EthvUa. SYNGENESIA AEQUA.L1.S. 413 



Leaves alternate, petioled, ovate-oblong-, pointed, with the 

 margins dentate-serrate, smooth on both sides and of a slender 

 texture, from one to three inches long, and about one broad. 

 Petioles short, channelled. jFlowers terminal, somewhat um- 

 belled, pretty large. Calyx about eight-leaved, nearly the 

 length of the florets. Calycle about eight-leaved, many times 

 shorter than the calyx. Corol ; florets about twenty. 



3. C. sonchifolia, Wil/d. iii. 1730. 



Erect, annual, fistulous. Leaves lyrate, and sagittate, stem- 

 clasping. Flowers umbel led. 



Muel-schevi. Rheed. Mai. x. t. 68. 



Beng. Sadi-modr. 



An erect, branchy annual, a native of hedges, rubbish, &c. 

 It flowers during the cold season. 



Stem erect, flexuose, branchy, from two to three feet high, 

 piped, smooth. Leaves sfem-clasping, lyred, most slightly 

 dentate, pretty smooth. Umbellets terminal, compound, many- 

 flowered. Floivers small, of a bright purple colour. Calyx 

 simple, from eight to twelve-toothed, from eight to twelve- 

 striated. Seed five-seeded. 



ETHULIA. Schreb. gen. N. 1271. 

 Receptacle naked. Pappus a membranaceous margin. 

 Calyx equal. 



E. rainosa. Roxh. 



Ramous, erect. Leaves alternate, elliptic, serrate, smooth. 

 Flowers peduncled, sub-corymbiform. 



Introduced into the Botanic garden by seeds sent from the 

 interior of Bengal, by Dr. William Carey. Flowering time 

 the cold season. 



Root annual, fibrous. Stem and branches nearly erect ; 

 general height of the whole plant, which is considerably ra- 

 mous, about two feet, smooth in every part, and somewhat 



