Serratula. syngenesia aequalis. 405 



Beng. Teek-chana. 



Common on the higher, cultivated, and uncultivated lands 

 of Bengal. Flowering' time the cold season. The same plant 

 is also common on the sand hills near the sea along the Coro- 

 mandel coast. 



Root simple, biennial, if not perennial. Stems at the base 

 stolon iferous, short, variously bent, dichotomous, smooth, ma- 

 ny-flowered. Leaves mostly radical, and spreading flat on 

 the ground, sub-sessile, pinnatifid, smooth ; from two to three 

 inches long. Floicers pretty large, of a bright yellow. Calyx 

 the exterior leaflets small as if a calycle. 



4. P. racemosa. Roxh. 



Annual, ramous. Leaves runcinatc, stem- clasping', finely- 

 toothed. Flowers racemed, and in fascicles. Peduncles, and 

 pedicels smooth. 



A native of the coast of Coromandel, vi'here it is found dur- 

 ing the dry season, on road sides, and among rubbish. 



Leaves approximate, stem-clasping, the lower ones runci- 

 nate, the superior ones cordate-sagittate, all are smooth, and 

 finely prickle-toothed, size various. Racemes terminal, lono-, 

 slender, jointed ; joints remote, bracted, flower-bearing. 

 Flowers small, yellow, placed at the Joints of the racemes 

 only. Cahjx calycled, cylindric, scales of the tube about 

 eight, those round its base many, small, and extending half 

 way down the pedicels. Cattle are fond of it, and it is replete 

 with the same kind of milky juice, common to these plants. 



SERRATULA. Schreb. gen. N. 1264. 

 Receptacle naked. Calyx sub-cylindric, imbricated ; scales 

 pointed, but not hooked nor spinous. Pappus hairy. 



1. S. anthelmintica. R. 



Annual. Leaves broad-lanceolar, serrate. Flowers ter- 

 minal, calyx squarrose. Pappus of hairy bristles. 



