Ri G ER o N A c r e . URPLE i RI GERON.
ERIGERON Linnoei Gen. PI. S yn g e n e s ia Po l y g a m ia su p e r f lu a .
Rau Synopfis. H er bæ f lo r e c o m po s it o , semine pa p po so non l a c t e s c e n t e s
FLORE DISCOÏDE. « V FH ü u t iu u ,
ERIGERON Acre pedunculis altérais unifloris. Linn. Sp. PI. i 2i'i.
ERIGERON Â p ù n ^ D u o , . foiia lanceolate, bail et apice attenuata.
ERIGERON ^ r ’4 r l fll 5 ‘85PaPPUm æqUantibUS' “
CONYZA ccerulea acris. Bauhin Pin. 265. Gérard. emac. 484.
ASTER arvenfis coeruleus acris. Raii Syn. 175. Blue-flowered fweet Fleabane.
CONYZA odorata ccerulea. Parkinfon 126.
SENECIO five Erigeron coeruleus. J . B. U. 1043. Hud/bn FL Angl. 314. Oeder Fl. Dan. Tab. 292.
'DIX perennis, fibrofa, fibris pallide fufcis.
SUS ereftus, rigidus, pedalis, purpureus, ftriatus,
foüofus, hirfutus, in quibufdam vix ramofus,’
in aliis ramofiifimus.
LIA alterna, feflïlia, hirfuta, inferiora obtufe ovata
bafi angultiora, fuperiora.angufta, reflexa, 1
tortuofa, ramorum iinearia, fubereÉla. 1
ÈRES ereâi, nunquam fefe explicantes ficut pie- ■
rique flores Claflïs SyngeneGæ, exterai !
purpurei, interni flavefcentes, cum cavitate (
I in medio. ;
jLYX communis imbricatus, fquamis fubulatis, (
ereftis, purpureis, hirfutis, Iaxis, Jig. i. ’ !
fOLLA compofita, radiata; CmroUula hcrmaph.ro- §
ditto tubulofae, numerofm in difco, jig. 2. I
frninta ligulatae, pauciores in radio, jig. I
3. Propria hermaphrodili infundibuliformis, j
flava, limbo quinquefido, Jig. 2. Feminece j
Iigulata, linearis, eretta, purpurea, herma- J
pnroditâ longior, jig. a. I
ROOT perennial and fibrous, the fibres o f a pale
brown colour.
j? STA LK upright, rigid, about a foot high, purple,
5 uriated, leafy, and hirfute, in fome fcarce
5 branched at all, in others very much fo.
j LEAVES alternate, feflile, hirfute, the bottom ones
I of a.blunt oval Ihape, and narrow at bottom,
I the upper ones narrow, turning back and
I twilled, thofe of the branches linear and
I nearly upright.
5 FLOWERS upright, never expanding themfelves like
I moil o f the flowers of the Clals Syngenefia,
l externally purple, internally yellow, with a
? cavity in the middle.
? CALYX : the common Calyx compofed o f a number
l °t fcales, which are narrow and pointed,
> «Plight, purplilh, hirfute, and loofely coni
nefted, fig. 1. 7
I COROLLA compound and radiated; the hermaphrodite
flowers tubular and numerous in the
middle, fig. 2. the female flowers ligulate,
, fewer in the circumference, fig. 3. each
hermaphrodite flofcule funnel-lhaped, yellow,
with the limb divided into five fegments,
fig. 2. each female flofcule, linear, upright,
purple, longer than the hermaphrodite flower,
f i s • 3*
: STAMINA : in the hermaphrodite flowers : five
\ F il a m e n t s , very fmall and fhort; the
PT#rrTT A ntheræ united into a tube.
1 PISTIL LUM o f the hermaphroditeflowers; th e G e r -
1 m e n crow n ed w ith a P ap p u s o r D ow n a
lit t le lo n g e r than the C o ro lla , fig. 4 . th e
Style filiform, th e len g th o f the P a p p u s ,
, M ' 5 - St ig m a bifid, fig. 6. of the Female
flowers; the G erm en flender, the Pappus
nearly the length of the Corolla, fig. 7. two
Iongitudine Pappi, jig. 5. S t igm a -
bindum, fig. 6. Femineis: G ermen tenue, 1
Pappo Iongitudine fere Corollas, jig. 7. 1
St igm ata duo, tenuiffima, fig. 8. 1
> 01?i:irvc St ig m a t a very flender, fig. 8.
1 SEEDS oblong, o f a pale brown colour, hirfute,
j magnified, fig. g. Pappus feflile, yellowifli
and limple, fig. 10.
fMINA hermaphroditic: F il am e n t a quinque,
capillaria, breviflima: A n t h e r s in tubum
coalitee.
| 1I)LUM hermaproiitis: G ermen coronatum
rappo corolla paulo longior, jig. 4. S t y lu s
PNA oblonga, pallide fufea, hirfuta, lente au£l. !
j M - 9. P a p pu s felfilis, lutefeens, fimplex, <
* m the m0nths ° f Auguft and September, and is cofifidered as a pretty fure indication o f a barren
pta fte fomewhat warm and biting, and hence has received its name o f AcHs.
« d s w!:hn r s r u s X r ’5 name of E r ism n tban adopt ray>s — ° f f u ^ -
iaimJy grows much ,aUerj and js often found mu(;h fmall(.r< than ^ fpes;men we haye figufed_j