144. FLORA VITIENSIS. 
paucis abortu masculis. Involucri subuniserialis expansi squamis ovate, subeequales. Recepta- 
culum conicum, nudum. Corolle tubulose, marginis cylindrice, obsolete 3—4-dentatz, centrales 
fauce campanulata, limbo 4-dentato. Anthere ecaudatz. Stylus inclusus. Achenia compressa, 
erostria; marginalia pappo nullo, centralia abortiva; pappo 1—2-seto, brevissimo.— Herb: annue, 
hirsutiuseulee v. subglabre, ramos, adscendentes v. erectz; folis alternis, dentatis, euneatis aut 
petiolatis, petiolo nudo v. appendiculato, capitulis globosis, parvis, in racemos v. paniculas dispositis, 
pedicellis propriis nudis brevioribus. 
1. D. latifolia, DC. Prodr. vol. v. p. 372; caule annuo erecto sparse piloso; foliis obovatis in 
petiolum attenuatis grosse dentatis szepe basi inciso-subpinnatifidis; ramis floridis ramosis subnudis ; 
pedicellis rigidis divaricatis capitulo globoso longioribus.—Cotula bicolor, Sol. in Forst. Prodr. n. 
540; Sol. Prim. Fl. Ins. Pacif. p. 295 (ined.), et in Parkins. Drawings of Tahit. Plants, t. 78 (ined.). 
Grangea latifolia, Lam. Ill. t. 699. f. 1. "Hippia bicolor, Smith in Rees’ Cycl. 18. n. 2.—Common 
all over Viti (Seemann! n. 264). Also collected in Tana (Forster!), and the Tongan (Captain 
Cook !), Society (Banks and Solander!), Marquesas (Barclay !), and Hawaiian Islands (Nelson !). 
XII. Glossogyne, Cass. in Dict. Sc. Nat. vol. li. p. 475; Endl. Gen. n. 2566. Capitulum co- 
florum, heterogamum, floribus radii l-seriatis, ligulatis, femineis, disci tubulosis hermaphroditis. 
Involucri 2-seriati squam:ze breves, adpresse. Receptaculum planum, demum convexum, paleolatum. 
Corolle radii ligulate, disci tubulose, limbo 5-dentato. Stigmata disci elongata, hirta. Achenia 
linearia, angulata, aristis duabus retrorsum setosis.— Herb: erecta, basi interdum suffruticosze, dicho- 
tome, nune fruticose, pedunculis plurimis, nudis simplicibus; foliis alternis, ad collum confertis, 
brevibus, pinnatipartitis, lobis linearibus, acutis, integerrimis, summis paucis, parvis, linearibus, indi- 
visis, capitulis erectis, ebracteatis, floribus luteis. 
1. G. tenuifolia, Cass. DC. Prodr. vol. v. p. 632 ; radice subscapiformi perenni ; caulibus dicho- 
tomis, achenii aristis erectis.— Bidens tenuifolia, Labill. Sert. Austr. Caled. p. 44. t. 45. Bidens sp., 
Forst. Herb. Cosmos multicaulis, D. Don in Herb. Mus. Brit.—Mountains of Vanua Levu (See- 
mann!). Also collected in New Caledonia (Forster !), and in the Marianne Islands (Gaudichaud). 
XIII. Myriogyne, Less. in Linnza, vol. iv. p. 219; Endl. Gen. n. 2702. Capitulum o- 
florum, heterogamum, discoideum, floribus marginalibus 1-seriatis, femineis, centralibus paucis her- 
maphroditis. Iuvoluerum expansum, subcampanulatum, floribus brevius, squamis subbiseriatis, 
ovatis zequalibus. Corolle tubulosæ, feminez limbo subintegerrimo, hermaphrodite tubo brevis- 
simo, limbo campanulato, 4-dentato. Antherze ecaudatz. . Stigmata exappendiculata. Achenia 
conformia, angulata, exalata. Pappus nullus.— Herb: ramosissime, acres, sternutatorie; foliis 
alternis, confertis, oblongo-ovatis, apice dentatis, capitulis globosis, parvis primum terminalibus, 
demum lateralibus, oppositifoliis, floribus luteis. 
1. M. minuta, Less. in Linnea, vol. vi. p. 219. Decumbens aut adscendens, glabriuscula aut 
apice subvelutina; foliis oblongis basi cuneatis apice serratis obtusiusculis aut subacutis.— Cotula 
minuta, Forst. Prodr. n. 301 et Icon. (ined.) t. 223. Grangea minuta et cuneifolia, Poir. Suppl. vol. 
ii. p. 825. Cotula cuneifolia, Willd. Sp. vol. iii. p. 2169. Artemisia minima, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 
311, non Linn. Grangea decumbens, Desf. Hort. Par. 1804. Dichrocephala minuta, L’ Hérit. mss. ; 
Grangea, Lam. Ill. t. 699; DC. Prodr. vol. vi. p. 139.— Island of Bau in Viti Levu (Seemann! n. 
265). Also collected in New Caledonia (W. Anderson !), Society Islands, New Holland (Dallachy ! 
Goodwin!). Common in India, China, Japan, New Zealand, and Mauritius. 
XIV. Sonchus, Linn. Gen. n. 908, excl. sp.; Endl. Gen. n. 3003. Capitulum cc-florum, 
homocarpum. Involucri squamz oo-seriatim imbricate. Receptaculum planum, epaleatum, foveo- 
