Compositarum genera nonnulla. 107 
Wedelia buphthalmoides Griseb. Flor. (1861) p. 372 (quoad pl. 
bah.); Gard., Brace et Doll. Bah. p. 388 n. 25; Hitche. Bah. p. 99. 
Ox-eye Bah. ex Gard. 
Hab. in ins. Bahamens.: Swainson ex Griseb., New Providence 
prope Nassau: ex Hitchc., m. Jan. fl.: Curtiss n.30, in fruticetis lito- 
ralibus: Britton et Brace n. 302, Britton n. 77, 3374, Brace n. 266, 
prope Killarney m. Mart. fl.: Eggers n. 4336; Eleuthera: ex Hitche.; Cat 
Isl.: ex Hitche.; Great Exuma prope Georgetown in fruticetis: Britton 
et Millspaugh n. 2929 ex Britt. 
6. Wedelia fruticosa Jacq. Suffrutex vel frutex ramosissimus, 
0,20 — 0,70 m. longus. Truncus saepe decumbens et radicans; rami 
diffusi, scandentes, tenues, 1,5—0,75 mm. crassi, vetusti glabri, juniores 
pilis adpressis strigoso-pilosi, scabriusculi, rubelli. Folia petiolis 10— 
4 mm. longis hirsutis, oblongo-ovata, apice acuta, basi rotundata in 
petiolum breviter decurrentia, margine obsolete remote serrulata vel 
subintegra, 9,5 —2,5:4,5—1,2 cm., supra basin triplinervia, caeterum 
nervis tenuibus ample retieulata, valde membranacea, utrinque pilis 
inaequalibus rigidulis + aspera, laete viridia. Pedunculi apice ramu- 
lorum, plerumque singuli, rarius bini, filiformes, tandem recurvati, 
1,5—11 em. longi. Involucrum 5-phyllum: squamae foliaceae, virides, 
late ovatae, acutiusculae, utrinque longe hispidae, manifeste nervosae, 
7,5—10 mm. longae, 5—7 mm. latae, ima angustiore. Paleae recep- 
taculi exteriores obovatae, apice rotundatae et foliaceae, ciliatae, 
7—6 mm. longae, interiores oblongo-lineares, acutiusculae, plane 
hyalinae, 6—5 mm. longae. Flores radii S—9, ligulati, 1—1,5 cm. 
longi, feminei, fertiles: ligula oblongo-ovata, apiee profunde biloba, 
rarius lobulo tertio minutissimo, manifeste binervis, extrinsecus sca- 
briuscula, lutea; tubus 2 mm. longus; pappus brevissime cupuliformis, 
margine fimbriatus; ovarium 1,5 mm. longum, oblongum, hirtellum; 
stylus 4,5 mm. longus, in ramos 1,5 mm. longos fissus. Flores disei 
er. 45, 7 mm. longi, hermaphroditi, flavo-bruneoli: pappus 10-denti- 
culatus et fimbriatus; corollula anguste poculiformis, 5 mm. longa, 
dentibus 0,75 mm. longis ad marginem hirtellis, ad basin manifeste 
(1,2 mm.) stipitata; antherae 2 mm. longae, nigrae, apice appendicula 
acutissima; ovarium 2 mm. longum, ad basin attenuatum, hirtellum; 
stylus 6 mm. longus, in ramos 1,5 mm. longos hispidos fissus. Achenia 
oblonga, ad basin subattenuata, apice truncato pappo coronata, qua- 
drangula, hirtella, tuberculata, 3 mm. longa, 1,5 mm. diam., dilute 
brunea. Embryo 9, 2 mm. longus, oblongus, radionis l mm. longa, acuta. 
Wedelia frutieosa Jaeqg. Enum. Car, (17 60 2. 28; Lessing Syn. 
. 2. 222, 
