44G SYNGENESIA SEGREGATA. EcMnopS. 



lierinaphrodite ones are mixed with more obscure females. 

 Receptacle scaly. Pappus none. 



1. S. mollis. R. 



Annual, winged. Leaves sessile, decurrent, long-obovate, 

 bristle-serrate, downy and glutinous. Pecbincles as long as 

 the leaves; scales of the perianth lanceolate, and ciliate. 

 Female florets fiilform. 



Adaca-manjen. Rheed. Mai. x. t. 43. 



An annual, a native of dry land that has been lately in cul- 

 tivation. It flowers during; the cold season. 



Stem scarcely any, but many expanding-, dichotomous, 

 winged branches; these wings are irregularly toothed and 

 take their rise from the insertions of the leaves ; the whole 

 plant is from one to two feet high. Leaves sessile, decurrent, 

 oblong, obtuse, bristle-serrate, covered on both sides with soft, 

 glutinous down. Flowers solitary, leaf-opposed, or terminal, 

 peduncled, globular, rose-coloured, or inclining to purple. 

 Peduncles winged, branch-like. Calyx, perianthium, com- 

 mon scarcely any ; partial one many-leaved ; leaflets linear- 

 lanceolate, and ciliate. 



This plant is remarkably fragrant ; it certainly might be 

 applied to valuable purposes in medicine. 



2. S. Indicus. Willd. iii. 2394. 



Annual, winged. Leaves lanceolate, decurrent, serrate, 

 villous. Peduncles short, winged ; scales of the proper pe. 

 rianth cuneate, and smooth. Female florets about fifteen, 

 and gibbous. 



A native of Bengal, where it flowers in the cold season. 

 This species is perfectly inodorous, whereas S. mollis is very 

 fragrant. 



ECHINOPS. Schreb. gen. N. 1353. 

 Partial perianth one-flowered. Florets tubular, herma- 

 phrodite. Receptacle bristly. Pappus obscure. 



