1877.] Knoioledge of the Bicrmese Flora. 177 



135; Roxb. Fl. Iiid. III. 410 ; DC. Prod. V. 524), all parts more robust, 

 the flower-heads more than twice the size and often solitary at the ends of 

 the branchlets. 



Hab. Var. a. common in waste and rubbishy places in and around 

 villages, on road-sides, fallow fields, and toungyas, along river-banks, etc., 

 not only in all leaf-shedding forests but more so in the cultivated tracts, 

 up to 3000 ft. elevation.— Fl. Fr. C. and HS. 



2. S. PANICULA.TA, Wall. Cat. 3186 ; DO. Prod. V. G25. {S. aomella 

 var. ^. paniculata, Clark, Comp. Ind. 139). 



Hab. Frequent in the mixed forests, and more so as a weed in toun- 

 gyas, poonzohs, and other cultivated and waste lands in and around villages 

 from Pegu and Martaban down to Upper Tenasserim. — Fl. CS. ; Fr. C. and 

 HS. 



In my eyes a very distinct species. It is the ein-bee-zat of the Bur- 

 mese, used for poisoning fish. 



Tagetes, L. 



Conspectus of Species. 



Peduncles elongate and almost cylindrical ; involucral bracts plain, T. patula. 



Peduncles elongate, much swollen at the apex ; involucral bracts almost angular T. erect a, 



*1. T. PATULA, L. sp. pi. 1249 ; DC. Prod. V. 643 ; Sims. Bot. Mag. 

 t. 150 ; Clark. Comp. Ind. 142. 



Hab. Frequently cultivated not only by the Burmese but also by the 

 Karens, and often seen springing up in recently abandoned toungyas. — PL 

 CS. 



*2. T. ERECTA, L. sp. pi. 1249 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 435 ; DC. Prod. 

 V. 643 ; Clark. Comp. Ind. 143. 



Hab. With the preceding, but less frequently seen. — Fl. CS. 



Chrysanthemum, L. 



Conspectus of Species. 



Sichg. 1 . Ell-Chrysanthemum. Achenes of the ray almost triquetrous, the inner nerve 

 produced at the apex into a tooth. Pappus scarcely any. 

 Flower-heads large, on long terminal or almost terminal peduncles ; ray yellow, 



. , C. coronarium. 

 Siibcf. 2. Ft/ret hrum. Achenes oblong, irregularly 3— -5 -cornered. Pappus scarcely 



any. 

 Flower-heads numerous, on slender peduncles, in terminal corymbs ; rays yellow, 

 or in garden varieties variously (purple to white and orange) coloured, . . . . C. Indicum. 



*1. Ch. coeo^aeium, L. sp. pi. 1254 ; DC. Prod. VI. 64 ; Clark. 

 Comp. Ind. 146. {Gh. BoxhurgUi, Desf. Cat. Hort. Par. ed. 3. 170; Bot. 

 Mag. t. 1521 ; DC. Prod. VI. 64 ; Fyrethrum Indicum, Koxb. Fl. Ind. IIP 

 436; Sims. Bot. Mag. t. 152). 

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