SYNGENESIA. SUPERFLUA. Erigerqn. 931 
Addington Hills, Surry. Mr. W. Christy. Road side between Warwick 
and Myton. About Mirables, Undercliff, Isle of Wight ; and about Teign- 
mouth. E.) Lilleshall Abbey, Shropshire. B. July—Aug.—Sept.* 
ERIGERON.f Uecept. naked: Doivn hair-like : Florets of 
the circumference strap-shaped, very narrow, (nume¬ 
rous : Cal. tiled. FI. Brit. E.) 
E. canaden^se. (Stem hairy, panicled, many-flowered : leaves spear- 
shaped, fringed : lower ones toothed. E.) 
(E. Bot. 2019— FI. Dan. 1274. E.)— Bocc. Bar. 46, at p. 86— H. Ox. vii. 
20. 29 —Pet. 16. 12 —Zanon. 23. 1. 
Stem firm, frequently crooked, much branched towards the top. Leaves , 
the lower oval, tapering into a leaf-stalk ; those above spear-shaped, 
with distant serratures, slightly hairy on the upper surface, more so 
underneath ; those at the base of, and on the branches, strap-spear¬ 
shaped, very entire, sessile. Flowers numerous. Fruit-stalks slender, 
branched and simple. Calyx outer scales short, the inner longer, strap¬ 
shaped, with a green line along the back, whitish and membranous at the 
edge. Florets very small. Seeds minute. Doivn sessile, simple, as long as 
the florets. Woodw. Florets in the centre, yellow ; those in the circum¬ 
ference white, with a tinge of red. Stem one to two feet high. E.) 
Canada Flea-bane. Cultivated ground and on rubbish. (About Lon¬ 
don. Ray. Sunderland Ballast Hills. Mr. Weighed. Sandy ground 
below the bridge at Neath, Glamorganshire. Mr. Middleton, in E. Bot. 
E.) St. Vincent’s Rocks, Bristol. A. Aug.—Sept.£ 
E. alpinum. Leaves blunt, woolly underneath : stem with one or 
two flowers: calyx rather hairy. 
( E . Bot. 464. E.)— FI. Dan. 292-— FI. Lapp. 9. 3 —J. B. ii. 1047, right hand 
figure. 
Stems a finger’s length, unbranched, supporting a single flower, scored, be-* 
sprinkled with hairs. Leaves few, alternate, spear-shaped, green, nearly 
smooth above, set underneath with expanding hairs. Calyx, scales numer¬ 
ous, equal in length, spear-shaped; the outer scales broader, expanding, 
with longer hairs on both surfaces. Florets in the circumference white., as 
long as the calyx. Petals very numerous, strap-shaped, and entire. Style 
thread-shaped, white, acute, cloven. Central florets numerous, yellow; 
styles yellow, cloven, blunt. FI. Suec. Down a reddish rust-colour. 
Sp. PI. Limi'cEus seems to consider E. alpinum and uniflorum , as one 
* (More particularly troublesome on converted heaths; the scythe is of little use in 
destroying it ; dressings of clay or marl will soon cause this weed to disappear. Its 
presence denotes sterility. Sinclair. E.) 
f (From r,g, the spring, and yspcv, an old man ; alluding to its hoary and gray 
appearance in that season. E.) 
$ (The bark of this plant, after having undergone the process of soaking, may he 
manufactured into excellent paper ; as stated by M. Losanne to the Agricultural Society of 
Turin.—The English name of Flea-bane is derived from its reputed power when burned, to 
destroy such vermin; and has been applied likewise to Congza sijiiarrosa , but more 
correctly to the present genus: and perhaps more especially to the plant of Dioscorides and 
Theophrastus, ( E . viscosum )*, whose leaves interspersed with glutinous glands, and often 
purposely anointed with milk, attract and entangle the numerous insects which prove a 
sore annoyance in the south of Europe. E.) 
