$296 COMPOSIT.E, 
SPJERANTHES. 
Speranthus. 
Herbacea ramosa decumbenti-prostrata, pubescenti-viscosa, 
fel. decurrentibus oblongo-lanceolatis dentatis serratis, serra- 
turis aristatis. Capitalin. sphæricis ovato-globosis rubris. 
Axis conica, obtusa, medio lacunosa. Capitula composita e 
glomerulis indefinitis discretis subsessilibus extus involu- 
cellatis, squamis oblongo-linearibus l-seriatis plus minus 
scariosis pilosis ciliatisque. 
Floribus heterogamis, exterioribus l-seriatis, sub 10 fæmi- 
neis, interioribus 3 hermaphroditis. Radii tubulosi, sub-irre- 
gulariter 3-fidi, ore haud obliquo. Stigmata subulata, subex- 
serta. Disci tubulosi multo majores, sepius 4, ore parum 
ampliato 5-fido, venatio Brun. vena recurrente 0. 
Stam. totidem alternantia. Filam. filiformia una basi corolla 
inserta. Anther ovato-oblongz simplicis vel nec appendicu- 
latæ. Stylus exsertus basi bulbosus vasc. fasc. basi etiam dis- 
cretis ad anthesin cito elongatus } superior pilosus. Stigmata 
2 brevia ratione feeminearum approximata. Pollen globos. 
hispidum. Ovaria teretiuscula pilosa, ovula erecta libera, 
raphe 0. 
Has. Assam. In arenosis Burrumpootur : March 25th, 1836. 
no. 450. 
Squamis conformis unica capitulas. Inflorescentia spic? 
centripeta ut etiam capitulosa? vidi semel stigmat, tria vast. 
fascic. 3 stylo, quorum 2 approximata quamvis discreta. 
Canar. Capituli dense spicati, pauciflori heterogami, bractea 
unica suffulta ; squam:e scariose, ciliate, biseriate. 
Flosculi inhaled, radii feminei, disci sub 4 hermaphro- 
dit. Filamenta basin corolla inserta! Pappus 0. Styli her- 
Ls ie pilosi. 
. This overrules DeCand. sections, as it belongs e 
his iaie although the axis is hollow, see Wight * 
Contr. p. II, 
