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Spilanthes anactina. 
(Sect. Salivaria.) 
Glabra, lzvis, foliis angusto- v. lineari-lanceolatis integerrimis, 
pedunculis longis terminalibus solitariis, capitulis psene globosis, 
involucri squamis ovatis fere membraneis, receptaculo parvo conico, 
paleis membraneis obtusis apicem versus dilatatis, corolle pallide 
lave tubo amplo, antheris nigris, acheniis breviter biaristatis cilia 
nulla gerentibus. 
In insulis sinus Carpentariz. 
Herba erecta v. decumbens. Folia opposita, herbacea, 2-3" 
longa, 2—4" lata, obtusiuscula, trinervia, nervis lateralibus tenuibus. 
Pedunculi 5-6" longi. Capitula semuncialia. Involucri squamz 
exteriores circa 21" longz, ciliolate. Pales glabrze, obovato- 
euneatz, complicatz, 2" longz. —Corolle bisexuales valde nume- 
rose, pene campanulatz, vix ultra l" longs.  Corolle interdum 
aliquot steriles peripheriez occurrunt, qua si longitudinem con- 
sideras amplz, quum tantummodo 1" longs.  Achenia statu non- 
dum maturo visa, lineam paulo excedentia. 
Spilanthes Acmella. | 
Linné, Syst. Veg. 610 ; Cand. Prodr, vi. 623. (Sect. Acmella.) 
Hirsutiuscula, foliis lanceolato- v. hastato-oblongis, pedunculo 
terminali folia subzquante, capitulo denique ovato, receptaculo 
demum cylindraceo, paleis cymbiformibus psne glabris, ligulis 
brevissimis, corollarum bisexualium tubo tenui, antheris luteis, 
acheniis planis ciliatis setulas 2-3 puberulas apice gerentibus. 
Ad rivum Sturt's Creek.  F. M. 
Folia 13-2" longa, breviter petiolata. Squams involucri ciliatz, 
paulo acutate, 2—3" longs. Receptaculum fructiferum fere 5" 
longum.  Corollz florum feemineorum 11" longz, tubo pubescente. 
Pales 3-4" longs, persistentes.  Achenia disci obovata, pene 2" 
longa, eompressissima, aristulas duas setuliformes vix 1" longas 
gerentia; achenia radii ceteris similia, sed triangulata. 
Spilanthes macroglossa. 
(Sect. Megaglottis.) 
Perennis, pzne glabra, foliis hastato- v. ovato- v. oblongo- v. 
lineari-lanceolatis v. passim superioribus omnino linearibus om- 
nibus repandis v. remote serrulatis, pedunculis terminalibus pra- 
longis, capitulo denique late conico-ovato, ligulis magnis longitu- 
dinem corollarum bisexualium longe excedentibus, paleis obtusis 
glabris, tubo florum bisexualium inferne tenui, antheris luteis, 
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