Composites.] 



CHINA. 



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We have likewise received this from Mr. Vachell; it is No. 210. b. of his plants, as distributed by Professor 

 Henslow. The leaves are somewhat fleshy and very pubescent: sometimes, however, the pubescence wears 

 off, and exhibits the under side elegantly marked with numerous slender waved purplish veins. 



1. Wedelia calendulacea. Less. Syn. Comp. p. 222. De Cand. in Wight, Contrib. p. 17. 



1. Verbesina prostrata ; caule prostrato ramoso hinc inde radicante villosulo, foliis oppo- 

 sitis oblongis utrinque pauci-(sub 3-)-dentatis basi cuneatis hirsutis, pedunculis monoce- 

 phalis terminalibus vel ex ramulorum bifurcation ibus folio longioribus, anthodii squamis 

 biserialibus oblongis, rachidis bracteolis squamis paullo angustioribus cseteroquin consimilibus. 



This species we have also received from Mr. Millett and Mr. Vachell, (No. -208.) The achenia, although 

 compressed, have a rib or angle along the back, so that they may be almost considered as 3-angled: but the 

 plant does not differ in any other respect from Verbesina, as defined by Lessing. 



We have received from Canton the following other species of Composites from Mr. Millett and Mr.Vachell: 



1. Vernonia Chinensis. Less.? in Linneea, 1831./?. 105. Vachell, n. 212. 



1. Siegesbeckia orientalis. L. 



1. Elephantopus scaber. Linn. 



1. Adenostemma viscosum. Forst. — Vachell, n. 217. 



1. Wedelia biflora. De Cand. in Wight Contrib. p. 18. Vachell, n. 220. 



1. Bidens Chinensis. Willd. 



1. Glossogyne Chinensis. Less. Syn. Comp. p. 212. Vachell, n. 221. 



1. Eclipta erecta. L. 



2. E. prostrata. L. 



1. Artemisia Indica. Willd. 



1. Eupatorium Chinense. L.? — Vachell, n. 205. 



2. E n. sp. 



1. My riactis Javanica. De Cand.? in Wight contrib. p. 10. 



This plant certainly belongs to the genus Myriactis, and approaches M. Wightii, De Cand., but we 

 have not yet seen the character of M. Javanica, and hence our doubts. 



1. Chrysanthemum Indicum. Linn. — Vachell, n. 125. 

 1. Solidago .... Vachell, n. 206. «. 

 This is probably among Dr. Wallich's species. 

 1. Aster . . . . n. sp. 



This comes nearest A. Chilensis, N. ab E. Syn. Ast.p. 123, but the leaves are quite smooth and glabrous, 

 and the scales of the anthodium are acute. 



1. Doellingeria . . . . n. sp. 



Allied to D. scabra, N. ab E. Syn. Ast. p. 183; it seems, however, to be quite distinct, by the inflorescence 

 being a somewhat simple corymb, the pappus white, and leaves not serrated. 



1. Blumea Chinensis ; fruticosa?, ramis cano-pubescentibus, foliis elliptico-oblongis brevi- 

 petiolatis supra viridibus asperis reticulatis subtus sericeo-tomentosis dentato-serratis, serra- 



