Wedelia.'] lxxviii. composite. (J. D. Hooker.) 307 



4. VT. 'WTallicllll, Less, in Litmtsa, vi. 162 ; suberect, hispid or sea'brid, 

 leaves petioled ovate acuminate serrate 3-nerved sometimes softly pubescent 

 beneath, outer invol. bracts oblong obtuse or acute equalling or exceeding the 

 disb-fl., achenes obovoid compressed or obtusely 3-angled, tip contracted. W. 

 urticasfolia, var. a and y, DC. Prodr. v. 540. W. scaberrima, Wall. Cat. 3208. 

 W. biflora, Clarke Cotnp. Ind. 137. ? Verbesina biflora, jRo.vh. Fl. Ind. iii. 440. 

 V. biflora, WaU. Cat. 3204 E., 3207 E. Eclipta ecabriuscula, Wcdl. Cat. 3212, 

 partly. Ecliptacea, Wall. Cat. 3208. 



Tkopical Himalaya; alt. 0-5000 ft., from Kiimaon, Edgeworth, to Bhotjn and 

 the Mishmi Mts., Griffith. Khasia Mrs. and Birma. — Disteib. Jara. 



68. SFIIiANTKES, Linn. 



Annual herbs. Leaves opposite. Heads usually long-peduncled, axillary or 

 terminal, heterogamous and radiate or homogamous and disciform, ray-fl. J , 

 1-seriate, fertile, ligule white or yellow ; disk-fl. ^ > fertile, tubular, limb 

 4-6-fid. Involucre ovoid or campanulate, bracts sub-2-seriate ; receptacle 

 convex, elongate, pales enclosing the flowers often connate with the ovary into 

 a stalk. Anther-bases truncate, entire or 2-toothed. Style-arms of ^ truncate. 

 Achenes of ray triquetrous or dorsally compressed, margins and angles usually 

 ciliate ; pappus 0, or of 2-3 bristles. — Disteib. Species about 20, chiefly tropical 

 American. 



1. S. Acmella, lAnn. ; erect or ascending, leaves petioled ovate-lanceolate 

 crenate-serrate or entire 3-nerved, heads ovoid solitary or panicled, ligulea 

 minute. Dcdz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 129 ; Clarke Comp. Ind. 138 ; Kurz in Journ. 

 As. Soc. 1877, ii. 176. Verbesina Acmella and Pseuda-aemella, Linn. Acmella 

 Linn sea, Cass. 



Throughout India ; ascending the Himalaya and other mountains to 6000 ft. — 

 DiSTaiB. AH warm countries. 



Vah. 1. Acmella proper, Clarke I.e.; peduncles suhsolitary, achenes margined 

 Bcabrid, pappus usually of 1-2 liristles. S. Acmella, DC. Prodr. v. 623 ; Wall. Cat, 

 328S. S. calva, Wiffht Ic. t. 1109.— Throughout India. 



Vab. 2. ealva, Clarke 1 c. ; peduncles subsoUtary, achenes smoother, pappus 

 usually obsolete. S. calva, DC. Prodr. v. 625. S. Pseudo-acmella, Linn. ; DC I. u. 

 and in Wight Contrib. 19; Wall. Cat. 3185. Cotula conica, Wall. Cat. 3185.^ 

 Throughout India. 



Vab. 3. oleracea, Clarke 1. c. ; more robust and succulent, heads and leaves larger, 

 peduncles subsolitary, achenes as in var. 1. S. oleracea, Jacq. Hort. Find. ii. t. 135 ; 

 Soxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 410 ; DC. Prodr. v. 624. Bidens fervida and fixa, Lamk. Diet. i. 

 415. 416. — Cultivated in gardens. 



Vae. 4. paniculaia, Clarke 1. o. ; taller, more branched, heads numerous panicled, 

 achenes strongly margined sparsely scabrid, pappus bristles 1-2. S. paniculata, DC, 

 I. c. 625 ; Wall. Cat: 3186.— Birma, WaXlioh, &c. ; Sikkim, J. D. H. ; Band'a, Edge- 

 worth ; Madras Coll., G. Thomson. I suspect this to be a cultivated form. 



58*. GVXZOTXA, Cass. 



Annual herbs. Leaves opposite, or the upper alternate. Heads peduncled, 

 axillary and terminal, heterogamous, rayed ; ray-fl. J , 1-seriate, fertile ; ligule 

 2_3-toothed, yellow ; disk-fl. ^ t fertile, limb campanulate 5-fld. ; tube of both 

 short, woolly, embracing the top of the achene. Involucre campanulate ; bracts 

 8ub-2-seriate, outer subfoliaceous, inner like the pales ; receptacle convex or 

 conic ; pales flat, scarious. Anther-bases truncate, entire. • Style-arms of § , 

 with subulaif e hairy- tips. Achenes. glabrous, dorsally compressed, tip rounded ; 

 pappus 0. — ^DisiBiB. Species 3, tropical African. 



x2 



