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Show The Hi.flory of P LA N T S. 574 The other fpecies are, 1. The long-leaved, black-headed Gnaphalium. 2. The round-flowered, mountain Gnapbaliurn, called Cat's-foo~. 3· T~e common Gnaphalium, called Herba impia. 4· The great, long-leaved. Gnaphahull?. 5· The lutle, Owrt-leavcd Gnaphalium. 6: The }3rg~-flower~d1 Alpm~ Gnaphahum. 7· The. oblong foli0 fe-headed mountam GnaphalJum. 8. The fol10fe-headed, fea Gnaphalmm. 9 . The very, fine~leavedl (mall-headed~ erect Gnaphalium, 10. The woolly, fea Gnaphalium. Of thofe called Elychryfa there are, I. The narrow-leaved Elychryfum, or Strechas cttrma. 2. The five-leaved Elychryfum. 3· The narrow and few-leaved Elychryfum. 4 . The umbellated, fea Elychryfum. 5· The rough, trifid-leaved Elychryfum. 6. The lingle-flowered, green-leaved Elychryfum. 7· The broad-leaved, {mall fingle-flowered Elychryfum. 8. The broad-leaved Elychryfum, with a larger, fingl~ flower. 9· The broad-leaved, wild Elychryfum, with conglobate heads. 1 o. The ramofe, broad-leaved Elychryfum. 1 I. The elegant, oriental Elycbryfum. 12. The reddifh-yellow-cupped Elychryfum. 1 3· The. narrow-leaved Elychryfum, with conglobated heads. 14. The broad-kaved, Am~pcan Elychryfum. 15. The campion-leaved Elychryfum. 16. The ile~-le~ved, filrl,lbby Elychryfum . . 17. The great, filve1y-cupped, African Elychryfum. t8. The very narrow-leaved Elychryfum, with great, filvery cqp~. 19. The cori~-leaved, ihrub Elychryfum. 20. The roundi(h-\ea'-red, woolly Elychrylum. 2 f. The yellow, umbellated Elychryfum. 22. The polium-leaved Elychryfum. 23. Th~ narrow-leaved, red-flowered Elychryfum. 24, The rQfetnary-leaved Elychryfum. 25. The plantain-leaved Elychryfum. z6. The large-leaved, fiinking Elych(yfum. 27. The broad-leaved, dwarf Elychryfum. 28. The low, ~ap\llaceous-leavc:d Elychryfum, XERANTHEMUM. T HE receptacle is fetac~ous; the down has five fetre: the calyx is imbricated and longo-radiate. This genus comp~:ehends the Xeranthemum and Xeranthemoides of authors. Xeranthemum receptaculis paleaceis, folt'is ohlongis. ~uftrian 'Ihe long-leaved Xeranthemum, with paleaceous receptacles. ~nte;tllJO~t. The roo.t is annual, oblong, blackilh, woody, and .fibrated: the plant rifes to a foot and half high; the ilalk is .fiender and whitHh ;, the leaves are oblong, narrow, fofr, whitilh~ and hoary : the flowers fiand at the extremities of the branches, and are. large and elegant; they are dry and gloffy, the cup is fquammated, and of a filvery w:hice; the flower whitilh, with a call: of a purpli(h blue. It is a native of Germany and France. C. Bauhine calls it, Jacca olere folio, capitulis fimplicibys ~ Clufius, Pta~mica Aufiriaca. The flowers retain their beauty many years. The other fpecies are, 1. The hoary, white-flowered Xeranthemum. 2. The fmall, purple-flowered Xeranthemum. CARP E S I U M. T H E rece~tacle is naked ; there is no down to the feeds : the calyx is imbri-cated, and the exterior fquammre of it are reflex. . Of this genus there is but one known fpecies. CARPS S I U M. The root is con;tpofed of a multitude of large fibres : the leaves are four or five i~ches long, three mches broad, ferrated, obtufely pointed, and hairy : the fialk IS erect ~Qd branched ; toward the top it grows thick, and the flowers from the bending of th~s part ~roop downwards : the flowers are moderately large and yellowi!h. It 1s a nauve of Italy~ Ray calls it Afte.r cernuus . C Bauhine Aller Atticus fo .. liis circa &rem mollibus. , ' · ' B A. C C H A R I S. The Hi}Jory of P L A N T S. 575 BACCHARIS. T H ~ receptacle is naked ; the down is fimple; the calyx is imbricated and c lin .. dnc. Thefe. charaCters fufficien~ly difiingu~fh the Baccharis: the plant Jommonly known by th1s name, however, IS not of thts genus, but is properly a conyza. C 0 NY Z A. T H E receptacle is naked ; the down is fimple; the cup is imbricated and roundilh, Cof1;YZ.a foliis lanceolatis acutis, caule annuo corymhofo. The lanceolate, acute-leaved Conyza, with corymbofe flalks. 10lolbttutn' g ~ptktnarn. The root is oblong, thick, tough, and biennial : the plant rifes to two feet high : the ~alks are round, robuft, and fomewhat hairy: the leaves are numerous, two or three mches .long, broad, _ferrated, rough, and fomewhat hoary: the flowers are fmall and yellowilh, or browmlh, and fiand in umbels. It is 'Common by way-fides with us. C. Bauhine calls it Conyza major vulgaris ; others, Baccharis Monfpelienfium. ' Clefs the Nineteenth. Order the Second. Divijion the Second. Syngenejia Po!Jgamia Superflua, with radiated flowers;~ the Herb((; Fl9re radiato of authors. ,, r u' ' E RIG E R 0 N. T HE receptacle is naked ;. the down is fimple ; the radii of the corollula are very narrow, and linear. This genus comprehends the Conyzella, Conyzoides, and fome of the Senecio's of Dillenius. Erigeron pedunculis unifloris . lateralihus, calycibus fquarrojis. . _ The jingle, lateral-flowered Erigeron, with filuarrofe cups. <l5~tat.., flbeet .fltabrutt. The root is large, thick, perennial, and fibrated : the fialk is lhrubby, rainofe> three feet high, and glutinous to the touch: the leaves are three inches long, and near an inch broad,. of a pale green colour, hairy, lightly ferrated, and vifcous to the touch: the flowers are yellow, and refemble thofe of the common fenecio; they fiand in a kind of fpikes, at the tops of the branches. It is common by way-fides. in Italy. C. Balllhine calls it, Conyza mas Theophrafii, major DiofcoFidis. The other fpeties are~ 1. The toad-flax-leaved, annual, Canada Erigeron, or Conyza. 2. The coronopus-leaved, American Erigeron. 3· The ovato-lanceolate-leaved, camphorated Erigeron. 4· The lhort-leaved Erigenon. 5· The ramofe, longer-leaved, fmall-flowered Erigeron. 6. The larger-flowered Erigeron. S 0 L I D A G 0. T HE receptacle is naked; the down is fimple; the radii of the corollula are about .five; the fqua.mmce of the cup are imbricated and clofed. This genus comprehends the Virga aurca of Tournefort, and fome of his Jacobrere, as alfo the. Dorire and Ja(obreoides of authors. Solidago |