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tis monocephalis, involucri. squamis 5 
uniseriatis oblongis obtusis dorso pubes- 
centi-strigosis, paleis mucronato-apicu- 
latis, acheniis exaristatis. 
Wedelia calendulacea. Lessing, Syn. 
Comp. p. 222. (now Rich.) Wall. Cat. 
n. 3205. Wight, Cat. n. 1447. De 
Cand. Prod. 5. (ined. 
Verbesina calendulacea. Linn. Sp. 
1972. Willd. Sp. Pl. 3. p. 2226, Roxb. 
Fi. Ind. 3. p. 440; in Cet. Merc. Angl. 
Ind. Or. Mus. tab. 978. Wall. Last, n. 
Jaegeria calendulacea. Spr. Syst. Veg. 
Burm. Thes. Zeyl. t. 22. 
Pee-cajoni. Rheed. Hort. Mal. 10. t. 
42. 
Descr. Annual Stems creeping at 
the base ; the branches nearly erect, terete, 
from one to four feet long, slightly scabrous, 
or almost smooth. Leaves opposite, ob- 
long-lanceolate, sometimes nearly quite 
entire, sometimes with a few coarse, rather 
distant serratures near the apex, with in- 
termediate gradations on the same branch, 
strigose on both sides, the hairs on the up- 
per often proceeding from little shining, 
shallow, saucer-like pits. Pedunceles soli- 
tary, either from the axils of the upper 
leaves, or terminal, longer than the leaves, 
terete, slender, erect, or bending from the 
weight of the head of flowers, slightly 
hairy. Heads solitary: involucre composed 
of a single series of five narrow, oblong, 
_bluntish scales, which, like the leaves, are 
strigose on the back, and with saucer-like i 
hollows on the upper side. Flowers yel- 
low; those of the ray in a single series, 
numerous, bearing a pistillum without sta- 
mens; corolla strap-shaped, three-cleft ; 
those of the disk several, tubular, five-cleft, 
with both stamens and pistillum. Brac- in 
teoles of the rachis (or scales of the recep- 
` tacle, Linn.) oblong-lanceolate, sg 
concave, longer than the ovary. Anther. 
not caudate, purplish, longer than the ‘abe. 
Ovary oblong, crowned with a short-lobed 
membranaceous cup, without any awns or 
bristles. Style filiform, bifid; the branches 
BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 
. tumid on the margins, without any beak, 
longish, linear, recurved, terminated at the 
apex by a short cone, pubescent on the 
outside, principally so at the base of the 
cone, less so both upwards and downwards, 
furnished on the inside with two strongly- 
marked lines (rows of the stigma) reaching 
to the base of the cone. Achenta covered 
with a thick nut-like coat, compressed, 
crowned as in the ovary, and furnished _ 
with a minute epigynous disk: those ofthe — 
ray and disk are alike. - 
Has. In moist pastures, and by the 
sides of ditches. Frequent in the Tanjore . 
country, flowering the greater part of the — 
rainy and cool season. : | 
(To be continued.) 
BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 
( Continued from p. 20. ) 
Mr. Hewett Watson is now printing a — 
new Botanists’ Guide, on the model of 
Turner and Dillwyn’s, omitting the Cryp- - 
togamic plants; the first volume of which, © 
including England and Wales, will be 
ready for publication in a few weeks. A 
second volume, devoted to Scotland, will | 
shortly follow ; for which Mr. Hewett Wat- | 
son is anxious to receive such information | 
regarding the stations of the rarer Scottish ; 
plants, as the Botanists of that country may 
be willing to communicate to him. The 
work wil be compressed into as small a | 
bulk as possible, consistently with the greatly 2 
him to add in many of the counties. 
Watson has also in preparation a work 
the distribution of British plants, chie 
connection with latitude, Mte. 
climate in Great Britain and e 
tribution of plants in connection therewith | 
is almost ready for the press. A seco? 
part, embracing a detailed notice of 
distribution of each species, is in progre 
