636 JOURNAL, BOMB AY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol, XXVI, 



Wedelia J acq, 



Wedelia urticcefolia, DC. in Wight Contrib. 18. 

 Loc. : Jaisalmer : Jaisalmer (No. 10144 ! ). 

 Distrib. : Indo-Malaya. 

 Fl. in November. 



Glossocardia Cass. 



Glossocardia setosa, spec. nov. 



Herba basi lignosa, diffusa vel erecta, ramosissima, 45 cm. attingens. 

 Folia alterna, tenuia, semel vel bis pinnatisecta segmentis linearibus 

 apiculatis. 



Capitula parva, 10 mm. longa, pedunculata, terminalia vel axillaria, 

 numerosissima. Involucrum oblongum ; bractese exteriores gener- 

 atim 3, insequales, omnes margine lato, scarioso, laceratiusculo, 

 maxima late ovata, 3 mm. longa et ceteris latior, apice obtusa, in 

 parte non scariosa brunneo-viridis ; ceteree late ovatsB repente 

 acuminatte cuspidatte, costa in dorso prominente, brunneo-virdi. 

 Bracteae interiores 3-5, insequales (maximse circa 6 mm. longse, 

 2-2^ mm. latje), oblongte, obtuste, siariatse, glabrae, brunnese, mar- 

 ginibus albis scariosis. Receptaculum parvum convexiusculum, 

 foveolatum, paleis paiicis planis. 



Achsenia 8-9 mm. longa, nigro-brunnea, linearia-oblonga, attenuata 

 utrimque, magis versus basim, a dorso plano-compressa, marginibus 

 patenter longeque setosis, ad facies linea longitudinali adpresse 

 setosa, aristis duobus fere horizontalibus ad apicem adscendentibus, 

 3 mm. longis setosis coronata. 



The following characters distinguish this species from Glossocardia 

 linearifolia Cass. : — 



The plant is much larger and generally erect, the shape of the outer 

 bracts is different, the awns of the achene spread almost horizontally 

 and are setose, sometimes half way up, at other times along their 

 whole length. 



Loc: Jodhpur: Kailana (No. 10083!), Balsamand (No. 10085!). 

 Jaisalmer : Bada Bag (Nos. 10086 !, 10084 !). 



Fr. in October and November. 



Bidens L. 



Bidens pilosa, L. Sp. PI. (1753) 832. 



Loc. : Jodhpur : Kailana (No, 10145 !), a very rare plant in Hajputana. 



Distrib. Most warm countries. 



Fl. and fr. in October. 



Tridax L. 



Tridax procumbens, L. Sp. PI. (1753) 900. 



Loc. : Jodhpur : Jodhpur (No. 2951 !), very rare in Eajputana. 

 Distrib. : Central America, naturalized in India. 

 Fr. in October. 



Chrysanthemum L. 



'Chrysanthemum indicum, L. Sp. PI. (1753) 889. 



Loc. : Jaisalmer : Amarsagar, in garden (No. 10088 !). 

 Distrib. : China and Japan, grown in Indian gardens. 



Cotula L. 



Cotula hemisphcerica, Wall. Cat. 3236. 



Loc: W. Rajputana near irrigated spots (King). 

 Distrib. : India, China. 



