42 CoiUpOsitce. [Ar/emisia. 



Dry country; very rare. Nilgala Hill and about Bibile and Ekirian- 

 kumbura, Uva. Fl. Dec; yellow. 

 Also in Peninsular India. 



GaHtisoga parviflora, Cav., is occasionally found as a garden weed in 

 the hill country. It is native to Peru and Chili, but naturalised in many 

 warm temperate countries. 



T7idax prociivibens, L., has recently become a troublesome weed in 

 cultivated ground, probably introduced from India, where it is common. 

 It is a native of S. America. 



Tageies erecta, L., and T. pahela, L., the so-called African and French 

 marigolds — but both natives of Mexico — are universally cultivated by the 

 natives, and are commonly met with in a semi-wild condition. 



Cotula australis, Hk. f , occurs occasionally as a roadside weed about 

 Nuwara Eliya, in Dimbula, &c. It comes from Australia and New 

 Zealand. 



28. CENTZPEDA, Lojtr. 

 Annual, prostrate, 1. alt.; heads minute, globose, axillary, 

 involucre spreading, bracts few, in 2 rows, receptacle convex, 

 naked; fl. numerous, very small, all tubular, the outer (often 

 numerous) rows female, fertile, the inner rows fewer, bisexual, 

 often 4-lobed ; anth. -bases obtuse; style-arms short truncate; 

 achene 4-angled, truncate, pappus o. — Sp. 3 ; i in Fl. B. hid. 



C. orbicularis, Lour. Fl. CocJiinch. 493 (1790). VITisaduli, ^S'. 

 Cotula mi/iiiiKi, W., Moon Cat. 58. Myriogyne mijtuta^ Less., Thw. 

 Enum. 165. C. P. 2715. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 317. Wight, Ic. t. 1610 {Dichrocephala Schinidii). 



A small annual with very numerous, prostrate, slender, 

 branching stems spreading from a centre; 1. numerous, sessile, 

 very small, \-'^ in., oblong, spathulate, tapering to base, acute, 

 with 2 sharp teeth on each side, glabrous ; heads nearly sessile, 

 globose, ^ in., inv.-bracts very small, obtuse, with membranous 

 margins; achene minute, tipped with persistent style, bristly 

 on the angles. 



Damp places, lower montane zone; rather rare. Maturata; Dolos- 

 bagie; Maskeliya, &c.; probably often overlooked. Fl. Feb., March; 

 yellow. 



In the Eastern Tropics generally. 



I am assured that it is to this plant that the name ' Wisaduli ' (as to 

 which see under Wisadula and Cy»ilndiu)n) is applied by the vederales 

 of the Central Province. The name signifies a powder used for swellings 

 and inflammation. Moon gives ' Hin-kimbu ' as the S. name. It is used 

 to promote sneezing in headaches and colds in the head. 



29. ARTEMISIA, L. 



Perennial, 1. alt., dcepl\- j)innalisect, heads very small, 

 numerous, in spicate infl.; involucre ovoid, bracts few, im- 



