414 sYNOENEsiA AF.QUALis. Eupatorium. 



succulent. ly'rtvrs alternafe, sub-sessile, elliptic, pretty 

 smooth on both sides, serrate, from one to three or four inches 

 long, and not quite half so broad. Peduncles opposite to 

 the leaves, axillary, or terminal, each supporting many small, 

 purple flowers, forming a very irregular corymb. Calyx im- 

 bricated ; leaflets short. Florets lumierous, of a light purple 

 colour. Seeds sub-clavate, from four to five, or six sided. 

 Pappus none. 



EUPATORIUM. Schreh. gen. N. 12/2. 

 Receptacle naked. Pappus plumose. Calyx imbricat- 

 ed. Style semibifid, erect. 



1. E. divergent. Roxb. 



Shrubby, erect. Brandies diverging. Leaves alternate, 

 ventricose-oblong, recurved, serrate-dentate, rugose. Co- 

 rymbs terminal. Calyx from five to eight-flowered. 



A native of Mysore, from whence Dr. Buchanan sent the 

 seeds to the Botanic garden in !80l, M'here the plants blos- 

 som during the cold season. 



Stem erect, straight, from six to eight feet high, shrubby, 

 round, covered with pretty smooth, dark brown bark. 

 Branches numerous from the middle of the stem upwards, 

 round, downy, and diverging. Leaves alternate, short-peti- 

 oled, elliptic, recurved, serrate-dentate, rugose, while young- 

 downy, when old scabrous, from one to six inches long. Co- 

 rt/mhs terminal, compound, or the whole upper half of the 

 plants may be called one large panicle. Flowers very nu- 

 merous, several together and sub-sessile, on short villous pe- 

 duncles. Calyx sub-cylindric, imbricated, downy. Florets 

 five or six, twice as long as the calyx, curved near the mid- 

 dle of the tube ; at first purple, gradually becoming white, 

 mouth of the tube campanulate ; segments of the border 

 narrov,, sub-ensiform. Stamens and style erect. Pappus 

 almost simple, twice as long as the calyx. Receptacle con- 

 cave. 



