Aster, POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 433 



SENECIO. Schreb. gen. N. 3290. 

 Calyx cylindrical, calycled, apices dead. Receptacle 

 naked. Pappus simple. Florets of the disk male, of the ray 

 female. 



S. Moluccana. R. 



Shrubby, erect. Leaves sessile, from cuneiform to elliptic, 

 very remotely serrate-dentate. Corymbs terminal. Corols 

 naked. 



A native of the Molucca Islands. 



AST EH. Schreb. gen. N. 1291.' 

 Receptacle naked. Pappus simple. Florets of the ray 

 ligulate and more than ten. Calyx imbricated ; lower scales 

 spreading". 



1. A. chinensis. Willd. iii. 2038. 



Annual, hairy. Leaves sub-oval, deeply serrate, or gash- 

 ed, and ciliate with winged, stem-clasping petioles. Flowers 

 terminal, solitary. 



A. chenopodii folio, &c. Dill. Elth. t. 34./. 38. 



From Nepal, where it is indigenous, Dr. Buchanan sent the 

 seed to the Botanic garden at Calcutta, under the name Gay- 

 natiis, which is its vernacular one in that country. 



2. A. trinervius. Roxb. 



Shrubby, scandent. Leaves sessile, entire, and serrate, 

 three-nerved. Panicle terminal, thin. 



A native of Nepal, from thence Dr. Buchanan sent the 

 seeds to the Botanic garden, where the plant blossomed in 

 November and December, when about two years old. 



This handsome, shrubby species does not seem to require 

 any further description than the above. The original plant 

 did not produce ripe seed, and perished when three years old. 



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