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Wedelia. | LXXVIII. composirz. (J. D. Hooker.) ! 307 
4. W. Wallichii, Les. in Linnea, vi. 162; suberect, hispid or scabrid, 
leaves petioled ovate acuminate serrate 3-nerved sometimes softly pubescent 
beneath, outer invol. bracts oblong obtuse or acute equalling or exceeding the 
disk-fl., achenes obovoid compressed or obtusely 3-angled, tip contracted. W. 
urticzefolia, var. a and y, DC. Prodr. v. 540. W. scaberrima, Wall. Cat. 3208. 
W. biflora, Clarke Comp. Ind. 137. ? Verbesina biflora, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 440. 
V. biflora, Wall. Cat. 3204 E., 3207 E. Eclipta scabriuscula, Wall. Cat. 3212, 
partly. Ecliptacea, Wall. Cat. 3208. 
Tropica HIMALAYA ; alt. 0-5000 ft., from Kumaon, Edgeworth, to Bhotsn and 
the Mishmi Mts, Griffith. Kasia Mrs, and Birma.—Distrm. Java; 
58. SPILANTHES, Linn. 
Annual herbs. Zeaves opposite. Heads usually long-peduncled, axillary or 
terminal, heterogamous and radiate or homogamous and disciform, ray-fl. 9 ,. 
l-seriate, fertile, ligule white or yellow; disk-fl. D. fertile; tubular, limb 
4-5-fid. Invelucre ovoid or campanulate, bracts sub-2-seriate; receptacle 
convex, elongate, pales enclosing the flowers often connate with the ovary into 
a stalk. Anther-bases truncate, entire or 2-toothed. Style-arms of D truncate. 
Achenes of ray triquetrous or dorsally compressed, margins and angles usually 
ciliate; pappus 0, or of 2-3 bristles.—DrsrRrs. Species about 20, chiefly tropical 
American, 
1. S. Acmella, Zinn. ; erect or ascending, leaves petioled ovate-lanceolate 
crenate-serrate or entire 3-nerved, heads ovoid solitary or panicled, ligules 
minute. Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 129; Clarke Comp. Ind. 198; Kurz in Journ. 
As. Soc. 1877, ii. 176. Verbesina Acmella and Pseuda-acmella, Zinn. Acmella 
Linnæa, Cass. : 
Throughout Ixp1A; ascending the Himalaya and other mountains to 5000 ft.— 
DisrRIB. All warm countries. 
Van. ]. Acmella proper, Clarke Le: peduncles subsolitary, achenes margined 
scabrid, pappus usually of 1-2 bristles. S. Acmella, DG. Prodr. v. 623 ; Wail. Cat. 
3285. S. calva, Wight Ic. t. 1109.— Throughout India. 
Var. 2. calva, Clarke 1 e.; peduncles subsolitary, achenes smoother, pappus 
usually obsolete. S. calva, DC. Prodr. v. 625. S. Pseudo-acmella, Linn.; DC i.c. 
and in Wight Contrib. 19; Wall. Cat. 3185. Cotula conica, Wall. Cat. 3185.— 
Throughout India. 
Var. 3. oleracea, Clarke l. c. ; more robust and succulent, heads and leaves larger, 
peduncles subsolitary, achenes as in var. 1. S. oleracea, Jacq. Hort. Vind. ii. t. 135; 
Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 410; DC. Prodr. v. 624. Bidens fervida and fixa, Lamk. Dict. i. 
415, 416.— Cultivated in gardens. 
Van. 4. paniculata, Clarke Lo: taller, more branched, heads numerous panicled, 
achenes strongly margined sparsely scabrid, pappus bristles 1-2. S. paniculata, DU. 
l.c. 625; Wall. Cat. 3186.— Birma, Wallich, Ze, ; Sikkim, J. D. H: Banda, Edge- 
worth ; Madras Coll., G. Thomson. I suspect this to be a cultivated form, 
58*. GUIZOTIA, Cass. 
Annual herbs. Leaves opposite, or the upper alternate. Heads peduncled, 
axillary and terminal, heterogamous, rayed ; ray-fl. 9 , l-seriate, fertile ; ligule 
2-3-toothed, yellow ; disk-fl. 5, fertile, limb campanulate 5-fid.; tube of both 
short, woolly, embracing the top of the achene.  Znvolucre campanulate ; bracts 
sub-2-seriate, outer subfoliaceous, inner like the pales; receptacle convex or 
conic; pales flat, scarious. Anther-bases truncate, entire. Style-arms of Y, 
with subulate hairy tips. Achenes glabrous, dorsally compressed, tip rounded ; 
pappus 0.—Disrris. Species 3, tropical African. 
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