412 SYNGENESIA AEQUALIS. CttCalia. 



in the ray. Seeds numerous, diverging. The exterior chaff 

 with ciliate apices. 



A native of Bengal. It flowers during the rainy and cold 

 seasons. 



C AC ALIA. Schreb. gen. N. 1269. 

 Receptacle naked. Pappus hairy. Calyx cylindric, ob- 

 long, at the base only sub-calycled. 



I.e. bicolor. R. 



Perennial, spreading. The inferior leaves short-petioled, 

 remotely serrate ; the superior ones hastate-laciniate, purple 

 underneath. 



This elegant species was received into the Botanic garden 

 from the Moluccas in 1798, and blossoms during the cold 

 season. 



Stem scarcely any ; branches many, spreading in every di- 

 rection, smooth and coloured when in an exposed situation. 

 Leaves alternate, not succulent, the inferior ones short-petiol- 

 ed, lanceolate, remotely serrate ; the superior ones stem- 

 clasping, hastate-laciniate, smooth on both sides, underneath 

 of a deep purple colour, particularly when the plant grows 

 in a situation exposed to much sun-shine. Flmvers terminal, 

 large, of a deep orange colour. Peduncles long, one-flow- 

 ered, with many sub-lanceolate scales. Calyx calycled. 



This plant is highly ornamental when well exposed to the 

 sun, the leaves are then of a deep purple colour on the under 

 side. It grows readily from cuttings. 



2. C reclinata, Roxb. 



Shrubby, smooth. Branches reclined. Leaves petioled, 

 ovate-cordate, dentate-serrate. Flowers terminal. Calyx and 

 calycle of about eight leaflets each, and with about twenty 

 florets. 



A native of the Islands in the Straits of Malacca. 



