308 LXXVIII. COMPOSITE. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Guizotia. 



G. abyssynica, Cass. in Diet. Sc. Nat. 59, 248 ; pubescent upwards, 

 leaves sessile ^-amplexicaul ovate-lanceolate or subcordate serrate, invol. bracts 

 5. G. oleifera, D C. in Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Genev. v. 7, cum Ic. ; Prodr. v. 551 ; 

 Dfilz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 128; Wight. 111. t. 132; Clarke Comp. Ind. 139. 

 Helianthus oleifera, Wall. Cat. 3194, and Bidens Ramtilla, 3191. Ramtilla 

 oleifera, DC. in Wight. Contrib. 18. Heliopsis platyglossa, Cass. I. c. 24, 332. 

 Verbesina sativa, Bot. Mag. t. 1017 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 441. Polymnia abys- 

 synica, Linn. f. Suppl. 383. 



Cultivated in various parts of INDIA. A native of tropical Africa. 



A stout, erect, smooth or scabrid, leafy herb, 1-3 ft. high, stem often as thick as 

 the little finger. Leaves 3-5 in., sessile, 4-amplexicaul, linear or lanceolate-oblong, 

 obtuse, serrate, Heads | 1 in. diam. ; peduncles naked, 1-2 in. ; outer invol. bracts 

 broadly elliptic or ovate, obtuse, green ; ligules few, broad. 



58**. SYNEDRELLA, Gartn. 



Annual, branched, pubescent or villous herbs. Leaves opposite, petioled, 

 toothed. Heads small, heterogamous, radiate ; ray-fl. 1-2-seriate, fertile, ligule 

 short broad 2-3-toothed yellow ; disk-fl. g , fertile, tubular, limb 4-toothed. 

 Involucre ovoid or oblong ; bracts few, 1-2 outer usually foliaceous, inner like 

 the pales ; receptacle small, pales scarious flat. Anther-bases subentire. Style- 

 arms of ^ with long acute tips. Achenes of ray dorsally compressed, 2-winged, 

 smooth, wings lacerate, of the disk few narrower compressed or triquetrous 

 often muricate, the angles of both terminating in spines. DISTRIB. Species 2, 

 tropical American, one also African and Asiatic. 



S. nodiflora, Gcertn. Fruct. ii. 456, t. 171, f. 7 ; Hook. Exot. Fl. t. 60 ; 

 Clarke Comp. Ind. 139. Verbesina nodiflora, Linn. Amoen. Acad. iv. 290. 



The cultivated places, ASSAM, Jenkins ; MARTABAN, Stollczka ; ANDAMAN ISLDS., 

 Kurz. DISTRIB. Tropical America. 



An erect dichotomously branched herb ; stem and branches terete, glabrous. 

 Leaves ovate- lanceolate, shortly petioled, serrate, scaberulous, 3-nerved. Hto.ds 

 sessile, axillary and terminal ; inner invol. bracts linear-lanceolate, shining. Achenes 

 slender, black ; spines 2-3 times as long, erect, very stout. 



59. GLOSSOCARDIA, Cass. 



A branched, annual, glabrous herb. Leaves alternate, slender, 1-2-pinnati- 

 sect. Heads small, terminal and axillary, heterogamous, rayed, yellow ; ray-fl. 

 $ , usually solitary, fertile, ligule 2-tid ; disk-fl. g , few, fertile, tubular, limb 

 4rtid. Involucre oblong; bracts few, inner oblong with broad membranous 

 margins, outer 1-3 slender; receptacle small, flat; pales few, flat. Anther- 

 basis obtuse, entire. Style-arms of $ with linear, acute, hispid tips. Achenes 

 narrowly oblong, dorsally much compressed, faces bearded ; pappus of 2 smooth 

 stiff awns. 



1. G-. linearifolia, Cass. in Diet. Sc. Nat. xix. 62. G. Bosvallia, DC. in 

 Wight Contrib. 19; Prodr. v. 631 ; Wt. Ic. t. 1110; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 

 129 ; Clarke Comp. Ind. 139. Verbesina Bosvallia, Linn. f. Suppl. 379. V. 

 Boswellia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 443. Pectis meifolia, Wall. Cat. 3198. 



RoHiLKtND ; at Delhi, Clarke. BANDA, Edgeworth. CENTRAL INDIA and the 

 DECCAN. 



Prostrate or erect, diffusely branched from the base; branches 3-10 in. long, 

 strict or flexuous. Leaves ^-2 in., 2-pinnatisect, petiole long slender, blade broadly 

 ovate in outline, segments filiform. Heads ^ in. long, shortly peduncled ; inner invol. 

 bracts large, obtuse, with a striated disk and pale margins. Acheiies % in long. 

 Odour of fennel. 



