422 _ SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA, Arlimisia, 
7. A. carnifolia, Buch. 
Annual, erect, with simple, floriferous branches, Leaves 
decompound, smooth on both sides ; leaflets ensiform. Flow- 
_ ers globose, drooping, both hermaphrodite and female florets 
numerous, the latter with gibbous, three-toothed corollets. 
Receptacle hemispheric, smooth. . 
A native of Nepal, from thence introduced by Dr. Bucha- 
nan into this garden, where the plants thrive well and blos- 
som in March and April. 
Stems erect, striated, smooth, Branches axillary, simple, 
reclined, floriferous; height of the whole plant rather under 
one foot. Leaves, the cauline decompound, or more, smooth 
on both sides, ultimate divisions ensiform, those of the branches 
from pinnatifid or pinnate to simple. Flowers solitary in the 
axill of the leaves of the branches, slender, peduncled, droop- 
ing, hemispheric, of a pale greenish yellow, the size of a 
_ grain of black pepper. Calyx, leaflets from oval to oblong, 
with broad, white, membranous margins. Floreis ; herma- 
phrodite numerous in the centre; female numerous in the 
circumference, with gibbous three-toothed margin, Reeep- 
tacle hemispheric, smooth, 
8. A. madraspatana, Willd, 
Annual, procumbent. Leaves sessile, pinnatifid, downy 
peduncles one-flowered, Female florets three-toothed. 
acne sage Rheed, Mal. x. t. 49. 
_ A native of dry lands that have been lately in cultivation. 
It flowers during the cold season, 
Richard’s description of this plant is so good, that 1 have 
only to add, that the seeds have a small, ciliate, campaniform 
crown, 7 , 
9. A. hemispheriea, R. 
Annual, erect, ramous, Leaves pinnate ; leaflets some sub- 
