128 



Nill. Diet. No. 5 (?) ; X strumarium, Delile Illustr. Fl Egypt. No. 

 891 (?) Has a reputation in diseases of the ears : the juice is used. 



17. WEDELIA, Jacq. 



1. CALENDULACEA, Less. Syn. p 222. Non. Rich. Leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, attenuated at the base, strigose and hairy on 

 both sides, slightly serrated at the apex; peduncles 1 -headed, 

 solitary, axillary, 3 times longer than the leaf; outer involucre scales 

 oblong subacute, longer than the disc. Syn. Verbesina calendu- 

 lacea, Linn. sp. 1272; Willd. sp. iii, p 2226; Lam. Illust. t. 

 6<S6, /*. 1 ; VV bengalensis, Rich in Pers. Erch. ii, p 10 ; Joegena 

 calendulacea, Spr. syst. iii, p 600 ; Burm, Zeyl. 52, t. 22, fig 1. 



18. WOLLASTONIA, DC. 



1. BIFLORA, DC. Prod. 5, p 546. Leaves petioled, ovate, long 

 acuminated at the apex, acutely serrated, a little rough and hairy 

 above, smoother below ; peduncles 1 to 3-headed, one terminal, 

 1 to 2 from the uppermost axils ; involurce scales lanceolate, achenium 

 bare, or with one awn. Syn. Verbesina biflora, Linn. sp. 1272; 

 Willd sp. iii, p 2226 ; Wedelia biflora, DC. in Wight Contr. p 18 ; 

 Acmella biflora, Spr. syst. iii, 591 ; Rheed. Mai. x, t. 40. 



19. GUIZOTIA, Cass. 



1. OLEIFERA, DC. Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Genev. v, 7 cum. tav. 

 2. Stem pubescent at the apex ; leaves semiamplexicaul, subi-ordate 

 or ovate-lanceolate, remotely serrated, a little rough ; exterior scales 

 of the involucre broadly ovate foliaceous. Syn. Polymnia abys- 

 sinica, Linn. Fil suppl. p 383; Verbesina sativa, Roxb. Cat. 

 Calc. p 62; Bot. Mag. . 1017; Parthenuim luteum, Spr. nov. 

 Prod, p 31 ; Heliopsis platyglossa, Cass. Diet. 24, p 332. 



20. BIDENS, Linn. 



1. B WALLICHII, DC. Prod. 5, p 598. Lower leaves pinnately 

 divided, upper ternately divided, segments ovate-acuminate, inciso- 

 serrate or dentate, lateral ones obliquely attenuated at the base ; 

 heads of flowers long-peduncled, loosely corymbose ; achenia 

 linear angular striated, glabrous, with 3 awns at the apex. Syn. 

 B chinensis, DC. in Wight Contr. p 19; Agrimonia moluccana, 

 Rumph. Amb. vi, t. 15 f. 2. Deccan gardens, grounds, and plains, 

 common. 



