Aster. - POLYGAMIA SUPBRFLUA, «433 
SENECIO. Schreb. gen. N. 1290. 
Calya cylindrical, calycled, apices dead. Receptacle 
naked. Pappus simple. Floreés of the disk male, of the ray 
female. 
S. Moluccana. R. 
Shrubby, erect. Leaves sessile, from cuneiform to elliptic, 
very remotely serrate-dentate. Corymbs terminal. Corols 
naked. 
A native of the Molucea Islands. 
ASTER. Schreb. gen. N. 1291. 
Receptacle naked. Pappus simple. Florets of the ray 
ligulate and more than ten, Calyx imbricated ; lower scales 
spreading. 
1. A, chinensis, Willd, iii, 2038. 
Annual, hairy. Leaves sub-oval, deeply serrate, or gash- 
ed, and ciliate with winged, ptcaclespite, petioles, Flowers 
terminal, solitary, 
A, chenopodii folio, &c. Dill, Elth, t. 34. f. 38. 
From Nepal, where it is ndigenous, Dr, Buchanan sent ‘the 
seed to the Botanic garden at Calcutta, under the name Gay- 
natus, which is its vernacular one in that country. 
2s ie trinervius. Roxb. 
Shrubby, scandent. Leaves sessile, entire, and serrate, 
three-nerved. Panicle terminal, thin. 
A hative of Nepal, from thence Dr. Buchanan sent the - 
seeds to the Botanic garden, where the plant blossomed in 
November and December, when about two years old. 
This handsome, shrubby species does not seem to require 
any further description than the above. The original plant _ 
did not produce ripe seed, and perished when three years old, 
you, Il, 3c 
