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ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY. 



Tribe IV. Senecionide^. 



Sub-tribe. Melampodiheje. Flowers unisexual, no 

 hermaphrodites; male and female in different plants {Aioi- 

 cous), or m different capiiula of the same plant (hetero- 

 cephalous), or in the same capitulum (monoicous): anthers 

 ecaudate; receptacle usually paleaceous: pappus never 

 s Close m 



low. [Owing to the Neilgherry species differing in 

 several particulars from the Ceylon one, I have slightly 

 modified the character for its admission.] Ceylon Neil- 

 ghemes— about the Avalanche and Koondah's abundant. 



Sub-tribe. Heliantheje. Capitula umdly heterom- 

 mous radiate, or homogamous discoid. Eeceptade wholly, 

 or at Uast tU margin paleaceous. Lobes of the corolla of 

 the hermaphrodite florets thick. Pappus none, crown-like, 

 oranslate. Anthers blackish, ecaudate. 



Div. IV. aiELAJiPODiE^. Capiiula many -flowered, '^ 

 momicous, radiate. Achania corticate. [By ''acha:ma *"' 

 corticate is meant th^ achcenia being wrapped in the scale 



tJed lolttZ % ^"^r" "-^ ^^- T^^^'' "'^ '" «^^«^*'- 7- "l^: *• "*=^^orsiDE;E. Capitula heterogamous, with 

 naiea to it that they form a single mass or become one hgulate, female ray florets, or discoid. Mcenia large, 



•^■J ««"«% furnished wUh thick, adherent bark, never ohcom- 



pressed. Pappus wanting, or croum-like, or shortly 

 anstulate. ^ 



Div. I. HELIOPSIDEiE. 



51. MELAsrpoDiuM (Lin. D. C. Prod. 5-517). Capi- 

 tula many-flowered, monoicous; florets of the ray. 5-10 

 one series, hgulate, female; of the disk tubular male 

 Acheema of the disk abortive, of the ray obovate S? in-* 

 curved, smooth, bald, more or less infolded within the 

 n erior scales of the involucre, hence often tubercu! 

 Hprhc ^""^T ^^*f »a»y' and crowned at the apex— 



Se ^'T^'f''^^'^ ^'^"^^ dichotomous, leaves op- 

 posite. Pedicels m the forks, l-cephalous' involucre 

 double, exterior scales 5 or 3, interior as man^ as te e 

 are florets m the ray. Receptacle convex or coS 

 PhfhSes.' diaphanous.' Flowers yeUow. Lucon,' 



Div. V. Ambrosieje. 



male and female 



ed-rZITorf T'^"^,' g^^^PhyUous, many-jiower- 

 rn.£,\ r "'^ fi^Mf'ered. Anthers of the mak free 

 Co,olla tubular, sometimes wanting in the kale. "^'•^'''• 



limi ^fi^fT' ('^''"™- ^- C. 5-529, R. W Icon 



drica\ pale"toi"^Sorol?a' \lllZ%7ollT'^^ '''''^- 

 scarcely adnate to the cilia' aSher free' %ZT 

 2 flowers enclosed within a 2 hpatprn^ m • V^^^^' 



54. Wedelia (Jacq. D. C. 5-538, R. W. Icon. 1106- 

 / j. Capitula heterogamous ; florets of the ray 1 series, 

 hgulate, female; of the disk hermaphrodite, 5-toothed. 

 iiranches of the style of the hermaphrodite flowers end- 

 ing m a cone. Achsenia obovate or compressed, beak- 

 less, with a crown or calyx-like pappus. Receptacle 

 paleaceous.— Sufiruticose or herbaceous, leaves op- 

 posite. Pedicels terminal or axillary. Involucre 2-3 

 series, exterior foliaceous. Receptacle paleaceous, 

 tienerally diffiised over India. 



55. WoLLASTONiA (D. C. 5-54G, R. W. Icon. 1108). 



l-apituia heterogamous ; florets of the ray ligulate, I 

 series female ; of the disk hermaphrodite. CoroUa 

 articulated above the ovary. Ach»nia thick, obovate, 

 turbinate, or compressed, umbilicate at the apex, or 

 bearing 5 slender aristae.— Suffruticose, usually hispid, 

 4K*^u^ opposite, triplinerved. Pedicels at the apices of 

 the branches about 3, one-cephalous. Involucre 2-3 

 series, exterior fohaceous. Receptacle paleaceous. 

 t lowers yellow. Like the preceding, a widely diffused 



. 5-551, R. W 



ligulate, fema] 



genus amW-Com o^iS^r^^^^^^^^^^^^ Acb^uia smooth:-Her^ 1^^^^^^^, 



ce^, and by Reichenbach to Cucmbitace^ " ^„??' Itf^^^^ Involucre 2 series, foliaceous. Receptacle 



the venation of the corolla of the male flower, T ^ ^A Jii-T^Tlr'- u^^^^^" yeUo^- [The only species, G. 



coincide with thp. fnr™-., a,. " V^^f °°wms I would oleifera Wieht'a ninst taK looxS u'.,u;„.t^A in 



among rSSh, t '^ """""^ "=='' '» "a=te place° 



53. MooNiA (Arnott D r 'y « r»nr> ^ 

 1105). Capitull mon";o^ flI'etL??h' ^' ^- ^'^'^ 

 female, ligulate, 3-cleft of t'h^T. °^ ?® '^^ ^ series, 

 the style of the fSb lea^ t "?'^^- Branches of 

 n>ale incluse, simpr or EV'^M^' '^yJ« of the 



Ach^nia obovate, sorJewff/n '^'^ "J ^^« *P«^- 

 shortly bicomate at the ao^ *«k ^^P'^''^^' entire or 



(Wight's lUust. tab. 132), is d 



T /r''^^^ *" ?^ P^^^t- It is a widely aisinouieu piau..j 

 Lower Bengal, Mysore. ' 



Div. II. RuDBECKiEJE. CapUvla heterogamous, ray 

 JJ^rets ligulate, sterile. Ach(£nia heakless. Pappus rwne, 

 or crown-like. 



tula 



^RocARptjs (Jacq. D. C. Prod. 5-566} Capi- 

 lowered, heterogamous ; ray florets 3, neuter, 

 minute, irregularly ligulate, opposite the inner scales of 

 Sit "'/S""?. ', '^^^ *"^es tubular, hermaphrodite. Cor- 

 A^ *^® ^^^^ persistent, 5-toothed. Anthers scarcely 

 adherent, prolonged at the apex. Branches of the style 

 subulate. Achaenia of the ray abortive: of the disk 

 inclosed within the indurated pale*.— Herbs ; stem 

 rough ; leaves alternate, triplinerved. Involucre double • 

 exienor fohaceous. Receotarift amaii convex, the palea 



ihorter than them 



Coiolla yellow. 



cle small; 



disk and 



SB 



