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Show The Hiflory of P L ~ · N .T S. Solidago caule ereEto, racemis alternis er~Eiis. 'The ereEl-.ftalked Solidago, with alternate, ereE! clu.fters of flowers. <!tonunon <l5otben:::toll. The root is oblong, woody, and tough: the plant rifes to. two feet high: the ftalk is round, rigid, and of a purplifh colour : the leaves are an mch and a half long, an inch broad, ferrated, and of a du!ky green colour: the flowers are very numerous, fmall, and yellow ; they ftand in little clufters, toward the top of the ftalk, forming a kind . of fpike. It is common on heaths and in woods. C. Bauhine calls it, Virga aurea vulgaris la-tifolia. The other fpecies are, I. The narrow-leaved, mountain Solidago, with conglobated flowers. 2. The broad-leaved, ferrated Solidago. 3· The narrow-leaved, not ferrated Solidago. 4. The broad, fmooth-leaved Solidago. 5· The rigid, bay-leaved Solidago. 6. The narrow-l~aved, bc:autiful, panicled, American Sol~dago: 7· The narrow-leaved, American Sohdago, with a lefs elegant pod. 8: The hmonmm-leaved Solidago, with the ~owers on one fide. 9· The very fmall. Solidago. 10 .. The leffer, glutinous-leaved Solidago. 1 I. The long, narrow, and glutmous-leaved Solidago. I 2. The aurited-leaved, purple-flowered Solidago. 13. The broad-leaved, purple Solidago, called New England After. 14. The undulated-leaved, purple Solidago. I 5· The New England Solidago, with tripolium flowers. 16. The roundi01, fmooth, and ferrated-leaved Solidago. 17. The broad, rigid-leaved, American Solidago. 18. The linaria-leaved, American Solidago. 1 9· The willow-leaved, American Solidago. 2 0. The great-flowered, American Solidago. ASTER. T HE receptacle is naked; the down is fimple; the radii of the corollula are more than ten; the lower fquammre of the cup are patulous. This genus comprehends the After of Tournefort, and the Helenium and Afier- · opterus of Vaillant. Afler joliis rugojis amplexicaulibus, calycis fquammis ovatis patuHs. The rugofe, amplexicaule-leaved After, with thefquammce of the cup oval and patulous. (!J;lecantpane. The root is a foot long, and two inches in diameter, brown on the outfide, white within, and of an aromatic tafte : the radical leaves are a foot and a half long, and fix or feven inches broad, rugofe, crenated, and hoary underneath : the fl:alks are five feet high, very thick, and robufi; the leaves on them 'are numerous, and like the radical ones, but fmaller: the flowers are very large, and yel~ow; they. fiand at the tops of the branches. 1 • It is wild in fame places with us, but is' cultivated in gardens alfo, for the fake of it's root, which is in great u!c in the !hops as a pectoral. C. Bauhine calls it, Helenium vulgare; others, Enula campana. The other fpecies of After are, I. The common, blue After, or After Atticus. · 2. The round-leaved, hairy, great, blue-flowered After. 3· Th~ oblong-leaved, great, blue-flowered After. 4· The dwarf, mountain Aller. 5· The narrow-leaved, tripolium- flowered Afl:er. 6. The blue, acrid, field After. 7· The great, blue After Atticus. 8. The little, blue After, or blue Flea-bane. 9· The willow-leaved After, called Tripolium. I o. The early, Pyrenrean, gr~at-flowered After. 1 r. The fmall, blue-flowered, tall, ~utumnal Afier. 12. The broad-leaved, umbellated After. I 3• The tall, ramofe, da1fy-leaved After. 1 4· The hyffop-leaved After. 15. The ramofe, annual Afier, called the umbelliferous Daify. I 6. The great, yellow-flowered, hairy After. 17. The conyza-leaved Afier, commonly called Conyza media, and middle Fleabane. 18. The yellow, woolly-leaved, Dutch After. 19. The very hoary-leaved After. 