430 POLYOAMIA SUPRRFLUA. ConyzU. 



c/es, the M'liole top, or ramous part of the phmt forms a snigle, 

 large, difiuse one, of an oval form. Calyx hairy. Herma- 

 phrodite florets about ten, or twelve, in the centre. The fe- 

 male ones numerous, in the circumference they are very mi- 

 nute and have the ligulate border three-toothed. 



It is from a plant of this genus, or a Baccharis, Dr. Bucha- 

 nan informed me that the natives of the Andaman Islands 

 make their twine for fishing lines ; and as the bark of this is 

 strong, and peels off in long stripes, it may be the same. 



10. C.bifoliata. Willd. iii. 1920. 



Herbaceous, ascending, downy. Radical leaves short-pe- 

 tioled, the cauline ones sessile, all are serrated, dentate, and 

 downy. Peduncle long, one-flowered, often with one or more 

 leaf-like bractes near the middle. 



An annual, a native of dry land, about hedges and road 

 sides. It flowers during the cold season. 



Stems or branches several, ascending, from nine to twenty- 

 four inches high, round, downy. Leaves, the inferior ones 

 large, short-petioled ; the upper ones small, sessile, all are 

 obovate-oblong, doMny, serrate, serratures acute. Flowers 

 many, terminal, long-peduncled, yellow. Peduncles filiform, 

 straight, often leaf-bearing near the middle, the number in 

 any plant is uncertain, but generally more than two. Scales 

 of the calyx linear, hairy. 



11. C pinnaiifida. Buch. 



Shrubby, erect. Leaves from pinnatifid, and bipinnatifid 

 on the stem, to linear, and nearly simple, amongst the flowers, 

 soft and villous. Corymbs terminal, compound. Flowers 

 oval, with about five hermaphrodite florets in the centre, and 

 many female ones in the ray, all fertile. 



A native of Nepal. It flowers in the cold season in the Bo- 

 tanic garden. 



12. C. alata. R. 



Shrubby ; ramifications numerous and winged. Leaves 



