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24. Conyza aurita, or eared fleabane : leaves dentate, 
fmuate; earlets fubdecurrent. Root-leaves larger than 
the reft, fiifffer, fmoother, obovate, with red veins, widely 
ferrate, and waved between the ferratures ; ftem ere 61 :, 
itift, a fost high, rbddijh, hairy, branched ; the branches 
erect, fi in pie. It feems intermediate between this genus 
and baccharis. The fcent is that of ftachys foetida, but 
more pleafant. Native of the Eaft Indies, in moiftilh 
places. 
Species from Hortus lyewenfis. 25. Conyza inuloides, 
or clufter-flowered fieabane : leaves, cuneiform-linear, 
u'otufe, notch-toothletted, fmcoth ; ftem Ihrubby ; an¬ 
thers two-brilHod. Native of the iiland of Tenerifte; 
flowers in July and Auguft. 
26. Conyza fericea, or fnowy fleabane : leaves linear- 
filiform, they and the ferns tomentofe-filky ; flowers 
panicled. This is eafily known by the ftlky whitenefs 
of the branches, leaves, and peduncles,'and by its yel¬ 
low flowers. The bark and wood have an acrid pun¬ 
gent tafte ; and the inhabitants ufe it againft the tooth- 
ach. Native of the Canary Iflands. 
27. Conyza fEgyptiaca, or Egyptian fleabane : leaves 
oblong-fpat'ulate, toothed, hairy ; flowers fubpanicled, 
globular; calycine leaflets, fubulate, foft. Stem ereft, 
a foot and a half in height: annual; native of Egypt; 
flowers in July. 
28. Conyza rugofa, or St. Helena fleabane: Ihrubby; 
leaves wedge-draped, ferrate, villofe, wrinkled, netted ; 
peduncles, villofe, one-flowered ; flowers radiate. Na¬ 
tive of the ifland of St. Helena ; flowers in November. 
29. Conyza incifa, or ear-leaved fleabane : leaves ovate, 
fubCordate, hairy-vifeid, toothed ; eared at the bafe ; 
diik of the receptacle honey-combed. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope ; flowers from June to' Auguft. 
30. Conyza patula, or fpreading fleabane : leaves el¬ 
liptic, ferrate, villofe underneath ; calyxes fubglobular; 
leaflets lanceolate-fubulate; branches fpreading. An¬ 
nual ; ftem taper, herbaceous, a foot and a half in height, 
covered lightly with a meally down, and branching out 
almoft the whole length ; branches (lender, fpreading 
altnoft horizontally, except that they turn up towards 
the end. The flowers appear in July, and there is a 
continual fucceflion till the cold of autumn puts a flop 
to them. The early flowers are generally fucceeded by 
good feeds in favourable feafons. Native of the northern 
parts of China. 
Species from South America, in Miller’s Dictionary. 
31. Conyza tomentofa, or rough fleabane :. arborefeent; 
Jeaves oblong-ovate, tomentofe, cinereous underneath ; 
flowers terminating on branching peduncles. This rifes 
with a woody (talk ten or twelve feet high, dividing into 
many branches, the bark of which is covered with a 
brown nap ; flowers white, fucceeded by long flat feeds. 
3 t grows naturally at Vera Cruz, in New Spain. 
32. Conyza falicifolia, or willow-leaved fleabane: 
leaves*linear, decurrent, ferrate ; flowers corymbed, ter¬ 
minating. This has a perennial root, from which arife 
feveral upright (talks three feet high ; the flowers are 
produced at the end of the (talks in round bunches ; 
they are fmall, and of a purple colour ; and are fuc¬ 
ceeded by oblong flat feeds. Native of Vera Cruz, in 
New Spain. 
33. Conyza corymbofa, or cluftered fleabane : arbo¬ 
refeent; leavers lanceolate; flowers corymbed, termi¬ 
nating on branching peduncles. Stem ftrong, wood)'’, 
fourteen or lixteen feet'high, covered with an afti-co- 
ioured bark, and divided at the top into many woody 
branches, terminated by roundlfh bunches of white 
flowers,, on long peduncles, feveral together. Sent from 
Vera Cruz by Dr. Houftoun. 
34. Conyza vifeofa, or clammy fleabane : herbaceous; 
leaves ovate,, ferrate, villofe; flowers both axillary and 
terminating. This is an annual plant, growing in low 
mcift places, where the water (lands in winter. It has 
an herbaceous branching.(talk, one foot highj- with one 
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oval feflile leaf at each joint, covered with a white hairy 
down. The flowers are produced from the fide of the 
branches on (lender petioles, each for the mod part fu(- 
taining three flowers, which are white, and are. fucceeded 
by chaffy feeds. The whole plant is vifcous. Sent by 
Dr. Houftoun from Vera Cruz. 
