Cardials. syngenesia aequalis. 407 



Tlie florets being constantly uniform, and all hermaphro- 

 dite, induce me to consider it a Serratula rather than a Co- 

 nyza. 



J^ote. A variety from China, has the flowers much larger 

 and nearly round. The seeds are smooth, and only about 

 half the number of rays in the pappus. 



3. S. carthamoides. Buck. 



Annual, erect, simple. Leaves sub-sessile, (not decurrent,) 

 pinnalifld, serrate, hoary underneath. Floioers terminal, 

 sub-panicled. Calyx ovate, m ith the lower scales carinated. 



A native of Nepal ; from thence Dr. Buchanan sent the 

 seed to the Botanic garden at Calcutta in 1802, where the 

 plants blossom, and ripen their seed from November till 

 March. 



Stem annual, erect, simple, slightly striated, and somewhat 

 scabrous, height of the plants in the Botanic garden, from 

 two to three feet. Leaves alternate, sub-sessile, not decurrent, 

 pinnatifld, serrate, with the exterior segment ovate-lanceo- 

 late, and acute, the lateral ones linear-oblong and obtuse, 

 pretty smooth above and hoary underneath ; from two to four 

 inches long. Flowers terminal, pedicelled, sub-panicled, 

 small, of a rose-colour. Calyx ovate ; scales numerous, im- 

 bricated, acute, the exterior ones have a sharp keel on the 

 back. Florets all hermaphrodite ; pappus plumose, sessile, 

 many times longer than the seeds. 



CARDUUS. Schreb. gen. N. 1254. 



Calyx ovate, imbricated with thorny scales. Receptacle 

 hairy. 



1. C. ramosns. Roxb. 



Annual, dichotomous. Leaves sessile, lanceolate, thorny, 

 toothed, downy underneath. /^/o?re)s solitary, terminal. Stig- 

 mas hid within the anthers, and bearded at the base. 



