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hairy waved, lower cordate -/petioles winged, dilated at the 
bafe; branchlets virgate, calyxes imbricate, ftem hifpid. 
Leaves broad, heart-fhaped at bottom. Stems between 
two and three feet high, with fmall fide-branches, upon 
which the flowers come out in loofe fpikes; they are of a 
pale blue colour, inclining to white. It flowers in Auguft, 
and is a North American plant. Cultivated in 1699 by 
Jacob Bobart. 
22. After grandiflorus, or Catefby’§ ftarwort: leaves 
ftem-clafping, linear, quite entire, hifpid, ciliate ; thole of 
the branches and calyx reflex. Stems many, three and 
even four feet high, ftiflf and reddilh, hairy, and branching 
pyramidically. The branches have fmall lanceolate leaves, 
growing alternate, hairy, and rough to the touch, the lize 
of thole on common hyllbp ; and each is terminated by one 
large blue flower, coming out at the end of Oftober, and 
making a fine appearance mod part of November. Mr. 
Catelby brought it from Virginia about the year 1720, and 
gave it to Mr. Fairchild, gardener, at Hoxton, who pro- 
agated it in fuch plenty, that in a few years it was diftri- 
uted into moft curious gardens near London. 
IV. Herbaceous, leaves ferrate, peduncles fmooth. 23. 
After cordifolius, or heart-leaved ftarwort: leaves heart- 
fhaped acute, finely ferrate, underneath hairy ; petioles al- 
moft Ample, branches panicled, ftem rough with hairs. It 
flowers in September. Native of North America, and the 
northern parts of Alia. 
24. After puniceus, or red-ftalked ftarwort: leaves ftem- 
clafping, lanceolate, ferrate, fubfcabrous; brandies pani¬ 
cled ; calyxes furpafling the dilk; leaflets linear-lanceo¬ 
late, nearly equal; ftem hifpid. Stems feveral, ftrong, up¬ 
wards of two feet high, of a purple colour. Flowers of 
a pale blue colour : they appear at the end of September. 
Grows in North America. Cultivated in 1739 in the Chel- 
fea garden. It varies in height from eight to three feet. 
The ftems are either dark purple, or reddifh green. 
25. After annuus, or annual ftarwort: leaves fomewhat 
hairy, the lower ones fubovate ferrate, the upper lanceo¬ 
late ; calyxes hemifpheric; leaflets fubequal ftrigofe. 
Stems about two feet high, terminated by a corymb of 
white flowers, opening in Auguft. Annual. Native of 
North America and Denmark. Cultivated in 1640. 
26. After vernus, or vernal ftarwort: root-leaves lan¬ 
ceolate, quite entire, obtufe ; Item almoft naked, filiform, 
a little branching. Native of Virginia. 
V. Herbaceous, leaves ferrate, peduncles fcaly. 27. Af¬ 
ter Indicus, or Indian ftarwort: leaves ovate-oblong, fer¬ 
rate; floral leaves oval-lanceolate, quite entire; branch- 
lets one-flowered. Native of Japan and China, flowering 
from Auguft-to October. 
28. After laevis, or fmooth after : leaves ftem-clafping 
^blongquite entire fhining, root-leaves fubferrate ; branch¬ 
es ft tuple, bearing about one flower; calyxes imbricate; 
peduncles leafy, Subdivided; leaflets fomewhat vvedge- 
fhaped acute, thickened at the end ; ftem fmooth. Ob¬ 
served in North America by Kalm. 
29. After mutabilis, or variable ftarwort: leaves almoft 
'ftem-clafping, lanceolate, ferrate, gloffy, drawn to a point 
below ; branchlets virgate ; calyxes fomewhat leaty, lax ; 
ftem fmooth. It flow ers at the end of October; Miller 
fays the end of Auguft ; and was cultivated by him in 1731. 
"30. After Trade fcanti, or Tradefcant’s ftarwort: leaves 
lanceolate ferrate feflile fmooth, the middle branches vir¬ 
gate, calyxes clofely imbricate, ftem round fmooth. Na¬ 
tive of Virginia. Cultivated in 1656 by John Tradefcant, 
jtm. For The after Tradefcanti of Miller, fee No. 40. 
31. After Novi Bedgii, or New Holland ftarwort: leaves 
almoft ftem-clafping lanceolate fmooth but fcabrous about 
the edge, the lower ferrate ; branches fubdivided ; calyx¬ 
es loofely imbricate; leaflets linear-lanceolate ; ftem round, 
fmooth. Height near four feet, having broad leaves at 
the bottom, which diminifh gradually to the top. The 
flowers appear at the latter end of Auguft. Native of 
Virginia and Pennfylvania. Cultivated in 1759 by Miller. 
