308 LXXVIII. composirzZ. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Guizotia. 
G. abyssynica, Cass. in Dict. Sc. Nat. 59, 248; pubescent upwards, 
leaves sessile $-amplexicaul ovate-lanceolate or subcordate serrate, invol. bracts 
5. G. oleifera, DC. in Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Genev. v. 7, cum Ic. ; Prodr. v. 551; 
Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 128; Wight. IH. t. 132; Clarke Comp. Ind. 139. 
Helianthus oleifera, Wall. Cat. 3194, and Bidens Ramtilla, 3191. Ramtilla 
oleifera, DC. in Wight. Contrib. 18. Heliopsis platyglossa, Cass. l.c. 24, 332. 
Verbesina sativa, Bof. Mag. t. 1017 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 441. Polymnia abys- 
synica, Linn. f. Suppl. 383. 
Cultivated in various parts of INpra. A native of tropical Africa. 
A stout, erect, smooth or scabrid, leafy herb, 1-3 ft. high, stem often as thick as 
the little finger. Leaves 3-5 in., sessile, }-amplexicaul, linear or lanceolate-oblong, 
obtuse, serrate, Heads 4-1 in. diam. ; peduncles naked, 1-2 in.; outer invol. bracts 
broadly elliptic or ovate, obtuse, green ; ligules few, broad. 
58**, SYNEDRELLA, Goin. 
Annual, branched, pubescent or villous herbs. Leaves opposite, petioled, 
toothed. Heads small, heterogamous, radiate ; ray-fl. 1—2-seriate, fertile, ligule 
short broad 2—3-toothed yellow; disk-H. 9%, fertile, tubular, limb 4-toothed. 
Involucre ovoid or oblong; bracts few, 1-2 outer usually foliaceous, inner like 
the pales; receptacle small, pales scarious flat. -Anther-bases subentire. Style- 
arms of D with long acute tips. Achenes of ray dorsally compressed, 2-winged, 
smooth, wings lacerate, of the disk few narrower compressed or triquetrous 
often muricate, the angles of both terminating in spines.—Disrris. Species 2, 
tropical American, one also African and Asiatic. 
S. nodiflora, Gerin. Fruct. ii. 450, t. 171, f. 7 ; Hook. Exot. Fl. t. 60; 
Clarke Comp. Ind. 139. Verbesina nodiflora, Linn. Amoen. Acad. iv. 290. 
The cultivated places, Assam, Jenkins; ManTABAN, Stoliczka; ANDAMAN IsLps., 
Kurz.—Disrris. Tropical America. 
An erect dichotomously branched herb; stem and branches terete, glabrous. 
Leaves ovate-lanceolate, shortly petioled, serrate, scaberulous, 8-nerved. Heads 
sessile, axillary and terminal ; inner invol. bracts linear-lanceolate, shining. Achenes 
slender, black ; spines 2-3 times as long, erect, very stout. 
59. GLOSSOCARDIA, Cass. 
A branched, annual, glabrous herb. eaves alternate, slender, 1—2-pinnati- 
sect. Heads small, terminal and axillary, heterogamous, rayed, yellow; ray-fl. 
Q , usually solitary, fertile, ligule 2-fid ; disk-fl. 6, few, fertile, tubular, limb 
4-fid. Involucre oblong; bracts few, inner oblong with broad membranous 
margins, outer 1-3 slender; receptacle small, flat; pales few, flat. -Anther- 
bases obtuse, entire. Sfyle-arms of Y with linear, acute, hispid tips. Achenes 
narrowly oblong, dorsally much compressed, faces bearded ; pappus of 2 smooth 
stiff awns. 
1. G. linearifolia, Cass. in Dict. Sc, Nat. xix. 62. G. Bosvallia, DC. in 
Wight Contrib, 19; Prodr. v. 631; Wt. Ic. t. 1110; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. FI. 
129; Clarke Comp. Ind. 159. Verbesina Bosvallia, Linn. f. Suppl. 979. V. 
Boswellia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 443. Pectis meifolia, Wall. Cat. 3198. 
Rommxvwp; at Delhi, Clarke. Bawpa, Edgeworth. CENTRAL Inpia and the 
Deccan. 
Prostrate or erect, diffusely branched from the base; branches 3-10 in. long, 
strict or flexuous, Leaves 1-2 in., 2-pinnatisect, petiole long slender, blade broadly 
ovate in outline, segments filiform. Heads 3 in. long, shortly peduncled ; inner invol. 
bracts large, obtuse, with a striated disk and pale margins, Achenes } in long.— 
Odour of fennel, 
