591 
(4) v. Arnortiana. (R. W.) 
Ident. Wight’s Icon. vol. IIT. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 1045-6. 
Spec. Cuan. Herbaceous, erect, puberulous : radical leaves 
dong-petioled, unequally pinnated: lower pair of leaflets alternate, 
upper pair opposite, all ovate or ovate-cordate, crenate-serrated, the 
odd one the largest: cauline ones unequally pinnate : leaflets ovate 
or cordate, crenately-dentate, obtuse: panicle large, diffuse, dicho- 
tomous : fruit compressed, with 3 rils on one side and one on the 
other, very hairy between. 
In woods near Sispara on the Neilgherries. Also on the Pulney 
mountains. Floweritg’in April and September. 
ORDER LXXXIV. DIPSACEZ, 
Calyx entire or toothed or pappose: corolla tubular inserted 
on the apex of the calyx-tube: limb oblique, 4—5-lobed, rarely 
ringent; estivation imbricated: stametis inserted on’ the’ tube 
of the corolla, alternate with its lobes and almost always dis- 
tinct: anthers 2-celled: ovary 1-celled, with one solitary pen- 
dulous ovule: style filiform: stigma simple: fruit dry, indehis- 
cent, crowned by the limb of the calyx, usually covered with an 
outer calyx or involucel, 1-celled, 1-seeded: embryo straight, in 
the axis of fleshy albumen. 
GENUS I. DIPSACUS. 
Tetrandria Monogynia. Sez: Syst: 
Deriv. Said to be from Dipsao, to thirst, in consequence of the 
leaves holding water. 
Gen, Cuan. Herbaceous, erect, hairy or slightly prickly plants: 
leaves opposite, often connate at the base, toothed: heads terminal, 
oblong-ovate or roundish: flowers aggregated upon a common re- 
ceptacle, separated from each other by pales, and each furnished 
with a partial calyx-shaped involucel: heads surrounded by a 
general wiany-flowered involucre which is usually much longer than 
the paleze: paleze somewhat leafy : involucel 8-furrowed : corolla 
4-cleft, not ringent: stigma longitudinal: fruit included within the 
involucel. 
