438 : - POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. Eelipta. 
A native of Nepal, from whence Dr. Buchanan sent the 
seeds to the Botanic garden at Calcutta, where the plants 
blossom in May. 
Stem nearly erect, a little hairy, succulent, with few as- 
cending branches ; height of our plants at Calcutta, from six 
to twelve inches. Leaves alternate, petioled, pinnatifid, ser- 
rate, rugose, a little hairy, and harsh to the feel. /owers 
peduncled, terminal, several together, small, globular, in the 
centre yellow, in the ray silver-coloured. Calyx from twelve 
to sixteen-leaved. Florets of the centre hermaphrodite, yel- 
low, four-cleft ; those of the ray female, more numerous, white, 
smaller, and two or three-toothed. Receptacle hemispheric, 
naked. Seeds crowned with a callous margin, and often with 
two small, tender bristles. 
: ECLIPTA. Schreb. gen. N. 1316. 
Receptacle chatfy, Pappus none. Florets of the disk her- 
maphrodite and four-cleft ; those of the ray female, and ligu- 
late. 
E, prostrata, Willd. iii. 2218. 
Annual, scabrous, from erect, to prostate. Leaves oppo- 
site, sub-sessile, lanceolate, serrate. _Peduncles axillary, one, 
=~ or three together, one-flowered, Seeds scabrous. 
~ Ecliptica. Rumph. Amb. vi. i. 18. I 2. 
Beng. Kesuti, or Keysuria. 
Cajenneam. Rheed. Mal. x. t. 41, tolerable for 2 a young 
luxuriant plant. 
Eupatoriophalacron, &c. Dill. Elth. t, 113. f. 137, 138. 
Verbesina prostrata, and alba, Sp. Pi. 1272, and I sus- 
pect E. erecta, punctata, and prostrata, z are only one and the 
same species, or at most but accidental varieties, from age, 
soil, and situation ; at least I have never found any other in 
India to compare with them. — 
Very common in India, oakt in Shicanien al the veo" which 
is uncommon in this class, 
