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at both ends, distantly serrated, dilated at the base, somewhat stem- 

 clasping; floral branchlets axillary, very short; floral leaves 2 to 3, 

 coloured, orbicular, surrounding the head of flowers ; flowers pale- 

 violet and white. Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 431 ; Meyera orientalis, Don 

 Prod. Fl Nep. 180; Melananthera orientalis, Spr. in Litt; leaves 

 3 inches long. 



13. ECLIPTA, Linn. 



1. ERECTA, Linn. Maut. 286 (?) ; Willd. sp. iii, p 2217. Stem 

 erect, strigose, with adpressed hairs ; leaves oblong lanceolate, 

 acuminated at both ends ; pedicels solitary or twin, 5 times longer 

 than head of flowers. Very common. Syn. Verbesina alba, Linn. sp. 

 1272; Cotula alba, L'mn.syst. Nat. ii, p 564; Micrelium asteroides, 

 Forsk. Descr. 152; Eel. adpressa, Mcench. Meth. ; Dill. Elth. fig. 

 137 ; Rumph. Amb. vi, p 18, /. 1 ; Pluk Aim. t. 109, fig. 1. 



2. PROSTRATA, Linn. Maut. 286. Stem prostrate or ascending, 

 strigose, with adpressed hairs; branches somewhat hirsute ; leaves 

 oval or oblong-lanceolate, attenuated at the base, slightly serrated 

 and undulated, rough ; peduncles 2 to 3 times longer than the head 

 of flowers. Syn. Verbesina prostrata, Linn. sp. ii, p 1272; Cotula 

 prostrata, Linn. syst. ii, 564; Micrelium tolak, Forsk. descr. 153 ; 

 Dill. Elth./. 138; Pluk Aim. t. 118, /. 5. 



14. BLAINVILLEA, Cass. 



1. LATIFOLIA, DC. in Wight Contr. p 17. Leaves rhomboid- 

 acuminate, coarsely toothed, sparingly pubescent ; branches and 

 petioles hairy, opposite, uppermost ones dichotomous ; peduncles 

 generally shorter than the petiole ; awns of the achenium bearded 

 at the base. Syn. Eclipta latifolia, Linn. Fil. suppl. 378; Verbesina 

 lavenia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii, 442. 



15. SIEGESBECKIA. 



1. ORIENTALIS, Linn. sp. 1269. Leaves ovate, cuneate at the 

 base, acuminated at the apex, coarsely toothed, uppermost ones 

 oblong-lanceolate ; exterior scales of the involucre twice the length 

 of the inner. Near Belgaum. Linn. Hort. Cliff, t. 23 ; Ic. Pluk. 

 Aim., p 58, t. 380, /. 2. We found this in Australia also. 



16. XANTHIUM, Tourn. 



1. INDICUM, Roxb. Cat. Calc. 67. Fruit-bearing; involucre 

 oval, pubescent between the prickles and at the base of the beaks, 

 beaks hooked at the apex. X orientale, Linn. sp. 1400 ; X chinense, 



