LXXV. COMPOSITE. 
Spilanthes.] 
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sub-acute, base cuneate, serrate or crenate; nerves x pair ; 75 to 
i*5 in. long; petioles *1 to *3 in. long- Peduncles 1 to 3 in- l° n g» 
slender, head ovoid, conic, *35 in. long. Hab. Common weed in 
waste ground. Whole peninsula. A form with much .bigger 
heads and altogether more robust is the variety oleracea. It is 
less common. Use : The “ toothache plant. The heads rubbed 
on the gums, being pungent, are supposed to relieve toothache. 
Native name: Gutang. 
14 . ECLIPTA, Linn. 
Hairy annuals. Leaves opposite. Heads small, axillary on 
long peduncles rayed, white. Involucre campanulate, herbaceous; 
bracts outer broad, green, receptacle flat. Ray-flowers with a small 
entire or bifid ligule. Achenes sub-compressed, 2-awned or not. 
Pappus o. Species 3 to 4,1 American, 1 Australian, 1 cosmopolitan. 
(1) E. alba Hassk. Hook. fit. F.B.I. iii. 3 ° 4 - E. erecta Lam. 
IU. t. 687. r t 1 T 
Weed, rather slender, 6 in. to 1 ft. long. Leaves linear or oblong- 
lanceolate, nearly entire, narrowed both ends, 1 to 3 in. long, '2 to 
•4 in. wide; petioles short. Peduncles 1 to 1*5 in. long. Heads 
about -25 in. across. Bracts longer than flowers. Hab. Common 
weed in waste ground. Singapore. Malacca, Bukit Sabukor 
(Derry) * Ayer Panas (Cantley). Pahang, Pekan. Selangor, Kwala 
Selangor. Penang, Telok Bahang (Curtis). Kelantan, Kota Bharu 
(Yapp). Native names: Rumput Beu; Kurumak Jantan. 
15 . WEDELIA, Jacq. 
Hairy or scabrid-pubescent shrubs or herbs. Leaves opposite. 
Heads rayed yellow. Ray-florets conspicuous, female, ligulate. 
Disc-florets bisexual. Corolla tubular, 5-toothed. Involucre hemi¬ 
spheric, bracts 2 rows. Achenes cuneate oblong, thick. Pappus 
none or a cup. Species about 70, tropical. .. 
Besides our seashore species a double form of W . 14 allichn Less. 
(W. scabenima Wall.) is often to be seen in gardens. 
(1) W. biflora DC. in Wight, Contrib. 18; King, l.c. 43. 
Scrambling, shrubby, young parts hispid, adults glabrous. 
Leaves ovate to lanceolate acuminate, serrate, base broad, slightly 
cuneate, 2 to 4 in. long, 1-25 to 275 in. wide. Heads *5 in. across, 
usually solitary, peduncled, orange yellow. Bracts m 2 rows, 
oblong-pubescent. Achenes triquetrous, hairy. Hab. Common 111 
tidal mud. Whole peninsula from Singapore to Penang and 
Lankawi. Distrib. East Asia. Native names : Sarunei; Serenah; 
Sunai Laut. 
An odd shrubby form, with lanceolate leaves cuneate at base, i‘5 in - 
long, '5 in. wide, and small flower-heads, was obtained by me in sea-sand 
at Pulau Nipis, Adang group, fattjg'wjf 
