| Spilanthes.] COMPOSIT&. 613 
infolded, enclosing the hermaphrodite flowers. Calyx-limb aris- 
tate. Petals of ray-florets connate in large, spreading, ligulate 
corollas, with long, entire lamina; of hermaphrodite florets con- 
nate in regular tubular corollas, with elongated, Aaa pa 
dfid limb. Stamens syngenesious; anthers entire or minutely 
2lobed at base. Style of hermaphrodite florets wih arms ending 
in short or long pubescent appendages. Cypsela oblong or nearly 
obovate, thick, compressed, or slightly 4-angled; pappus of 2 
” often dilated, paleaceous below, caducous, sometimes with 
~2 smaller, intermediate, caducous bristles. 
Roots not tuberous; annual herbs :-— 
Leaves and sista scabridly hairy annuus 
Leaves and stems softly cottony argyrophyllus. 
tuberous ; perennial herbs tuberosus, 
1089. Hexianruus annuus Linn.; E. D. H. 74. 
In gardens in all the provinces ; cultivated only. 
A tall annual, occasionally | cultivated also as an oil-seed 
crop. Vernac, Surajmukhi. The common Sunflower. 
1090. Hetranraus aRGyROPHYLLUS Torr. & Gr 
In gardens in all the provinces; cultivated and also 
freely springing up spontaneously in cultivated ground 
and waste places. 
A tall annual with softly oe leaves. Vernac. Safed 
surajmukhi, The ‘“ Rains” wer. 
1091. Hexianruvs ruperosvs Linn. ; i. D.H 
In gardens generally. 
A perennial herb with tuberous, edible roots. Beng. 
Brahmokha. The Girasole, or Jerusalem Artichoke. 
475. Spilanthes Linn. 
Annual herbs; leaves opposite. Flower-heads usually long- 
_ Peduncled, axillary or terminal, heterogamous and rayed, or 
Ogamous and disciform; ray-florets, when present, female, 
- |setiate; disk-florets hermaphrodite, all fertile; involuere ovoid 
& campanulate; bracts sub-2-seriate; receptacle convex, elon- 
‘Bate; pales enclosing the florets, often connate with the ovary as a 
' Calya-limb obsolete. Petals of ray-florets connate in a 
r yellow ligulate corolla; of hermaphrodite florets regular, 
, with a 4-5-fid limb. Stamens syngenesious ; anthers with 
ig CR as Ne eg Gt Se ea 
