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thelmintica ; but I must follow Jussieu in thinking, that the re- 
ceptaculum nudum of the Cattu Schiragam is a sufficient objection 
to this classification. - 
I shall conclude with a description of the Cattu Schiragam, 
and of several other Indian plants of the same genus, which, in 
imitation of M. Poiret, I shall call Vernonia; although the Su- 
prago of Gzrtner, as his generic character is unexceptionable, 
and was earliest published, seems to have a preferable claim. 
Both Poiret and Gærtner unite the Liatris of Schreber with the 
Vernonia, and I think with good cause; for there is reason to 
believe, that in several species, atleast of Liatris, as wellas in all 
the plants which I have described, the pappus is not really plu- 
mose, but only denticulated. I need not repeat the synonyma 
of the Cattu Schiragam, having already explained all that I have 
to say on the subject. 
Vernonia anthelmintica radice annua, foliis ellipticis subsessili- 
bus serratis, foliolis calycinis squarrosis obtusis. 
Habitat in Indiæ ruderis. 
Radix annua, fibrosa. Caulis erectus, basi lignosus, angulatus, 
villosus. Rami sparsi, teretes, recti. Folia alterna, sub- 
sessilia, elliptica, utrinque acuminata, serraturis acutis in- 
cisa, venosa, pilosa, subtus punctata, undulata. Petiolus 
brevissimus, villosus, ramuli rudimento appendiculatus. 
Flores erecti, purpurei; terminales subsessiles, solitarii : 
laterales insidunt pedunculo unifloro, solitario, tereti, erecto, 
villoso, ad medium foliato. Calyx communis ovatus, squar- 
rosus, imbricatus squamis numerosis, quarum exteriores 
basi erectæ, ad apicem auctæ appendiculo foliaceo, spathu- 
lato, plano, patulo, obtuso: interiores erectæ, lineares, ob- 
tusæ, membranaceæ, breviores. Flosculi omnes hermaphro- 
diti, equales, longitudine calycis, infundibuliformes. Tubus 
filiformis 
