404 SYNGENESIA AEQUALIS. Prenanthes. 
A native of the interior parts of Bengal, from the district 
of Dinagepore Dr. Carey sent the plant to the Botanic gar- 
den at Calcutta, where it flowers m March and April. 
Root perennial, Stem none, the top of the root, under the 
surface of the soil divides into several shoots, each of which 
produces a single small tuft of leaves from its apex. Leaves 
radical, sessile, linear-lanceolate, entire, very smooth, of a 
deep green on both sides; from four to six inches long, and 
less than half an inch broad, Scapes short, in general about 
an inch long, smooth, bearing from one to six alternate, yel- 
low, pedicelled flowers, Calyx from six to eight-leaved, with 
a calycle of three or four ovate scales. 
2. P. procumbens. Roxb. 
Procumbent. Leaves mostly radical, linear, runcinate. 
Racemes terminal, flowers in rather remote fascicles. Calyces 
many-flowered. vi 
A native of Bengal, It focus during the hot season, 
Root simple orsomewhat branched, when broken discharg- 
ing an orange-coloured sap, of a heavy, soporific smell; from 
their size, it may be supposed they are biennial or more. 
Stem none, but many, procumbent, dichotomous, smooth 
branches springing immediately from the root, from one to — 
two feet long. Leaves chiefly radical, spreading flat on the 
earth, lineer-runcinate,, segments short, and rather obtuse ; 
rgins a little scabrous, with minute, spinous points, those 
of the branches less divided and even entire, Racemes as-_ 
cending, terminal, as long as the rest of the plant below them. 
Flowers in rather remote fascicles, yellow. Pedicels nearly 
as long as the flowers, scaly, with small bractes, Calya sub- 
cylindric, scales linear, with white membranaceous margins, 
and quickly decreasing into a calycle. Florets from twen- 
ty to oy: Pappus simple, and sessile. : 
3, P, asplenifolia, Willd, iiie 1540... : 
Ascending, ramous, many-flowered. Leaves nail linear; 
soca or runcinate, smooth. 
