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(1) S. ACMELLA. {Linn.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. V. p. 925. — Linn. Syst. Veg. p. 610. 



Syn. Verbesina acmella, Linn. Mant. p. 475.— Acmella Lln- 

 naei, Cass. Diet. 24. p. 330. — S. Pseudo-acmella, Linn. — S. calva, 

 Bee. prod. V. p. &i5. -^Wight's Contrib.p. 19. 



Engrav. "Wight's Icon. t. 1109. — Rumph. Amb. 6. t. 66.— 

 Pluk. Aim. t. 159. fig. 4. 



Spec. Char. Stern slightly rooting at the base, erect or ascend- 

 ing : leaves petioled, ovate-lanceolate, 3-nerved, entire or toothed, 

 rather glabrous :_ peduncles three times longer than the leaf: heads 

 of flowers ovate : ligulse 5-6, very small : achaenia ciliated, 1-2- 

 awned : flovrers small, yellow. 



Peninsula. Mysore. Travancore. Flowering nearly all the 

 year. 



GENUS XLin. XIMENESIA. 

 Syn. Pol. Suiierflua. Sex: Syst; 



Deriv. In he _ ^jof Joseph Ximenes, a Spanish Apothecary. 



Gen. Char. Capituk many-flowered, heterogamous ; florets df 

 the ray female, ligulate, 1-series, of the disk hermaphrodite, tubu- 

 lar, 5-toothed : tube of the corolla hispid ; achaenia compressed, 

 ■winged, deeply emarginate, somewhat hairy, with 2 aristae cohering 

 ■with the sides of the wings. 



(1) X. ENCELIOIDES. (Cu'O.') 



Ident. Dec. prod. V. p. 627. — ^Wight's Contrib. p. 19. 



Syn. Pallasia serratifolia, Sm. in Rees' Cycl, 



Engrav. Cav. Icon. II. p. 60. t. 178. 



Spec Char. Annual, herbaceous : leaves opposite or alternate, 

 often attenuated into a somewhat winged petiole auricled at the 

 base, ovate and ovate-oblong, toothed : achsenia of the disk some- 

 what villous, surrounded on all sides by a wing, emarginate at the 

 apex, of the ray wingless, wrinkled : ligulae deeply 3-toothed : 

 flowers large, bright yellow. 



Palamcottah. It is still doubtful whether this is a native of 

 India or not. > 



GENUS XLIV. CHRYSANTHELLUM. 

 Syn. Pol. Superfliia. Sesc: Sy»ti 

 Diriv, A diminutive of CSirySanthemum, 



