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71. COMPOSITE : HELIANTHOIDE.S. 433 



1. Xanthium Strumarium, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 987 ; Lour. 

 Fl. Cochinch. p. 563 ; DC. Prodr. v. p. 523 ; Steetz in Seem. 

 Bot. Voy. « Herald; p. 390 ; Benth. Fl. Ronglc. p. 181 ; Hook.f. 

 Fl. Brit. Lnd. iii. p. 303 ; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 91, et Fl. 

 Tients. p. 27; Franchet in Mem. Soe. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. 

 p. 225. 



Xanthium indicum, Kbnig ex Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. p. 601 ; DC. Prodr. 

 v. p. 523. 



Xanthium chinense, Mill. Diet. ed. 8, n. 4. 



Apparently common in the warmer parts of China (Wright ! 

 Oldham ! Maingay ! A. Henry ! &c). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



A common weed in moat warm countries, supposed to be of 

 American origin. 



1. Siegesbeckia orientalis, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 900 ; DC. 

 Prodr. v. p. 495 ; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 504 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 

 p. 182 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Lnd. iii. p. 304; Franchet, PI. David. 

 p. 164 ; Henriques in Bolet. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 147. 



Chihli and Coeea to Formosa and Kwangtung (Bretschnei- 

 der ! Webster ! Oldham ! Wright ! &c). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Cosmopolitan in warm countries and extending into some tem- 

 perate regions. 



1. Eclipta alba, Hassle. PI. Jav. Bar. p. 528, et in Mia. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. ii. p. 65; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 181; Henria. in Bolet. 

 Soc. Brot. iii. p. 147 ; Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 304; De- 

 beaux, Fl. Shangh. p. 35 ; Franchet, PI. David, p. 165, et in Mem. 

 Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 225. 



Eclipta erecta, Linn., et E. prostrata, Linn. Mant. p. 286 ; DC. Prodr. 

 v. p. 490 ; Miq. in Journ. de Bot. N&rl. i. p. 104. 



Eclipta thermalis, Bunge, Enum. PI. Chin. Bor. p. 39. 



Eclipta marginata, Boiss. Fl. Or. iii. p. 249. 



Chihli to Hongkong (Bretschneider ! Oldham ! Wright ! &c). 

 Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Generally dispersed in tropical and subtropical countries and 

 extending into some temperate regions. 



1. Wedelia biflora, DC. Prodr. v. p. 546 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 

 p. 183; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 306; Hance in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 108. 



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