Carduus. SYNGENESIA AEQUALIS, : 407 
The florets being constantly uniform, and all hermaphro- 
dite, induce me to consider it a Serratuda rather than a Co- 
nyza, : 
Note, A variety from China, has the flowers much larger 
and nearly round, The seeds are smooth, and only about 
half the number of rays in the pappus. 
3. S. carthamoides, Buch, 
Annual, erect, simple. Leaves sub-sessile, (not decurrent,) 
pinnatifid, serrate, hoary underneath, lowers terminal, 
sub-panicled, Calyx ovate, with the lower scales carinated. 
A native of Nepal; from thence Dr. Buchanan sent the 
seed to the Botanic garden at Calcutta in 1802, where the 
plants blossom, and ripen their seed from November till 
March, . 
" Stem annual, erect, simple, slightly striated, and somewhat 
scabrous, height of the plants in the Botanic garden, frem 
two to three feet. Leaves alternate, sub-sessile, not decurrent, 
pinnatifid, serrate, with the exterior segment ovate-lanceo- 
late, and acute, the lateral ones linear-oblong and obtuse, 
pretty smooth above and hoary underneath ; from two to four 
inches long. Flowers terminal, pedicelled, sub-panicled, 
small, of a rose-colour. Calyx ovate; scales numerous, im- 
bricated, acute, the exterior ones baa a sharp keel on the 
back. Florets all hermaphrodite ; pappus plumose, sessile, 
many times longer than the seeds. 
i _ CARDU' US. Schreb. gen. N. 1254. 
Calg ovate, nnbtichted: with thorny scales, Revwiee’s 
1. C. ramosus, Roxb. 
Annual, dichotomous. Leaves sessile, lanceolate, thorny, 
toothed, downy underneath. Flowers solitary, terminal. seas 
mas hid within the imac and bearded at the. bases! 
