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2-seriate, the exterior 3-5, usually herbaceous or foliaceous, the inner 

 dry or rigidly membranous, Eeceptacle flat or convex, furnished with 

 folded or concave palea) embracing the ^ flowers. Corolhxs of 5 flowers 

 ligulate, the ligules spreading, entire or 2-3-toothed ; corollas of ^ flowers 

 regular, tubular, with an elongate 5-toothed limb. Anther-bases entire 

 or sagittate, with small blunt auricles. Style-arms of ^ flowers short 

 or elongate, with subacute hairy tips. Pappus or a toothed cup or 

 ring, or of short scales. Achenes cuueate-oblong or obovoid, thick, 

 laterally compressed or the outer triquetrous, tip rounded, margins 

 obtuse or thickened. — Distrib. Warmer regions of both hemispheres ; 

 species about 45. 



Invol. -bracts much longer than the disk-flowers ; leaves sub- 



ses-sile, lanceolate-oblong 1 . W. calcndulacea. 



Invol. -bracts about equalling the disk-flowers ; leaves petioled, 

 Ovate. 



An erect herb ; achenes J in. long 2. W. urticafolia. 



A climbing shrub; achenes g ill. long 3. W. biflora. 



1. Wedelia calendulacea, Less. Syn. Comp. (1832) p. 222. A 

 ])erennial herb 1-3 ft. high ; stem procumbent at the base and rooting 

 at the lower nodes, terete, more or less appressedly hairy. Leaves 

 opposite, subsessile, 1-3 by §-lg in., lanceolate-oblong, entire or irre- 

 gularly crenate-serrate, scabrous with short white hairs or at length 

 more or less glabrate, base tapering. Heads f- 15 in. in diam., solitary ; 

 peduncles 1-6 in. long, erect, slender, slightly thickened beneath the 

 heads. Invol.-bnicts herbaceous, oblong or slightly obovate, hairy, 

 subobtuse, much longer than the disk-flo\\'ers. Kay-flowers ligulate, 

 ligules yellow, 2-3-toothed. Style-arms of $ flowers long, acute, re- 

 curved. Pappus a toothed membranous cup. Achenes of the ray 

 tapering, slightly pubescent. Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. 306 ; Dalz. & Gibs, 

 p. 128 ; Wight, Icon. t. 1107 ; Arn. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. v. 1, 

 p. 8], t. 5; C. B. Clarke, Comp. Ind. p. 136 ; Trim. El. Ceyl. v. 3, 

 p. 38 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 4, p. 301. Verhesina calen- 

 dulacea, Linn. Sp. PL (1753) p. 902 ; Grab. Cat. p. 100. — Flowers : 

 Feb.-May. Veen. Pivala-hhdngrd. 



This plant has been included on the authority of Graham 1. c. and 

 Dalzell ^- Gibson 1. c. I have seen no specimens from Bombay, and the 

 plant does not appear to have been found by any recent collectors in 

 that Presidency. It is not included in Woodroiv's list, and there are 

 no specimens fro.ai the Bombay Presidency in Herb. Kew. 



KoNKAN : in moist places, ex Graham 1. c. — Distrib. India (Bengal, Assam, Birma, 

 W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon, Malay Islands, China, Japan. 



2. Wedelia urticaefolia, DC. in Wight, Contrih. p. 18, Var. ft. 

 Wiyhtii. A weak erect herb ; branches light-colored, terete, slightly 

 grooved, pubescent or scabrid. Leaves opposite, 3-6 by |-2 in., ovate, 

 acute or acuminate, closely and sharply serrate, strigosely hispid on both 

 sides, base rounded or subacute ; petioles \-^ in. long. Heads |-1 in. 

 in diam., solitary or 2-3 together; peduncles densely hairy. Outer 

 invol. -bracts ovate-oblong, acuminate, hairy, about equalling the disk- 

 flowers. Ray-flowers ligulate, the ligules sometimes exceeding \ in. 

 long by ^ in. wide, 2-fid at the apex. Pappus a small toothed ciliolate 

 cup. Achenes elongate, cuueate, 3-quelrous, truncate at the apex, nearly 



