540 LXII. COMPOSITE. [ Moonia. 
Achenes of the ray flattened, the margins acute or winged. Pappus minute, 
cup-shaped, often produced into 2 short bristles. Achenes of the disk abor- 
tive.— Herbs with opposite leaves. Flower-heads pedunculate in terminal 
panicles or in the forks of the branches. Ray yellow. 
A small genus containing, besides the Australian äre which are endemic, one or two 
from Ceylon and the Indian Archipelago. It differs from Wedelia, of which it M D 
ice SEET, in the abortion of the disk-achenes. The original Ceylon species has 
ws involueral bracts and ray-florets, but does not otherwise differ in end 
pow 
Mee vote Tuvoluere 5 to 6 ege long . . 1. M. trichodesmoides. 
ves coarsely toothed. Tuvolucre about t 3 li ong. 
Leaves mostly ovate- odio or Ld -— sessile. . ~ M. ecliptoides. 
Leaves mostly ovate, petiolate . 9. M. procumbens, 
1. M. tric otii Benth. A rigid erect herb attaining 4 ft. in 
height, scabrous with short hairs or tubercles. Leaves nearly BEL lanceo- 
ée entire in the specimens seen. Flo rer eis narrow- -ovoid, in a terminal 
50 
ina long. Ray-florets 5 or 6, ligulate, entire or shortly 9-toothed: Achenes 
of the ray only seen young, then resembling those of M. ae but pu- 
N. ie Nichol Bay, N.W. coast, F. e s Expedition. 
acute, and Gesten the disk-florets. Ray-florets as pe as involueral ` 
bracts, the ligula obovate-oblong usually 2-lobed. Scales of the M 
ita 
ES NW dne Camden Harbour (Marten f), Hooker's and 
Sturt's venir F. "Mueller ; Port Essington, Armstrong. 
ocumbens, Beni th. Stems branched, diffuse pe or 
ft. 
3. M. pro 
ascending, 1 to 2 t. long. Leaves shortly petiolate, from ovate to “is 
coarsely toothed, 1 to 2 in. long, very scabrous with scattered rig! Ae 
cy like many Boraginee. Peduncles terminal or in the forks, ‘l 
lower vis e mostly much longer than the leaves. veros 
bract i iod t 5 or 6, herbaceous, as long as or longer than the disk-florets- 
Way Am d 2103 lines long. Scales of the receptacle narrow, dns 
Achenes of the ray thick, but compressed with acute margins, not W 
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