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



Straggling perennial ; leaves ovate or broadly ovate-lanceolate, 7F. hijlora. 



Erect, coarse annual ; leaves lanceolate, W. asperrima. 



1. W. cale:n^dulacea, Less, Syn. 222, non Eich. ; DC. Prod. V. 

 539 ; Wight Icon, t. 1107 ; Bth. Fl. Hongk. 182 and Fl. Austr. IV. 537 ; 

 Clark. Comp. Ind. 136. {Verlesina calencUlacea, L. sp. pi. 1272 ; Eoxb. Fl. 

 Ind. III. 440). 



Hab. Frequent in the tidal forests and along river-banks as high up 

 as the tidal waves, all along the coast from Chittagong and Arracan down 

 to Tenasserim. — Fl. RS. 



2. W. URTiciFOLiA, DC. in Wight Contr. 18 and Prod. V. 539 ; 

 Wight Icon. t. 1106. Bth. Fl. Austr. IV. 538. {W. U-flora, Clark. Comp. 

 Ind. 137. excl. sjn. sub. a. ; Verhesina hijlora, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 440, 

 non L.) 



Hab. Prome hills (Wall.).— Fl. Fr. Sept., Oct. 



3. W. BiFLOBA, DC. in Wight Contr. 18 ; Bth. Fl. Austr. IV. 539. 

 {Verhesina hijlora, L. sp. pi. 1272, non Roxb. ; Wollastonia hijlora, DC. 

 Prod. V. 546 ; Wight Icon. t. 1108. Bth. Fl. Hongk. 183 excl. syn. ? ; 

 JV. scandens, Clark. Comp. Ind. 136 ; Verhesina scandens, Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. III. 401 ; Wollastonia insularis, DC. Prod. V. 548 ; Wollastonia 

 Sorsfieldiana, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 72). 



Hab. Frequent in the tidal, and more especially in the beach-forests, 

 all along the coasts from Chittagong down to Tenasserim and the Anda- 

 mans. — Fl. Fr. oo . 



Tithonia, Desf. 

 *1. T. TAGETIFLOEA, Dcsf. Ann. Mus. I. 46. t. 4 ; DC. Prod. V. 

 584 ; Bot. Reg. t. 591. 



Hab. Upper Tenasserim, Attaran (Dr. Brandis), no doubt only an 

 escape from cultivation. 



Spilanthes, L. 

 Conspectus oj Species. 



Prostrate or ascending, branched ; flower-heads solitary in the leaf-axils or in the forks 



of the branches, S. Acmella. 



Erect, simple-stemmed ; flower-heads panicled, 8. paniculata. 



1. S. Acmella, L. Syst. Veg. 610 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 410 ; DC. 

 Prod. V. 623 ; Clark. Comp. Ind. 138 excl. var. 8. 



Var. a. acmella, Clark. 1. c. {Sp. calva Wight Icon. t. 1109), 

 achenes marginate, with the borders bristly-rough, usually crowned by 1 

 or 2 bristles. 



Var. y8. calva, Clark. 1. c. {Sp. calva, DC. in Wight Contr. 19 ; DC. 

 Prod. V. 625 ; S. pseudo-acmella, L. syst. veg. 610 ; DC. 1. c), achenes not 

 or scarcely marginate and smooth on the margins ; pappus usually obsolete. 



Var. y. OLERACEA, Clark. 1. c. {S. oleracea, Jacq. Hort. Vind. 11. t. 



