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Oen. ChaIi. Capitula heterogamous : florets of the ray l-serie8,, 

 ligulate, female, of the€isk hermaphrodite, 5-toothed: branches of, 

 the style of the hermaphrodite flowers ending in a cone : acheenium 

 qbovate or compressed^ beakless, with a crown, or calyx-like pappus : 

 receptacle paleaceous. 



(1) W. CAEENDUtACEA. {EeSS.J 



IdenU W^ht's Contrib. p. 17.— Dec. prod. V. p. 539. 



Syn. Verbeana calendulacea, Linn. — Jaegreia calenduilaceaj. 

 Spr. Syst. III. p. 500. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1107.— Burm. Zeyl. t. 22. fig. 1.— « 

 Rheede Mai. X. t. 42. 



Spec. Char. Herbaceous : leaves oblong-lanceolate, attenuated, 

 at the base, strigosely hairy on both sides, rarely serrated at the' 

 apex : peduncles 1-headed, solitary, axillary, three times longer than 

 the leaf: outer involucral scales oblong, sub-acute, longer than the 

 disk : calyculus, of the achaenium some-wbat stalked, denticulate : 

 iBowers yellow. 



Concans. Coromandel. Bengal. In moist situations, flowering' 

 aearly all the year. 



(2) W.. uRTic.ffi;FOi.iA. (Dec.) 



Menu Dec. prod. V. p. 539. — ^Wight's Contrib.^ p. 18. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1106. ; 



Spec Char. Herbaceous, somewhat climbing : leaves petioled,. 

 ovate-lanceolate, coarsely and unequally serrated, hispid on both 

 sides, acuminate, of tea incurved at the apex : peduncles solitary, 1- 

 headed : involucral scales 10, in 2-series, acuminate, rough on the 

 back : paleae of the receptacle much acuminated : acheenium sur> 

 rounded by a short denticulate calyculus. 



Neilgherry, Pulney and Shevagherry mountains. 



GENUS XXXVIII. WOLLASTONIA.. 



Syn. Pol. Superflua. Sex-. Syat: 



Deriv, In honor of Dr. WoUaston, a celebrated Natural Philo* 

 sopher. 



Gen. Char. Capitula heterogamous : florets of the ray ligulate, 

 1-series, female, of the disk hermaphrodite : corolla articulated 

 above the ovary : achaenium thick, turbinate or compressed, umbili» 

 cate- at the apex or bearing 5 slender aristae. 



