414 MATRICARIACEiE. 



Wedelia, Jacq. {DC. pr. 5, p. 538.) 



1. calendulacea, Less. (DC. o. c. p. 539. — Verbesina calendulacea, L. ; — 

 Lam. ill. t. 686, /. 1 ^—Roxb. ft. hid. 3, p. 440 ;— J. Grah. Cat. B. 

 pi. p. 100. — V. benghalensis, Rich. ; Pers. — Jageria calendulacea, 

 Spreng.;—Rheed. 10, t. 42 ^—Burm. zeyl. t. 22,/. 1.) <rt^1 Bangra. 

 C<P*I ?TSf Kesho-raj. %. Ceylon. Coromandel. The Concans. Bengal, 

 (Serampore.) &c. Fl. largish, bright yellow, R. and C. S. ; fr. H. S. 

 The plant has a slight terebinthinaceous taste. (Roxb.) 



WoLLASTONiA, DC. (pr. 5, p. 546.) 



1. biflora, DC. (I. c. — Verbesina biflora, L. ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 440; 

 — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. excl. syn. — V. urticifolia, Wight. — Acmella 

 biflora, Spreng.; — Rheed. 10, /. 40.) © Coromandel. Very common 

 on the Ghauts, covers the roofs of houses at Kandalla, Martaban, &c. 

 Fl. largish, yellow, C. S. ; fr. H. S. 



2. scabriuscula, DC. (o. c. p. 547. — Eclipta scabriuscula, Wall. Cat. — 

 Melananthera glandulosa, Wall. herb. — Megera capitata, Spreng. excl. 

 syn. — Verbesina dichotoma, Heyn. — V. biflora, Bl. ; not L.) 2^. 

 Timor. Penang. Singapore. Rangoon. Silhet. Fl. yellow. In H. C. G. 



Heliopsis, Pers. (DC pr. 5,j>. 550.) 



\.l(Bvis, Pers. {DC. I. c. ,—B. M. 61, t. 3372.— Helianthus Isevis, L. 

 fit. — Buphthalmum helianthoides, L. hort. ups ; — L'Herit. stirp. p. 

 93, t. 45. — Silphium solidaginoides, L. sp. p. 1302? — Rudbeckia 

 oppositifolia, L. sp. 1280.) 2j.. N. America, from Pennsylvania to 

 Carolina, on shady, rocky banks of rivers. Fl. large, bright yellow, 

 R. S. ; fr. C. S. 



GuizoTiA, Cass. (DC pr. 5, p. 551.) 



I. abi/ssinica, Cass. (G. oleifera, DC. I. c. ; — Wight, ill. 2, t. 132. — 

 Polymnia abyssinica, L. fil. suppl. p. 383. — P. frondosa, Bruce. — 



Verbesina sativa. Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 441 ,—B. M. 26, t. 1017; f. 



Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 100. — Werinnua, Heyn. — Parthenium luteum, 

 Spreng. — Heliopsis platyglossa, Cass. — Tetragonotheca abyssinica, 

 Ledeb.. — Jiigera abyssinica, Spreng. — Helianthus oleifer. Wall. Cat. — 

 Bidens ? Ramtilla, Wall. Cat. — Ramtilla oleifera, DC. — Buphthalmum 

 Ramtilla, Buck. — Anthemis mysorensis, Hb. Madr.) ^t^^ T^^T Ram- 

 til. © Abyssinia. Mysore. Deccan, where it is commonly cultivated 

 for the sake of the oil it aff"ords. Lower Bengal. Fl. large, bright- 

 yellow, C. S. ; fr. Feb. and March. 



Echinacea, Monch.) DC. pr. 5, p. 554.) 



[.purpurea, Monch. {DC. I. c. — Rudbeckia purpurea, L. ; — B. M. 1, t. 

 2 ; — Roxb. H. B. p. 62.) %. Mountains of N. America, from Virginia 

 to Florida. Fl. large, purple. In H. C. G. fl. C. S. ; fr. 0. {Roxb.) 



Rudbeckia, L. {DC. pr. 5, p. 555.) 



I . digitata, Mill. {DC. I. c. ; not Willd. — R. laciniata j3. angustifolia, 

 Pers.) ^. Mountainous parts of Virginia and Carolina, Fl large, yel- 

 low, with a brownish disk, C. S ; fr, 0. 



