160 The Flowering Plants of Western India. 



Poona districts. Near Belgaum (D .). Throughout India and all 

 over the world in warm climates (H.). 



H. has in the genus ' flowers subradiate in leafy panicles,' but my 

 description agrees with B.'s. 



18. ECLIPTA. 



E. alba (E. erecta and E. prostrata, D.). A small rough 

 weed, erect or diffuse, leaves lanceolate or oval, narrow at both 

 ends, flowers white, solitary or twin enclosed in a large soft 

 involucre, outer florets very narrow. Mdka, bdngra. 



Common in most parts. Throughout India, and in all warm 

 climates j leaves very variable (T.). 



From the predominance of narrow strap-shaped florets the flowers 

 look like those of a chickweed. 



19. WEDELIA. 



W. urticsefolia (Woolastonia biflora, D.). Shrubby spread- 

 ing, branches angular grooved, leaves ovate pointed, serrated, 

 peduncles generally two together, of which one is longer, flowers 

 rather large yellow, ray florets few, bracts lanceolate dry, 

 achenes with black spot in the middle. Sunki. 



Very common on the Ghauts ; covering the roofs of houses at 

 Khandalla (6r.). D. has no habitat. I had it at Mai wan close to the 

 sea, and H. has W". bi/iora as a coast species very like this but a 

 climber ; so some differences may be allowed for. 



W. calendulacea, straggling, hairy, leaves lanceolate ovate, flowers 

 large, solitary, long-stalked, bright yellow, ligules few, disk florets 

 crowded on convex receptacle, outer bracts about 5 large. Pivala 

 mdkd. G. I. P. railway hedge about Lasalgaurn. No hab. (D.). 



20. SPILANTHES. 



$. acmella. A leafy plant with ovate lanceolate leaves and 

 small ovoid yellow flowers on very long stalks, ray florets small 

 and few ; achenes more or less rough. Acharbondi. 



Deccan, Konkan and Ghauts. Throughout India (H.). 



H. has 4 varieties, one of which has flowers in panicles, and one or 

 two are cultivated as pot herbs. 



21. GUIZOTIA. 



O. Abyssinica (G. oleifera, D.). An erect leafy plant, leaves 

 sessile or stem clasping, ovate lanceolate, serrate roughish, 

 flowers bright yellow, large and handsome, long-stalked, solitary 

 or in pairs, ray florets few and broad, bracts broad ovate. Ram 

 til, Kdla til. 



