GQ LXXI, COMPOSlTyE. 



Melampodium pahulosum, H, B. <fe K. Nov. Gen. v. 4, p. 273. A 

 native of Tropical America, with yellow flowers, now become a weed in 

 gardens in Poona. Dalz. & Gibs. Siippl. p. 47. Melampodium divari- 

 catum, DC. Prodr. v. 5, p. 520 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 

 (1898) p. 649. 



Zinnia elerjans, Jacq. Coll. Suppl. (1790) p. 152. A well-known 

 garden plant very easy of culture and rapidly becoming naturalized in 

 the Deccan. Grab. Cat. p. 09 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 46 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1808) p. 649 ; Gard. in Ind. ed. 3, p. 350. 



Tithonia iageiijiora, Desf. in Ann. Mus. Par. v. 1 (1802) p. 49, t. 4. 

 A tall soft-wooded shrub reaching 6 ft. high, beai'ing alternate divided 

 leaves and numerous orange-colored flowers resembling small sun- 

 flowers, a native of Mexico. It grows readily either from seeds or 

 cuttings and spreads with great rapidity. Woodr. Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, 

 p. 366. 



IleliantJins annuvs, Linn. 8p. PI. (1753) p. 904. The Common Sun- 

 Jlower, a native of the Western United States of America. Grows to a 



height of 6 ft. and more, and is common in gardens throughout India. 



The finest variety of the annual species is glohosus-jisfuloiius. Grab. Cat. 



p. 100 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. V. 11 (1898) p. 649 ; Gard. in 



]nd. ed. 5, p. 359 ; Watt, Dict.Econ. Prod. v. 4, p. 209.— Yern. Surya- 

 2>hid. 



Ilelianihus rir/idus, Desf. Cat. Ilort. Par. ed. 3, p. 184. The Small 

 Sunflower, a native of N.W. America, a recent introduction into gardens 

 at Poona. Mr. Woodrow (Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 363) states that it 

 was lately used at that station in a competition in table-decoration and 

 was much admired. The flower-heads reach 4 in. in diam. ; the ray is 

 of a deep golden- and the disk of a very daik chocolate-color. 



Heliantlius iuherosns, Linn. Sp. PL (1753) p. 905. The Jerusalem, 

 Articliolce, a well-known and much appreciated culinary vegetable, a 

 native of N. America and now very generally cultivated. Grab. Cat. 

 p. 100 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 47; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 

 (1898) p. 649; Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 36Ji ; AVatt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 

 V. 4, p. 211. 



Guizotia ahyssinica, Cass, in Diet. Sc. Nat. v. 59 (1829) p. 248. A 

 stout erect leafy herb 1-3 ft. high bearing numerous yellow flowers, a 

 native of Tropical Africa, but extensively cultivated in India for the oil 

 produced from the seeds. The oil is used by the poorer classes as a 

 substitute for f/hi. It is also used to adulterate gingolly and castor oils. 

 PI. B. I. v. 3, p. 308; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) 

 p. 649; Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 305; AA'aft, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 4, 

 p. 186. Guizotia oleifera, DC. Sept. Not. PI. Ear. Jard. Genev. p. 5 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 128. — A^eux. Kala-til; Kdrahl; lidm-til. 



Coreopsis tincioria, Nutt. in Journ. Acad. I'hilad. v. 2 (1821) p. 114. 

 A veil-known tall handsome annual, a native of N. America. The 

 flower-heads have long yellow rays and a maroon-colored disk. It is 

 a very common plant in gardens ami has lu'coiiie almost naturalized 



