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WEDELIA hispidrf. : 

 Rfmgh'futfed WsdeUu: 



SYNCiKNESIA POLYGAMIC SVPEHFLUA. 



Nat ord. Compositje. AdaTisonfam. 2. 103. 



CoRYMBiFER^. Jussieu gen. 177- Div. VL 

 HelianthE^. CaBsini injitum. de phys, 88 (an 1810). 191, 



WEPELIA. Invohicmm (calyx) subsemiglobosum, polyphyllum, laxi 

 imbricatuoi, foliolix exterioribus sgepe majoribus, patulia, liecepL subpla- 

 num> palcaceum, Flosc. disci tobulosi^ bertuaphroditi ; radii ligulati, femi^ 

 nei, Ackenia (semina) cofonata urceolo niinato, membranaceo, laciniato- 

 fimbritLto; jFhiticHli ant Xerbce prdetlin&entiaf hispida, oppositifoUa, Floret 

 tetipiAaleM imialaref-i soUtarii, peduntnktti^ Jiavi. Kuath nov. gen. et spec- 

 4-214- 



W< kispid^t foliis lanoeolatis aiit subovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, serratis^ 

 dente utroque inlimo majure; folioUs involucri (calycis) exterioribus lau- 

 ceolatis aiit ovato-lanceolatis. Kuntk toe. cit 215. tab, 371- 

 Herba ramosisgimaj procumbent; ramis opposiiis, dichotomiSf terctibut, 

 striatis, kispidis. FoL opposlta, peiiolata, ianceolata^ superiora mbovatih 

 lanceolatay acuminata, basi valdi angnstata et in petiolum decurrentiaf in-' 

 fernt integerrima^ supem^ argute serrata, dente injimo utriusque lateris 

 majore, reticnlato-tripHnermaf nervis subtus prominentibuSy membranaceat 

 utrinque hispida^ adjecto petioh bipollicaria^ 6-7 tineas lata: pettoli breves, 

 hispidu Flores terminates, demum alares, solitarii longi&simi peduncutati, 

 magnitudinejloris BiDENTjs cemute: pedunc. 6-8-po//kare5, teretes, striatic 

 Aispidif nudi, Invoh (cb\.) kispidunty mbkemisphcericum, potypkyllum, fo!i- 

 olis fea* imbricatis; 4-5 exterioribus lanceohttis ant ovato-lanceotatis, acutis, 

 plants, jnembranaceis, integen-imis, kispidu, semipotlicaribvs; interioribus 

 duplo brevioribus oblongis'scarioso-diaphmis, simitibus paleis receptaculi. 

 Recept, subplanum, paleaceum; paleis lanceolatis, brevioribus, acutis, can- 

 natis, UTiinerviis, glabris, scarioso-diaphunu. Flose- disci crebri, tubulosi, 

 kemtaphroditi: radii Q-T (circith* 15 ex Bonpland) ligulati, feminei. Flosc, 

 HERHAPHRi. Cox.Jluva, glabra; tubo temii, tereti; limbo infundibulif&rmi 

 b-nervio, b-dentato; dentibus ovatis acutis enerviis puberulis pallidis. Stam. 

 mmmo tubo inserta: fi!. glalna : antha- connatiB, incbisw, nigricantes. Germ, 

 lineare, conipressum, pitositisculum rtrceolo minuto sessili fmbriato termina- 

 turn : stylus glaber inclusus: stig. 2 partita exserta, ladniis patenti-reatrvatis 

 pubescentibus. Flosc, feml Cou^ava; tfibotermi, cmnpresso; liguia o6- 

 longa, Z-dentata, plana, patente, sub^nervia, & tineas longa: germ, lineare, 

 H-angulare, glabrum, corojiatum urceolo minuio sessitijimbriato: stylus viz 

 exsatm, glaber: stig- 2^rtitum, exsertum, tacimis capiUaceis. Fructus 

 desideratur. Kunth 1- c, 215, 



No plant of this genus has been yet noticed as being in 

 our gardens. The introduction of the present species is 

 due to Mr, Lambert, with whom it flowered last summer 

 at Bovton-bouse. in Wiltshire; whence we had the sample 



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