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Spiuanthes crocata. Saffron-flowered 

 Spilanthes. 



Clafs and Order. 

 Syngenesia Polygamia ^Equalis. 



Generic CharacJer. 



Recept. paleaceum, conicum. Sent, comprefib-plana, mem- 

 branaceo-marginata. Pappus ariftis 2 ; altera faepe minore. Cal. 

 fubaequalis. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



SPILANTHES crocata; foliis oppofitis erofo-dentatis decur- 

 rentibus, floribus globofis, calyce polyphyllo imbricate, 

 feminibus alatis. 



BIDENS crocata; caule alato foliis pinnatifidis. Cav. Ic. v. 1. 

 p. 66. t. 99. 



BIDENS crocata ; floribus difcoideis, calyce imbricato, foliis 

 fcabro-canis erofo-dentatis, caulinis fublyratis, radicalibus 

 ovatis, caule quadrialato. Willd. Sp.Pl. 3. p. 1723. Perfoon 

 Syn. 2. p. 394. 



Spilanthes and Bidens do not appear to have been 

 defined with fufficient accuracy to allow of all the fpecies being 

 decifively arranged; and Verbesina differs from neither, 

 except in the prefence of a radius to the flower. At prefent it 

 feems fafeft to arrange fuch fpecies as have flat marginated feeds 

 under the former, and thofe with angulated feeds under the 

 latter. It is upon this principle that we have referred our pre- 

 fent plant to Spilanthes. It is probable however that future 

 obfervations will feparate all the South- American from the Eaft- 

 Indian fpecies, with which they have little fimilarity of habit. 



The Calyx in Spilanthes crocata confifts of many leaflets, 

 imbricated, the lower feries Ihorter than the upper ones. The 



pales 



