422 SYNGENESiA suPEHFLUA. Artimisla. 



7. A. carnifolia. Bnch. 



Animal, erect, with simple, floiiferous branches. Leaves 

 decompound, smooth on both sides ; leaflets ensiform. Flow- 

 ers globose, drooping, both hermaphrodite and female florets 

 numerous, the latter Avith gibbous, three-toothed corollets. 

 Receptacle hemispheric, smooth. 



A native of Nepal, from thence introduced by Dr. Bucha- 

 nan into this garden, where the plants thrive well and blos- 

 som in March and April. 



Stems erect, striated, smooth. Branches axillary, simple, 

 reclined, floriferous ; height of the whole plant rather under 

 one foot. Leaves, the cauline decompound, or more, smooth 

 on both sides, ultimate divisions ensiform, those of the branches 

 from pinnatifid or pinnate to simple. Floivers solitary in the 

 axill of the leaves of the branches, slender, peduncled, droop- 

 ing, hemispheric, of a pale greenish yellow, the size of a 

 grain of black pepper. Cahjx, leaflets from oval to oblong, 

 with broad, white, membranous margins. Florets; herma- 

 phrodite numerous in the centre ; female numerous in the 

 circumference, with gibbous three-toothed margin. Recep- 

 tacle hemispheric, smooth. 



8. A. madraspatana. Willd. 



Annual, procumbent. Leaves sessile, pinnatifid, downy ; 

 peduncles one-flowered. Female florets three-toothed, 



Nelam-pata. Rheed. Mai. x. t. 49. 



A native of dry lands that have been lately in cultivation. 

 It flowers during the cold season. 



Richard's description of this plant is so good, that 1 have 

 only to add, that the seeds have a small, ciliatc, campaniform 

 crown. 



9. A. hemispherica. K. 



Anuual,'erect, ramous. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets some sub- 



