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thelminiica ; but I must follow Jussieu in thinking, that the re- 

 ciptaculnm nudum of the Cattu Schiragam is a sufficient objection 

 to this classification- 



I shall conclude with a description of the Cattu Schiragam, 

 and of several other Indian plants of the same genus, which, in 

 imitation of M. Poiret, I shall call Vernonia ; although the Su- 

 prago of Gfiertner, as his generic character is unexceptionable, 

 and was earliest published, seems to have a preferable claim. 

 Both Poiret and Gaertner unite the Liatris of Schreber with the 

 Vernonia, and I think with good cause ; for there is reason to 

 believe, that in several species, at least of Liatris, as well as in all 

 the plants which I have described, the pappus is not really plu- 

 mose, but only denticulated. I need not repeat the synonyma 

 of the Cattu Schiragam, having already explained all that I have 

 to say on the subject. 



Vernonia anthelmintica radice annua, foliis ellipticis subsessili- 



bus serratis, foliolis calycinis squarrosis obtusis. 

 Habitat in Indiae ruderis. 



Radix annua, fibrosa, Caulis erectus, basi lignosus, angulatus, 

 villosus. Rami sparsi, teretes, recti. Folia alterna, sub- 

 sessilia, elliptica, utrinque acuminata, serraturis acutis in- 

 cisa, venosa, pilosa, subtus punctata, undulata. Petiolus 

 brevissimus, villosus, ramuli rudimento appendiculatus. 

 Florcs erecti, purpurei ; terminales subsessiles, solitarii : 

 laterales insidunt pedunculo unifloro, solitario, tereti, erecto, 

 villoso, ad medium foliato. Calyx communis ovatus, squar- 

 rosus, imbricatus squamis numerosis, quarum exteriores 

 basi erectae, ad apicem auctae appendiculo foliaceo, spathu- 

 lato, piano, patulo, obtuso : interiores erectae, lineares, ob- 

 tusae, membranaceae, breviores. Flosculi omnes hermaphro- 

 diti, aequales, longitudine calycis, infundibuliformes. Tubns 



filiformis 



