of North America; flowers in Au¬ 
guft and September. 
9. Conyza bifrons, or oval-leaved fleabane : leaves 
evate-oblong ; ftem clafping ; from a thick fibrous root 
arife many upright (talks; flowers in round bunches, 
yellow, appearing in July ; the feeds ripen in autumn. 
Native of Canada. 
10. Conyza bifoliata, or two-leaved fleabane : leaves 
oval, toothed ; peduncles two-leaved ; braftes oppofite. 
11. Conyza pubigera, or hairy fleabane: leaves ob¬ 
long, fomewhat toothed, fubpetiolate ; peduncles wool¬ 
ly, fuftaining about two flowers. Natives of the Eaft 
indies. 
12. Conyza tortuofa, or crooked fleabane : ftem tor- 
tuofe, fhrubby; leaves ovate-oblong, quite entire; ra¬ 
cemes reflex. Native of Madagafcar and Vera Cruz. 
13. Conyza Candida, or woolly fleabane: leaves 
ovate, tomentofe ; flowers crowded ; peduncles both la¬ 
teral and terminating; ftem fuffruticofe, fix inches high, 
upright, round, -hairy, whitifh, branched; leaves very 
white, quite entire, alternate'; flowers purple, pedun- 
cled, heaped; it has a pleafant fmell. Miller fays, that 
. the peduncles are woolly, nine inches high, one, two, 
or three, flowered, and that the flowers are of a dirty 
yellow ; according to Zanoni they are of a golden co- 
lour. The peduncles thicken towards the top. It 
fometimes varies with a fhort recurved ray. Native of 
Vol. V. No. 262. 
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Candia, Sicily, and Cochin-china ; cultivated in 1714, 
by the duchels of Beaufort. Boccone,. who firft de- 
fcribed the plant, fays that he had it from Alexander 
Balam, an Eng'ilhman, his very good friend, and well 
(killed in botany. 
14. Conyza anthclmir.tica, or purple fleabane : leaves 
lanceolate-ovate, fcabrous; peduncles one-flowered; 
calyxes fquarrofe. Since there are no female florets, 
this is rather afpecies of ferratula. Juffieu doubts whe¬ 
ther it belongs to this genus; the flowers being Tub-fo- 
litary, almoft: all the .florets hermaphrodite, and tire ea- 
lycine leaflets all equal in length, the inner ones wider, 
the outer linear, and refembling a calycle. The leaves 
have an exceeding bitter tafle. Native of the Eaft In¬ 
dies ; flowers in Auguft and September, and is biennial. 
15. Conyza balfamifera, or balfam fleabane : leaves 
lanceolate, tomentofe underneath, even the petioles 
tootlied ; down ferruginous ; perhaps a fpecies of bac- 
charis. Native of the Eaft Indies. 
16. Conyza cinerea, or afli-colotired fleabane : leaves 
oblong ; flowers panicled ; corollas cylindric, twice the 
length of the calyx ; annual. Native of the Eaft Indies. 
17. Conyza od'orata, or fweet fcented fleabane : leaves 
ovate, ferrate, fubto’mentofe, acute ; ftem arborefeent, 
corymbed ; corollas almoft globular. This is an odori¬ 
ferous plant, with an upright fhrubby ftem, four feet 
high, the branches rifing inform of a corymb; flowers 
purple, lateral and terminating, feveral together ; the 
coroilets.fo fliort as not to emerge from the calyx. Na¬ 
tive of the Eaft Indies and Cochin-china. 
iS. Conyza Chinenfts, or Chinefe fleabane: leaves 
lanceolate-ovate, reflex-ferrate,, tomentofe underneath ; 
flowers terminating, heaped; ftem four feet high, up¬ 
right, round, fmooth; branched at top ; flowers yellow, 
peduncled, terminating ; feldom more than three crowd¬ 
ed together. Natice of China, Cochin-china, Java, and 
Amboyna. 
19. Conyza hirfuta, or fhaggy fleabane : leaves ova! s 
quite entire, fcabrous, hirfute underneath. Stem a foot 
High, upright, Ample, round, hairy, having few leaves; 
thefe are oblong, fharpifh, toothlette'd, hairy, fcattered ; 
flowers yellow, crowded. According to Miller, it is.a 
biennial plant, about two feet high, with purple flowers 
in oblong fpikes. Burmann fays, it varies with entire 
.and toothletted leaves, and that there are feveral varie¬ 
ties of it. According to Einnaeus, the ftem is fomewhat 
villofe; leaves oblong or oval, underneath very hirfute 
and pale; flowers in racemes crowded; and it has the 
calyx of an after. Native of Java, China, and Cochin- 
china. 
20. Conyza arborefeens, or tree fleabane: leaves 
ovate, quite entire,, acute, tomentofe underneath ; fpikes 
recurved, one-ranked ; bradtes reflex. This is a fhrub 
with a deprefted rugged ftem ; it commonly rifes to the 
height of three feet and a half or more, in the low lands 
of Jamaica. The branches bend generally forwards, and 
bear their flowers in loofe fpikes- (or rather racemes) 
along their extremities, where they are dilpoied in a 
gradual fucceflion on the upper fides only. 
21. Conyza fruticofa, or fhrubby fleabane: leaves 
ovate, quite entire, obtufe ; flowers feflile, alternate; 
branchlets flexuofe. Native of South America. 
22. Conyza virgata, or winged-ftalked fleabane ; leaves 
decurrent, lanceolate, ferrulate; ftems wand-like ; flow¬ 
ers fpiked, in fcattered heaps. It is hairy, and rifes 
generally to the height of two feet and a half or more, 
fomewhat hoary ; the flower branches are very long and 
(lender, and difpofed in form of fpikes at tile top ; the 
lower flowers are in threes, the upper folitary. Native of 
Jamaica and Carolina; flowers in Auguft and September. 
23. Conyza decurrens, or running fleabane': leaves 
decurrent, lanceolate, ferrulate ; flowers axillary, feflile, 
glomerate. Root annualftem about a palm in height, 
erect, villofe-tomentofe, as is the whole plant. Native 
of India, 
T t '24. Conyza 
