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a. C. balsamij'era. Willd. iii. 1.924. 



Shrubby, erect. Leaves lanceolate, unequally serrate, to- 

 nientose, at the base pinnatiiid. Corymbs terminal ;Jioiveis 

 sub-cylindric. 



C. odorata. Riimph. Ainb. vi. t. 24./". 1. pretty good. 



A native of the eastern parts of Bengal, from thence intro- 

 duced into the Botanic garden at Calcutta, by Dr. Buchanan, 

 where it grows to be a large shrub, with an erect, ligneous 

 trunk, and branches covered with ash-coloured bark. Flow- 

 ering- time iMarch and April. 



Leaves alternate, short-petioled, lanceolate, irregularly 

 serrate and generally more or less pinnatifid at the base, 

 downy, particularly underneath, where they are sericeous and 

 beautifully reticulated with numerous veins; from six to 

 twelve inches long. Petioles short, often ornamented with 

 one, two, three, or four, small leaflets. Corymbs terminal, 

 numerous, bearing numerous, sub-cylindric, bright yellow 

 flowers. Hermaphrodite florets numerous in the centre, the 

 female ones numerous in the circumference. 



The whole plant when bruised smells strongly of camphire, 



4. C. laciniata, Roxb. 



Annual, erect, ramous. Leaves downy, variously laciniated, 

 with the margins curled, and acutely gash-toothletted. Pa- 

 nicles terminal ; flowers conical. 



A native of Bengal, where it appears and ripens its seeds 

 during the cold season. 



Hoot annual. Stem erect, ramous, particularly near the 

 lop, striated, villous. Branches expanding, height of the 

 whole plant from two to five feet. Leaves alternate, sessile, 

 downy on both sides, variously laciniate or pinnatitid, with 

 the margins curled, acutely gash-toothletted and often ciliate, 

 the floral ones, from two inches long, the lower or radical 

 ones, six or eight inches long. Panicles terminal, erect. 

 Flowers pedirelled. very numerous, yellow, conical. Recep- 

 tacle convex. 



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