GAJIOPETALiE. '1 



282. Iptaiona scabra, D.C. 



<'. Plant in flower. 



Aden ; T. AV. H. Tolbort ; 1869. 



283. [Pulicaria sp.] Platychsete sp. 



((. Twig in flower. 



This specimen bears no locality or date. 



284. [Pluchea pinnatifida, Hook f.] (Oliver Fl. Trop. Africa, vol. iv., 



p. 330). 



(/. Flowering branch. 



Somali Country ; Capt. Playfair. This is one of the plants, 

 the stalks of which constitute the drug called by 

 V.aughan "Dagaboot" (more properly "Gagaboot"). 



Tribe V. Heuauthoide^. 



285. Acanthospennum xanthioides, D.C "Picao da praia." 



a. Plants in flower and fruit. 



Bergno, Cem6tiere de St. J. Batiste ; 16 June, 1872 ; 

 from M. Glaziou. 



286. Eclipta erecta, L. " Changra " (Hind.) 



a. Flowering twig. 



Stewart, 'Punjab Plants,' p. 126. 



287. Verbesina persicifolia, D.C. "Guachin." 



a. Fluwering stem (without root) and detached flowerhead. 

 H. Finck ; Cordova, Mexico ; 1865. 

 " A decoction of the root (half an ounce to a pint of water) is given in 

 all complaints having reference to the sexual organs of females." 



Near to V. heliatithoides, H. B. K. (fde Hemsley). A letter is at- 

 tached to this specimen from C. H. Schultes giving the name V. persici- 

 folia to the plant. 



288. Xanthium spinosum, L. 



«. Eiiiirc plant in flower. 



1. St. Remy, (Bouches du Ehone) ; 18 Oct., 1859. 



Tribe VII. Anthemide.€. 



289. Anthemis altissima, D.C. 



II. Plant in flower. 



Raised at Clapham, 27 July, 1872, from seeds received 



from the Botanical Garden, Hamburg. 



[This plant was labelled by D. Hanbury Anacyclus officinurum 



Haynes, the name under which he received the seed. The correct name 



was given by Dr. H. Trimen, when looking through the Herbariiuu 



for information for " Medicinal Plants."] 



