174 S. Kurz — Contributions towards a [No. 2, 



*1. C. CAUDATUS, H. B. K. Nov. gen. Amer. IV. 240 ; DC. Prod. V. 

 60G ; Griseb. Fl. West. Ind. 373. 



Hab. As wild in neglected lands in and around Rangoon. — Fl. Nov., 

 Dec. 



*2. C. SULFUEEUS, Cav. Icon. I. 56. t. 79 ; DC. Prod. V. 606 ; 

 Griseb. Fl. West. Ind. 373. (Coreojysis artemisicBfolia, Jacq. Icon. III. t. 

 595 ; B. calva, Clark. Comp, Ind. 141 ; Adenole^pis calva, Schultz. Bip. 

 in Zoll. Cat. 123 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 79). 



Hab. Not unfrequent in the savannahs, and in rubbishy places near 

 villages, about Akyab in Arracan, and in similar places in Rangoon up the 

 valley as far as Phoungyee. — Fl. Nov. — Feb. 



I am not at all sure whether the above synonymy is correct. The same 

 plant (^Adenolepis calva) has become quite a nuisance about Buitenzorg 

 and other places in Java, entering freely the hill- savannahs. 



Bidens, L. 



Conspectus of Species. 



Subg. 1. Platycarpcea. Achenes flat and rather broad. 

 Leaves divided into 3 lanceolate serrate segments, or pinnatifid, , ,B. tripartita. 



Subg. 2. Psilocarpcea. Achenes slender, 4-cornered. 



Leaves mostly pinnately 4 — 3-foliolate. Ray-florets white, B. pilosa. 



Leaves mostly bipinnate. Ray yellow. Slender dry herb, B. bipinnata. 



1. B. PILOSA, L. sp. pi. 1166 ; DC. Prod. V. 597 ; Clark. Comp. 141 

 quoad var. a {B. leucantha, Willd. sp. pi. III. 1282 ; DC. Prod. V. 598 ; 

 B. Sundaica, Bl. Bydr. 913 ; DC. Prod. V. 598). 



Hab. Here and there springing up in deserted hill-toungyas and in 

 betel-nut gardens of the Martaban hills east of Tounghoo, at 2 — 4000 ft. 

 elevation ; apparently more frequent in the northern hilly j)arts of Ava. — 

 Fl. Fr. Sept.— March. 



2. B. BIPINNATA, L. sp. pi. 1166 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 411 ; DC. 

 Prod. V. 603 ; Bth. Fl. Austr. IV. 543. (B. Wallichii, DC. Prod. V. 598 ; 

 B. pilosa, v«r. y8. Wallichii, Clark. Comp. Ind. 141). 



Hab. Tenasserim, Tavoy (Wall.). Fl. July— Oct. 



Siegesbeckia, L. 



1. S. OEiENTALis, L. sp. pi. 1269 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 432 ; DC. 

 Prod. V. 495 ; Bth. Fl. Hongk. 182 and Fl. Austr. IV. 535 ; Wight Icon, 

 t. 1103 ; Clark. Comp. Ind. 133. (S. IracUata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 432). 



Hab. Here and there in deserted toungyas, but more frequent in the 

 drier hill-forests of Martaban, at 2000 — 7100 ft. elevation ; also Ava, Bha- 

 mo. — Fr. Jan. — March. 



