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Erigeron
1. Canadense Will: Mich:
Root. Fibrous, branching, annual.
Stem. round, Striated 2 to 4 feet high, hairy when young,
nearly smooth when
of the stem.
Leaves. Sitting. Strap. Spear shaped, attenuated toward the
base by dilated where it
joins the Stem. Ciliated toward the base, subscabrous on the
upper surface
smooth beneath, of the branches, like the stem but very
small awl shape
Flowers. in panicles much branched. Racemose on the
branches —
Peduncles. Short 1/4 inch, hairy.
Calyx. imbricated with narrow leaflets, membranaceus at the margins, glandular at
at the point.
Florets. of the Ray, very narrow, white scarcely longer than the Calyx, numerous
of the Disk, quadrifid, yellow, length of those of the ray —
Pappus. capillary.
Seeds. oblong, sprinkled with a few short hair —
Receptacle. Naked.
Grows in dry pastures abundantly. Flowers in June & July.
nearly allied to Senecio —
6th July 1810

2. Stoloniferum nova Species. {Erigeron} pulchellum
Radix. filbrosus, perennis, repens, stoloniferus.
Caulis. herbaceus, erectus, sesquepedalis, teres, sub
sulcatus villosissimus,
superne sub ramosus.
Folia. radicalia spathulato-obovata, obtusa, dentata, venosa,
villosissimi
caulina sessilia, alterna, sparsa, inferiora radicalibus similia
superior
minora anguste lanceolata.
Flores. pauci, terminales, majusculi, flor caulen terminaus
major quam [usin?]
pedunculos latenales.
Pedunculi. nudi, axillares, elongati, teretes villosi, superne
incrassati
Calyx. polyphyllus sub imbricatus, foliolis lineari-lanceolatis
acuminatis pilosis
laxe appressis, basi foliolo uno vel duobus calyculatis —
foliolis fere in duplice ordine
subaequales, dicum aequentes.
Corolla. Radii. (flores numerosissimae) linearis, ligulata, radio disco fere duplo longior
apice bidentata, tubo extus piloso, pallide coerulea, fere alla. Disci (flores etrum numeros:) parva,
tubulosa, nervosa, flavescens, illegible limbo quinquedentato, dentibus acutis apice purpuras
centibus.
Stamina. filamenta quinque capillacea tubo corollae adnata.
Antherae coalitae apice
distinctae, corollam aequantes. flor: Radii. 0.
Pistillum. germen (flor. Radii) oblongum sub pilosum. Stylus
tubo multo longior
filiformis bifidus. Stigmata simplicia patentis. Radii. germen
simile Stylus
filiformis Staminibus longior, bifidus. Stigmata glandulosa,
incrassata sub
appressa.
Semina. oblonga compressa sub marginata pappo scabro
ma discum aequante, paulo convexum.
Receptaculum. planum nudum, sub favosum.
Habitat is aridis umbrosis. juxta Beaufort, etiam Charleston
mihi rana.
florens Mart: April: videtur epe {Erigeron} pulchellum Mich:
ut qui habitum et
dentes is foliis veteribus non observavit.
12. April 1811.