168 Composite. _ [ Bidens. 
1. B. chinensis Willd. Sp. Pl. III, p. 1719 (1804); O. E. Schulz 
in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. p. 178 (1914); Willis in Ann. Perad. V, p. 544 
(1914); Petch in Ann. Perad. VI, p. 70 (1916). B. pilosa Trim. FI. 
Ceyl. III, p. 40 (1895) non Linn. 
2. B. pinnatus Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 832 (1753); O. E. Schulz l. ec. 
p. 183 (1914); Willis 1. c. p. 544 (1914). B. decompositus Wall. Cat. 
p. 110 (1828) nomen; DC. Prodr. V, p. 602 (1836) ; Thw. Enum. p. 165 
(1860). B. pilosa var. bipinnata Hk. f. ex Trim. Fl. Ceyl. III, p. 41 
(1898). 
As B. chinensis Willd., but leaflets 5, narrower, deeply 
cut; rays yellow; achenes and bristles longer. 
Dry country; uncommon? Batticaloa; Trincomalee; Polonnaruva. 
Fl. March. 
Throughout the tropics. 
Page 41.—For Glossogyne pinnatifida DC. read: 
G. bidens (Retz.). Zinnia bidens Retz. Obs. V, p. 28 (1789). 
Bidens pinnatifida Heyne in Wall. Cat. no. 3190 (1828) nomen. Glos- 
sogyne pinnatifida DC. in Wight Contrib. p. 19 (1834). 
27a. GALINSOGA Ruiz. & Pav. 
Annual; 1. opposite, simple; heads small, peduncled; in- 
volucre 1-2 seriate; receptacle paleaceous; ray-fls. female, 
uniseriate; disk fls. bisexual, tubular, 5-fid; anther-base sub- 
entire; style arms acute; pappus of a few scales.—Sp. 5. 
G: parvirLora Cav. Ic. III, p. 41 t. 281 (1791-1802); HA ae 
Brit, Ind. LLU, p. 311 (1882): 
Annual herb; stem 1-2 ft., sparingly pubescent; leaves 
Opposite, ovate, distantly serrulate; heads 4 in. on long 
peduncles; involucre greenish; ray fls. white, usually 5; 
disk yellow; pappus of ciliate scales; achenes hispid, dark 
brown. 
Common in waste places. Peradeniya (1882); Roehampton Est., 
Haputale (1890); Ambevela (1906); Gorindihela (1906); Hunasgiriya 
(i926): Pl. Jan:, eb., March, Sep 
Native of S. America. 
This called ‘‘ Gallant soldier’? in England; a corruption of the 
Latin name. 
27b. Tripax Linn. 
Perennial, prostrate; 1. opposite; heads on long peduncles; 
involucre campanulate; receptacle paleaceous; ray fils. 
female; rays 3-fid; disk fls. bisexual, 5-fid; anther-bases 
auricled; style-arms subulate; pappus plumose; achenes 
pubescent.—Sp. 7. 
T. pRocuMBENS Linn. Sp. PI. p. 900 (1753); Hk. f. in FL Brit ines 
III, p. 311 (1882). 
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