438 POLVGAMIA SUPERFLUA. EcHpta. 



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

 seeds to the Botanic garden at Calcutta, where the plants 

 blossom in May. 



Stem nearly erect, a little hairy, succulent, with few as- 

 cending- branches ; height of our plants at Calcutta, from six 

 to twelve inches. Leaves alternate, petioled, pinnatifid, ser- 

 rate, rugose, a little hairy, and harsh to the feel. Flowers 

 peduncled, terminal, several together, small, globular, in the 

 centre yellow, in the ray silver-coloured. Calyx from twelve 

 to sixteen-leaved. Florets of the centre hermaphrodite, yel- 

 low, four-cleft ; those of the ray female, more numerous, white, 

 smaller, and two or three-toothed. Receptacle hemispheric, 

 naked. Seeds crowned with a callous margin, and often with 

 two small, tender bristles. 



ECLIPTA. Schreb. gen. N, 1316. 

 Receptacle chafly. Pappus none. Florets of the disk her- 

 maphrodite and four-cleft ; those of the ray female, and ligu- 

 late. 



B.prostrata. Willd. iii. 2218. 



Annual, scabrous, from erect, to prostate. Leaves oppo- 

 site, sub-sessile, lanceolate, serrate. Peduncles axillary, one, 

 two, or three together, one-flowered. Seeds scabrous. 



Ecliptica. Rumph. Amb. vi. i. 18./. 2. 



Beng. Kesuti, or Keysuria. 



Cajenneam. Rheed, Mai. x. ^ 41. tolerable for a young 

 luxuriant plant. 



Eupatoriophalacron, &c. Dill. Elth. t. 113./. 137, 138. 



Verbesina prostrata, and alba. Sp. PL 1272. and 1 sus- 

 pect E. erecta, punctata, and prostrata, are only one and the 

 same species, or at most but accidental varieties, from age, 

 soil, and situation ; at least I havp never found any other in 

 India to compare with them. 



Very conunon in India, and in blossom all the year, which 

 is uncommon in tills class. 



