Tagetes.] Composite. 169 
Herb, stem hirsute, about 1 ft., procumbent; leaves I-2 
in. long, ovate, deeply serrate; heads 4 in., on peduncles 
8 in. to r ft. long; involucre green, hispid; rays pale yellow; 
disk florets yellow; achenes brown. 
Common among short grasses, and in waste places. Peradeniya 
(1887) ; Colombo (1925). Fl. Apr., Sept., Oct. 
Native of S. America. 
27c. TaGETES Linn. 
Fls. large 13-23 in. across. ; SN, VES erecioe 
Fls. small # in. : ' 2. I. patula, 
1. T. ERECTA Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 887 (1753). JT. patula Curt. Bot. Mag. 
t. 150 (1792) non Linn. 
I have seen this species wild on Hunasgiriya, near Adam’s Peak and 
in the Dolosbage district. 
2. EP) paruta: Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 887 (7753). 
27d. CHRYSANTHEMUM Linn. 
Annual or perennial herbs or shrubs; leaves alternate; 
heads on long peduncles, solitary or corymbose; involucre 
hemispherical; involucral bracts in many rows, with mem- 
branous margins; receptacle flat or convex; ray-fl. fem.; 
disk fl. tubular, 4-5-toothed, bisexual; anther-bases obtuse, 
entire; style-arms of bisexual fl. truncate; achenes rounded, 
angled or winged; pappus o or a membraneous ring.—sp. 
120; North Temperate. 
C. secetuM Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 889 (1753). 
An annual, erect, about 14 ft. high, glaucous, glabrous; 
leaves narrowly obovate in outline, irregularly toothed or 
lobed; heads terminal on long peduncles, 2 in. in diam. ; 
ligules emarginate at apex; achenes of ray fls. ribbed and 
narrowly 2-winged. 
Waste places about Nuvara Eliya; introduced before 1925. F's. 
Dec., Feb.; golden-yellow. 
A native of Europe. 
27e. CoTuLA Linn. 
Herbs; leaves alternate or opposite, usually pinnatisect; 
heads small, usually pedunculate, not rayed; involucre hem1- 
spherical; bracts in I-2 series, sub-equal; margins membran- 
ous; receptacle naked; outer florets female or rarely herma- 
phrodite; corolla of female flowers minute or wanting, of 
hermaphrodite flowers regular, 4-toothed; anther-bases ob- 
tuse, entire; style-arms of hermaphrodite flowers truncate or 
obtuse; achenes glabrous, compressed; pappus minute or 
wanting.—Sp. 40; cosmopolitan. 
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