412 SYNGENESIA AEQUALIS, Cacalia, 
in the ray. Seeds numerous, diverging. The exterior chaff 
with ciliate apices. , : 
A native of Bengal, It flowers during the rainy and cold 
seasons, — 
CACALIA. Schreb. gen. N. 1269. 
Receptacle naked. Puppus hairy. Calyx cylindric, ob- 
long, at the base only sub-calycled. ~ 
1. C, bicolor. R. 
Perennial, spreading. The inferior leaves short-petioled, 
remotely serrate ; the superior ones hastate-laciniate, purple 
underneath, 
This elegant species was received into the Botanic garden 
from the Moluccas in 1798, and blossoms during the cold — 
season. | 
Stem scarcely any ; omakes many, spreading in every di- 
rection, smooth and coloured when in an exposed situation. 
Leaves alternate, not succulent, the inferior ones short-petiol- 
ed, lanceolate, remotely serrate; the superior ones stem- 
clasping, hastate-laciniate, smooth on both sides, underneath 
of a deep purple colour, particularly when the plant grows 
in a situation exposed to much sun-shine. Flowers terminal, 
large, of a deep orange colour. Peduncles long, one-flow- 
ered, with many sub-lanceolate scales. Calyx calycled. 
‘This plant is highly ornamental when well exposed to the 
sun, the leaves are then of a deep purple colour on the under 
side. It grows readily from cuttings, 
2. C. reclinata, Roxb. 
Shrubby, smooth, Branches reclined. Leaves petioled, 
ovate-cordate, dentate-serrate, Flowers terminal. Calyx and 
ealycle of about eight leaflets each, and with about twenty 
florets. 
A native of the ldandass in the Straita of Ras bias oa 
