47 



■iflie ray triquetrous, bearing 3 ciliate bristles, of the disk compress- 

 >ied, biaristate. — Herbaceous plants with opposite triplinerved leaves : 

 peduncles axillary, monocephaJous : involucre 1-2-series, exterior 

 one foliaceous : receptacle narrow : paleae embracing the flowers. 



(1) B. LATIFOLIA. (Dec.) 



, Ident. Dec. prod. V. p. 492. — Wight's Contrib. p. 17. 



Syn. Eclipta latifolia, Linn. — Verbesina dichotoma, Watl. C(ti. 

 No. 314. — V. Lavenia, Roxb. flor. Ind. Ill f. 442. 



Engrav. Pluk. t. 382. fig. 6. . \ 



Spec Char. Leaves rhomtioid, acuniiqate, thickly toothed;, or 

 both sides sparingly pubescent : branches and petioles rougmsh, 

 opposite, upper ones dichotomous: peduncles generally mweh shorter 

 than the petiole : flowers white. 



Rajahmundry. Dindigul hills. Madura. Monghyr, Flower- 

 ing in the cold season. 



GENUS XXXIV. SIEaESBECKlA. 

 Syn. Pol. Sniierflua. Sex: Sys't-. 



Deriv, Named.after Si^esbeck, a German Physician. 



Gen. Char. Capitula heterogamous : florets of t^ie ray 1-series, 

 ligulate or defofmed; of the disk tubttlar, 3-5-todthed : achaenium 

 somewhat 4-sided, curved within: pappus n^ne. — Herbaceous di- 

 chotomous plants, upper parts viscid: iayolucre 2-series, the ^ 

 exterior ones linear, spathulate, spreading, mterior ones viscidly 

 pilose on the back : receptacle flat. 



(1) S. ORiENTALis. (Liim.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. V. p. 495. — ^Wight's Contrib, p. 17.-^K.oxb, 

 flor. Ind. III. p. 439. 



Engrav. Pluk. Amalth. p. 58. t. 380. f. 2.— Linn. Hort. CliflT. 

 t. 23.— Wight's Icon. t. 1103. " 



Spec. Char. Leaves ovate, cuneate,, acuminate at the a{)ex, 

 thickly toothed, upper ones pblpng-lanceolate :, scales of the ex- 

 'ternal involucre twice as long as the inteHor oile :' flpwers yellowish, 



Dindigul hills, at 2500 feet. 



GENUS XXXV. XANTHIUM. 

 moneeeia Pentandrla. Sfxs Systi 



Deriv. From Xanthos, yellow, an infusion of the {)Iant is said to 

 fitaiu that colour. 



