434 71. COMPOSITE : HELIANTHOIDEjE. 



Wollastonia biflora, DC. Prodr. v. p. 546 ; Henriq. in Bolet. Soc. 

 Brot. iii. p. 148. 



China : without locality (Millett !) ; Formosa {Oldham, 266 !) ; 

 Kwangtung: Macao (Callery); Hongkong (Wright V). Mus. 

 Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



India and Malaya, chiefly in maritime districts. 



' 2. Wedelia calendulacea, Less. Syn. Compos, p. 222; DC. 

 Prodr. v. p. 539 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 182 ; Henriq. in Bolet. 

 Soc. Brot. iii. p. 148 ; Miq. in Journ. de Bot. Neerl. i. p. 104 ; 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 182 ; Wight, lc. PI. Ind, Or. 

 t. 1107. 



Verbesina calendulacea, Linn. ; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 506 ; Bretschn. 

 Early Res. p. 158. 



China: without locality (Fortune, 122!); Kiangsu: Shang- 

 hai (Maingay !) ; Formosa : Tamsui {Oldham, 265 ! Swinhoe !) ; 

 Kwangtung: Macao &c. (Callery I), Lofaushun (Ford I); Hong- 

 kong (Champion ! WilfordY); Luchu Archipelago (Wright ty. 

 Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Widely spread in tropical Asia. 



3. Wedelia prostrata, Hemsl, 



Wollastonia prostrata, Hook, et Am. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 265. 



Verbesina prostrata, Hook, et Am. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 195. 



Shingking: Talienhwan (Swinhoe, hb. Hance, 6541 !); Formosa : 

 near Tamsui (Oldham, 287 ! Hancock !) ; Pescadores (Swinhoe !) ; 

 Kwangtung: Macao (Tate\), Pakhoi (Playfairl); Luchu Ar- 

 chipelago (Beechey !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



The specimens that we have seen from Japan named Wedelia 

 calendulacea appear to be W. prostrata. 



4. Wedelia urticaefolia, DC. Prodr. v. p. 539 (quoad var. ft. 

 tantum) ; Hook. f. Fl, Brit. Ind. iii. p. 306. 



Kwangtung: without locality (Ford I). Herb. Kew. 

 Western peninsula of India. 



[Helianthus giganteu$,Veroesina spicata, and Coreopsis biternata, 

 Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. pp. 507-509), are all obscure plants.] 



1. Bidens bipinnata, Linn. Sp. FL ed. 1, p. 832 ; Lour. Fl. 

 Cochinch. p. 4b8 ; DC. Prodr. v. p. 603 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 



