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(1) W. BJFtORA. {Dec.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. V. p. 546. 



S^. Verbesina biflora, Linn, ^oxb, /lor. Ind. III. p. 440.^^ 

 16.cmella biflora, Sp«emjr.-T-Wedelia biflora, Wight's ijmtrib. p, 18. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1108. — Rheede Mai. X- '■ 40. 



Spec. Char. Annual : leaves petioled, ovate, shortly at the 

 base and long-acuminated at the apex, sharply serrated, abovie spar-, 

 ingly rough and hairy, smoother below : peduncles l—S, monocepha- 

 lous, one-terminal, 1-2-springing from the upper axils: involucral 

 scales in two rows, long-lanceolate : achaenium bald ox one-rawned : 

 flowers largish, yellow. 



Coromandel, Common on the Ghauts, Negapatam. flower- 

 ing nearly all the year. 



(2) W. SCAB1RIUSCBI.A. ( Det}-.} 



Ident. Dec. prod. V. p. 547. 



Syn. Eclipfav scabriuscula, Wall. Cat, No., 3212.^!^0VIagera ca^ 

 ^itata, Sprang. — Verbesina dichotomai Hegv.f-—^y. biflora, JBlume^ 



Spec. Chak. Perennial ; stem herbaceous, fuMowed and angu.^ 

 lar, smoothed : leaves petioled, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, cuneate 

 at the base, triplinerved above the hase, cosu^ly serrated, above- 

 Sparingly strigilloae, pubenilous below : corymbs terminal, compo- 

 site, trichotomOus : involucral scates in two rows, oval-oblong, acute : 

 lichsnium thick, umbUicate at the apex, not awned : flowers y$Uow« 



Silhet. 



GENUS XXXIX. GinZOTIA, 

 Syn. Pol. Superflua. Sex-. Syst: 



^eriv. In honor of M- Guizot, an eminent French Statesman. 



Gen. Char. Capitula heterogamous : ray ligulate, female : disk; 

 hermaphrodite, tubular, 5-toothed : base of the tube of the corolla 

 furnished with a ring of thick-jointed hairs : achaenium smooth. 



G. oleieera. (D^e.) 



IdenU Dec. prod. V. p. 551. 



Syn. PolymniaAbyssinica, iinn./. 5j<ppZ.-^P. frondosa, 5ruc(r» 

 •—Verbesina sauva, Roxb. flor. Ind. III. p. 441. — Partbenium 

 "Intewxa, Spreng. — Heliopsis platyglossa, Cass. — Tetragoaotheca 

 Abyssinica, Ledeb. — Jaegera Abyssiniqa, Spreng. — RamtiUa olei- 

 fera. Dee. — Buphthalmum Ramtilla, Buck. — R. oleifera, Wight's 

 Contrib. p. 18. 



j^ngrav. Wight's 11,1. IT. t. 132.-^Bot. Mag. XXVI. t. 101 1. 



