Ayeratum. SYNOhiNEsiA aequalis. 415 



J^\)te. ill ISIO found u j'laut with (en or twelve florets in 

 the calyx. 



'2. E. Jle,iuosi()/i. Willd. iii, I7t)l. 



Slirubby, erect. Leaves alternate, short-petioled, broad- 

 lanceolate, remotely and grossily serrate, triple-nerved. Co- 

 rjfmbs terminal. 



A tiative of Flat Island near the Mauritius, where it was 

 found by Colonel Hardwicke,iii flower in May, who observes 

 that the leaves are covered with a viscid juice and are used 

 for green wounds as we use court plaster. The fresh flowers 

 are highly aromatic, and the honey of Bourbon is strongly 

 impregnated with the same flavour. 



;3. E. (ispenim. R. 



Perennial, erect, harsh with short stifi" hairs. Leaves A- 

 ternate, sessile, cuneate-oblong-, serrate. Flowers terminal, 

 i'ew but large. Calyx somewhat woolly, from twenty to 

 thirty-flowered. 



A native of Bengal, and like most of the oidei-, flowers and 

 ripens its seed during- the dry season. 



AGERATUM. Schreb. gen. N. 1273. 

 Receptacle naked. Pappus five-awned. Calyx oblong, 

 sub-equal. Florets four or five-cleft. 



1. A. cordifolinm. Roxb. 



Leaves opposite, cordate, serrate, hairy. Flowers mh- 

 lun belled. Florets five-cleft. 



Benf). Oochunl?. 



An annual found in the vicinity of Calcutta during- the 

 rainy and cold seasons ; flowering- time the cold season. 



Stems erect, round, a little hairy. Brandies opposite ; 

 height ol' the whole plant about two feet. Leaves opposite, 

 petioled, cordate, serrate, hairy ; size very various, the larger 



