Arlmisia. syngknesia superflua. 417 



ATHANASIA. Schrch. gen. N. 1279. 

 Cfl/y.r imbricated. Popp/s chaffy, very short. Receptacle 

 cliaffy. 



1. A. Indica, Roxh. 



Annual, straight, ang iilar. Leaves alternate, sessile, lanceo- 

 lar, serrate, smooth. Corymbs compound, terminal. Stig- 

 mas hid u iihin the stamens. 



Telitig. Begati-Kunda. 



Delights in high lands that have been lately in cultivation ; 

 in such situation it is not uncommon to see whole fields of it 

 as thick as if they were sown by a careful farmer. 



Stem annual, erect, angled from the insertion of the leaves, 

 piped, smooth, from two to four feet high. Leaves sessile, 

 lanceolar, serrate, smooth. Corymbs very large, decompound. 

 Flowers pretty large, very numerous, of a purplish rose co- 

 lour, /^/orefs equal, generally five. iSfj/Ze shorter than the 

 stamens. C/to^'of the seeds, or pappus lanceolate ; that of the 

 receptacle linear lanceolate. 



SYNGENESIA SUPERFLUA. 



ARTIMISIA. Sckreb.ge?i. N. 1281. 

 Receptacle sub-villous, or nearly naked. Pappus none. 

 Calyx imbricated m ith rounded, converging scales. Florets 

 of the ray none. 



]. A. Moluccana, R. 



Shrubby, erect. Leaves multifid, smooth; segments fili- 

 form. Flowers globular, pedicelled, drooping. Female flo. 

 rets from six to eight in the circumference, two or three-tooth- 

 ed, with about as many five-toothed hermaphrodites in the 

 centre. 



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