20. The mullein-leaved, hairy Aller. 21. The glutinom, hyffop-leaved After. 22. The long-leaved, mountain, yellow After. 23. The long, woolly-lea~ed After. 24. The fea After, with thick, rounded tridentated leaves. called Samp1re, ' • · and The Rij}ory of P L A N T S. 577 ~nd golden-flowered Sampire. 2 5. The Iaciniated-leaved, marlh All:er. 2 6. The little, round-flowered After, or little Fleabane 27 The t b d 11 [c Aft 8 Th {j • • · u erous-roote ye ow ea Ther .. 2 b. I e moo'th., Willow-leaved After. 29. The primrofe-lea~ed After' 30. e Jaco rea- eaved Afler. · . · I ·N U L A. T H ~ receptacle is naked; the down is fimple; the antherre terminate in fetre at their bafes. .Thefe characters fufi?ci~ntly difiinguiili the Inula from all other plants of this dafs, wtthout a farther defcnptwn. S E N E C I 0. ,, T HE receptac:;le is na~ed; the down is fimple,; the calyx is cylindric and calycu. Iate, and the fummlt of the bafe fphacelated. ~h1s genus comprehends the Senecio. of Tournefort and others, and many .of the fpecies of Jacobrere of the fame authors. Senecio Joliis pinnatis, pinnis linearibus, apice incijis, Jubtus incanis. 'lbe pinnated-(e~ved Senecio, with linear pinnee, drvtded at the extremities. 10trtrtnfal, g~ounnftl::: teaben l\aglbo~t. Tl~e root is o~long, tough, and fibrated: the plant rifes (o three feet high: the fialk IS robuft, finated, and fimple : the leaves are divided into narrow fegments of a dark green colo~r on the .upper furface, and hoary underneath: the flowers are Ia~ge,· yellow, and beautifully radiated; they fiand in a kind of umbels, at the topp of the fialks. . It is common i.n paftures. C. Bauhine calls- it, Jacobrea fenecionis folio perennis. The other fpec1es are, of thofe called Seneciones by authors, 1. The common Senecio; or G~oundfel; .. 2. The ragwort-leaved, taller Senecio. 3. The tall, great-leaved, Amencan Senecw. · 4· The purple-flowered, American Senecio. . ?f thofe called Jacobrere are, I. The common Ragwort, or Jacobrea. 2. The Iacmiated- leave~, fmaller-flowered Jacobrea. 3· The broad-leaved, water Ragwort. 4· The round1G1, ferrated-leaved Jacobrea. S· The round, undivided-leaved Jacob:f!a. 6. 1 he oblong, ferrated-leaved Jacobrea. 7· The long, ferratecl-leaved Jacobrea, called Saracens Confound. 8. The betony-leaved Jacobrea. 9· The tall, mar01 Jacobrea with ferrated leaves. I o. The tall, limonium-leaved Jacobrea. I 1. The woad-leaved Jac~brea. I 2 • The blue-green, chryfanthemum-leaved Jacobrea. I 3. The large-flowered, finely dividedleaved Jacobrea. 14. The rofemary-lea~ed Jacobrea. 1 5· The. multifid-leaved, um? ellated Jacobrea .. 16. The thick, groundfel-leaved, fea Jacobrea. I7· The lefs Jagged Jacobrea, wtth lhort petals. 18. The hairy, vifcid, thick-leaved Jacobrea. 1 9. The woollyJ narrow-leaved Jacobrea. 20. The white-leaved, fea Jacobrea. 21. The . wormwood-leaved Jacobrea. 22. The hawkweed-leaved Jacobrea called hawkweed Doronicum. 23. The peach-leaved Jacobrea. 24. The ferulac~ous-leaved greatflowered Jacobrea. 25. The abrotanum-leaved Jacobrea. 26. The lhrubby,' abrotanum- leaved Jacobrea. .27. The clary-leaved']acobrea. 28. The.fonchus-leaved Jacobrea. 29. The dandelion-leaved Jacobrea. 30 .. Th~· undulated-leaved Jacobrea. 3 r. Th~ purple-flowered, narrow-leaved, laciniated Jacobrea. 3 2. The tuberous-rooted. Afncan Jacobrea. 33· The procumbent, hypericum-leaved Jacobrea. 34· The willow~ leaved, American Senecio. .I TUSSILAG· o. T H E receptacle is naked : the down is ftmple: the fquammre of the cup are even, and are equal to the diik in fize. This genu.s comprehends the Tuffilago, Cacalia, and Petafites of Tournefort and ti>thers. ........ 7H 'I' ujJilago |