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GeU. GhaIi. Citpitula radiate, ligulate, 1 •series, femile, lih'eiat^ 

 bidentate : disk hermaphrodite, 5-toothed : branches of the style itt 

 the henhiiphrodite florets appehdiculate : acbaenia bald, estilei'ior 

 ' ebes oblong, emarginate, or slightly wittged on each sidew 



(1) C. Indicum. (Dec.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. V. p. 631. 



Spec. Char. Annual, herbaceoilSi glabrous, V'eifjr stiiall : branch- 

 lets somewhat nak6d, 1 "headed at the apex: leaves of different 

 Shapes, radical ones oval, cuneate at the base, tipper ones oblong- 

 linear, 3-toothed at the apex : achaenia somewhat compressed> very 

 shortly emarginate at the apex, callous at the margin, at one place 

 smooth and level, at another convex and striated : flowers bright 

 yellow. 



Sukanaghur. 



GENUS XLV. GLOSSOdAItDIA. 



fiyn. Pol. Superflua. Sea;: Sytti 



Derivt From Glossa, a tongue, and Kardia, a -heart. I'he 

 scxact application is not apparent. 



Gen. Char. Capitula few-flowered : flotets pf the ray 1-2 or 

 .none, female> of the disk, hermaphrodite, tubular, 4-toothed : achs- 

 nia of the disk obcompressedt very villous on the 4 angles, some- 

 what 2-wiDged and crowned with 2 stiff" bristles from the ■ lateral 

 angles. 



(1) G. BosvAtLEA. (Dec,) 



Ident. Dec. prod. V. p. 631. — Wight's Contrib. p. 19, 

 Syn. Verbesina Bosvallea, Linn. Suppl. 'p. 349. — Roxh. Jl. 

 Ind. III. p. 443. — G. litiearifolia, Cass. Diet. 19. p. 62. 

 Engrav: Wight's Icon. t. 1110. 



Spec. Char. Small annual, diffuse : leaves alternate, much di- 

 vided, linear at the base : heads of flowers solitary, yellow, on short 

 naked peduncles : involucre oblong, imbricated : receptacles cover- 

 ed with narrow membranaceous pale^. 



Coimbatore in dry pastures. Kulludgee, and common elsewhere 

 on the Western Coast. 



GENUS XLVI. 6L0SS0GYNE. 



Sfn. JPol. Superflua. Senc-. s^tt: 



Deriv. From Glos^Ut a toiague, and Gyne, female ; alluding to 

 the elongated styles. 



