71. COMPOSITE : HELTANTH0IBEJ5. 435 



p. 183 ; Franchet, PI. David, p. 165, et in Mem. Soc. Sc. Nat. 

 Cherbourg, xxiv. p. 226 ; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 80. 



Bidens chinensis, Wall. Cat. 3189, partim. 



Bidens Wallichii, DC. Prodr. v. p. 598. 



Bidens pilosa, var. bipinnata, Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 309. 



Chihli : near Peking (Bushell ! Williams ! JBretschneider !) ; 

 Formosa: Tamsui (Oldham, 258!) ; Hupeh: Ichang and imme- 

 diate neighbourhood (A. Henry I); Hongkong (ChampionX). 

 Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Generally spread in warm countries. 



2. Bidens cernua, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 832; DC. Prodr. v. 

 p. 594 ; Hooh.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 309; Franchet, PI. David. 

 p. 165. 



Chihli : Peking (Bretschneider !), Jehol (David, 2115 !) ; 

 Kiangsu : Shanghai (Faber !). Herb. Kew. 



Western Europe to China, and in North America from Hud- 

 son's Bay to the Pacific and southward on the eastern side to 

 Virginia. 



{Bidens leucorhiza, DC. (Prodr. v. p. 605), syn. Coreopsis leu- 

 corhiza, Lour. (Fl. Cochinch. p. 508), is insufficiently described 

 for recognition.] 



3. Bidens Meyeniana, Walp. in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xix. 

 Suppl. 1, p. 271, et Pep. vi. p. 168. 



Kwangtung : Cape Syngmoon (Meyen ex Walpers). 

 Said to be next to B. parviflora, and it may be referable to this 

 or to B. bipinnata. 



4. Bidens parviflora, Willd. Fnum. PI. Hort. Berol. p. 848 ; 

 DC. Prodr. v. p. 602 ; Ledeb. Fl. Boss. ii. p. 518; Franch. et 

 Savat. Fnum. PI. Jap. i. p. 233. 



Chihli : Peking (Bretschneider !) ; Shingking : Peiling ( Web- 

 ster !), Kaichow to Kiuchow (Ross !) ; Hupeh : Patung district 

 (A. Henry !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 



Dahuria to Japan. 



5. Bidens pilosa, Linn. Sp. PL ed. 1, p. 832 ; DC. Prodr. v. 

 p. 597 ; Benth. Fl. HongTc. p. 183 ; Debeaux, Fl. Tchef. p. 79 ; 

 Henriq. in Bolet. Soc. Brot. iii. p. 148 ; Franchet in Mem. Soc. 

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



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