32. After tardiflorus, or late-flowering ftarwort: leaves 
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feflile lanceolate, drawn to a point at the bafe, ferrate, 
fmooth; calyxes lax; leaflets lanceolate-linear fubequal, 
fmooth. Native of North America. Linnaeus obferves, 
that it flowered with him only once in eighteen years. 
With us it flowers from July to September. Stems two 
feet high. 
33. After mifer, or fmall white-flowered ftarwort: leaves 
feflile lanceolate fubferrate fmooth, calyxes imbricate, leaf¬ 
lets acute, difk equal to the rays. Native of North Ame¬ 
rica. Stems llender, above three feet high, fending out 
many weak branches on every fide, with very fmall leaves. 
Flowers on fliort peduncles on every lide of the branches, 
appearing in November, and often continuing part of De¬ 
cember. Introduced in 1776 by Mr. Thouin. 
34. After macrophyllus, or broad-leaved blue ftarwort: 
leaves ferrate, oblong; the upper ovate feflile, thofe on the 
ftem cordate petioled ; upper petioles winged. Native of 
North America. It varies with root-leavesoblongand ovate. 
35. After Chinenfis, or Chinefe ftarwort or China after: 
leaves ovate angular toothed petioled, calyxes expanding 
leafy terminal. Linnaeus remarks that the China after re¬ 
cedes fomewhat from the other fpecies in the fructification : 
and Dillenius obferves that it differs from them all in its 
manner of growth, in the form of its leaves, and the lize 
of its flowers. The height is from eighteen inches to two 
feet; the ftem ereCt, ft iff, furrowed, as thick as the little 
finger, putting out long bending branches from top to bot¬ 
tom. The leaves next the ground and at the origin of the 
branches are large, and refemble thole of common cheno- 
podium, or goofefoot: thofe on the branches are much 
fmaller, and the upper ones are narrow and very entire. 
The flowers are the largeft and handfomeft of any in this 
genus : the dilk yellow, at firft flat, then convex ; the flof- 
cules of the ray broad and long, fcarcely notched at the 
end. Dillenius received the feeds from profeflor Van Roy- 
en of Leyden, and affirms, as well as Mr. Miller, that this 
fpecies came originally to Europe from China. Linnseus 
doubts of this. According to Mr. Miller, the feeds of 
the China after were lent by the miflionaries to France, 
where the plants were firft railed in Europe. “ In the year 
1731 (lays he) I received (eeds, from w Inch I raifed plants, 
with red, and fome with white, flowers; and, in 1736, 
I received feeds of the blue flower; but thefe W'ere all 
Angle. They came by the title of la reine Marguerite, as 
the French (fill call it. In 1752 I received the feeds of the 
double flowers, both red and blue; and, in 1753, the feeds 
of the double w hite fort, from Dr. Job Baiter of Zirk- 
zee.” Befides the common varieties, white, blue, pur¬ 
ple, and red, (both Angle and double,) there is now ano¬ 
ther in the gardens, w ith variegated blue and w hite flow ers. 
36. After Tartaricus, or Tartarian ftarwort: root-leaves 
lanceolate ovate ferrate fcabrous, ftem few-flowered. Is 
a native of Siberia. 
37. After hifpidus, or fhaggy ftarwort: loweft leaves 
oblong crenate fcabrous, ftem-leaves lanceolate entire cili¬ 
ate, ftem fcabrous. 38. After fcaber, or rugged ftarwort: 
leaves oblong ferrate fcabrous, peduncles panicled. Each 
about a foot in height, and both natives of Japan. 
Species recital by Mr. Miller, &c. 39. After glaber, or 
peach-leaved ftarwort: leaves oblong-lanceolate acute, 
ferrate, ftem branching, flowers terminal, calyxes linear 
ereift. Height five feet, with branching ftalks, divided at 
the top into feveral peduncles, terminated by large pale- 
blue flowers, which are in beauty in October. Native of 
North America. 
40. After ferotinus, or late-flowering blue ftarwort or 
Michaelmas daify : leaves oblong acute, broader at the 
bafe, half ftem-clafping; ftem branching; flowers termi¬ 
nal, for the moft part lolitary. This was brought from 
Virginia by John Tradefcant. Stems numerous, three 
feet and a half high, fhooting out many lateral branches, 
terminated by pretty large flowers, very pale blue tending 
to white. 
41. Afterprsecox, or early ftarwort: leaves oblong acute 
Fcabrous, fharply toothed, half ftem-clafping; ftem ere£f, 
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