35. Conyza fymphytifolia, or comfrey-leaved flea- 
bane: leaves oblong-ovate, (cabrous; flowers racemed, 
terminating ; ftem herbaceous. Root perennial; ftem 
three feet high ; leaves from four to five inches long, 
and one and a half broad in the middle, rough like thofe 
of comfrey ; (terns terminated by branching peduncles, 
each fullaining feveral yellow flowers, not much unlike 
thofe of the common fort. Native of Vera Cruz. 
36. Conyza fcandens, or climbing fieabane : Jeaves 
lanceolate, fcabrous, nerved, feflile ; racemes recurved ; 
flowers afeendipg ; peduncles lateral ; ftem (hrubbyy 
climbing. This has a climbing Ihrubby (talk, fourteen 
or lixteen feet high, dividing into many branches ; flow¬ 
ers large and white, produced in long fpikes, ranged on 
the upper fide only, from the fide of the branches, and 
pointing upwards. They are fucceeded by flat dark-co¬ 
loured feeds. Sent from Vera Cruz by Dr. Houftoun. 
37>. Conyza trinervia, or three-nerved fleabane : leaves 
ovate, fmooth, threc-nerved, quite entire, feflile; flowers 
in fpikes terminating ; ftem Ihrubby. Stalk Ihrubby, fix 
or (even feet high, dividing into feveral woody branches; 
flowers white, fucceeded by oblong flat feeds. Native of 
Carthagena, in New Spain. 
38. Conyza uniflora, or one-flowered fleabane : leaves 
lanceolate, acute, feflile ; flowers folitary, lateral; ca¬ 
lyxes coloured ; ftem (lirubby, branching. This rifes 
with a (lirubby (talk eight or ten feet high, dividing into 
m.any long (lender branches; leaves three inches long, 
and three quarters of an inch'broad in the middle ; the 
fmaller branches are fet with very narrow, oblong, 
pointed, leaves, which grow clofe to the (talks ; and at 
each joint is produced one pretty large white flower, 
wifh a purple calyx ; thefc flowers come out the whole 
length of the fmall branches, fitting clofe to the bafe of 
the leaves, fo that the plants make a pretty appearance 
in flower. Native of Carthagena. 
39. Conyza fpicata, or fpiked fleabane: fhrubby; 
leaves ovate, three-nerved ; flowers in axillary fpikes; 
This has a ftrong woody ftem, riling ten or twelve feet 
high, divided at top into many ftiort woody branches* 
whofe joints are very clofe to each other; the leaves come 
out alternate on every fide the branches, to which they 
fit very clofe ; they are fmooth, one inch long, and half 
an inch broad, ending in acute points, having three lon¬ 
gitudinal veins; the flowers are white, and produced in 
(hort clofe fpikes, which come out from the fide of the 
branches, and are fucceeded by oblong flat feeds. Na¬ 
tive of Carthagena, in New Spain. 
40. Conyzapedunculata,orpeduncled fieabane: leaves 
ovate-lanceolate, three-nerved ; peduncles very long, 
terminating ; flowers in corymbs. This rifes with a 
fhrubby ftem to the height of flr. or feven feet, dividing 
into fdveraf branches, whicK have a dark brown bark; 
the flowers are purple, and form a kind of round bunch ; 
the calyx of the flower is compofed of (hort chaffy feales. 
It grows naturally at Campeachy, whence the feeds were 
fent by Mr. Robert Millar, s 
41. Conyza Baccharis, lady’s glove, or c-lown’s fpike- 
nard : leaves ovate^oblong, obtufe, ferrate, half-ftem- 
clafping ; flowers in terminating corymbs. Stem fhrub¬ 
by, ten or twelve'feet high, lending out many ftrong 
woody branches, covered -\yith a dark-coloured bark. 
The flowers are purple, and are fucceeded by flat feeds. 
Native of Campeachy. 
From Swartz. 42c Conyza purpurafeens, or purple 
fieabane: leaves ovate-lanceolate, ferrate, fubtomentofe,.; 
ftem fubherbaceous, Ample at bottom, corymbed at top; 
(lowers ovate. This riles with a fhrubby branching ftaik 
four or five, feet high. The lower branches, and ftaik 
have 
