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paucis abortu masculis. Involucri subuniserialis expausi squamz ovate, subsequales, Recepta- 
culum conicum, nudum. Corolle tubulose, marginis cylindricz, obsolete 3—4-dentatee, centrales 
fauce campanulata, limbo 4-dentato. Antherz ecaudatee. Stylus inclusus. Achenia compressa, 
erostria; marginalia pappo uullo, centralia abortiva; pappo 1—2-seto, brevissimo.—Herbze annus, 
hirsutiuseule v. subglabree, ramos, adscendentes v. erectee; foliis alternis, dentatis, cuneatis aut 
petiolatis, petiolo nudo v, appendiculato, capitulis globosis, parvis, im racemos v. paniculas dispositis, 
pedicellis propriis nudis brevioribus. 
1. D. latifolia, DC. Prodr. vol. v. p. 372; caule annuo erecto sparse piloso; foliis obovatis in 
petiolum attenuatis grosse dentatis seepe basi inciso-subpinnatifidis; ramis floridis ramosis subnudis ; 
pedicellis rigidis divaricatis capitulo globoso longioribus,—Cotula bicolor, Sol. in Forst. Prody. n, 
540; Sol. Prim, Fl, Ins. Pacif. p. 295 (ined.), et in Parkins. Drawings of Tahit. Plants, t. 78 (ined.).” 
Grungea latifolia, Lam, Ill, t. 699. f. 1. Hippia bicolor, Smith in Rees’ Cyel. 18. n, 2.—Common 
all over Viti (Seemann! n. 264). Also collected in Tana (Forster!), and the Tongan (Captain 
Cook !), Society (Banks and Solander!), Marquesas (Barclay !), and Hawaiian Islands (Nelson !), 
XII. Glossogyne, Cass. in Dict. Se. Nat. vol. li. p. 475; Endl. Gen. n. 2566. Capitulum oo- 
florum, heterogamum, floribus radii 1-seriatis, ligulatis, femineis, disci tubulosis hermaphroditis. 
Involueri 2-seriati squamz breves, adpresse. Receptaculum planum, demum convexum, paleolatum, 
Corolle radii ligulatee, disci tubulose, limbo 5-dentato. Stigmata disci elongata, hirta. Achenia 
linearta, angulata, aristis duabus retrorsum setosis.—Herbe erectz, basi interdum suffruticosv, dicho- 
tom, nunc fruticosze, pedunculis plurimis, nudis simplicibus; foliis alternis, ad collum confertis, 
brevibus, pinnatipartitis, lobis linearibus, acutis, integerrimis, summis paucis, parvis, linearibus, indi- 
visis, capitulis erectis, ebracteatis, floribus nteis. 
1, G. tenuifolia, Cass. DC. Prodr. vol. v. p. 632; radice subscapiformi perenni; caulibus dicho- 
tomis, achenii aristis erectis.—Bidens tenuifolia, Labill, Sert. Austr. Caled. p. 44. t. 45. Bidens sp., 
Forst. Herb. Cosmos multicaulis, D. Don in Herb. Mus. Brit.-—Mountains of Vanua Levu (See- 
mann!)., Also collected in New Caledonia (Forster !), and in the Marianne Islands (Gaudichaud), 
XIII. Myriogyne, Less. in Linnza, vol. iv. p. 219; Endl. Gen. n. 2702. Capitulum oo, 
florum, heterogamum, discoideum, floribus marginalibus 1-seriatis, femineis, centralibus paucis her- 
maphroditis. Tuvolucrum expansum, subcampanulatum, floribus brevius, squamis subbiseriatis, 
ovatis equalibus.. Corolle tubulos, feminee limbo subintegerrimo, hermaphrodite tubo brevis- 
simo, limbo campanulato, 4-dentato. Anthere ecaudate. Stigmata exappendiculata. Achenia 
conformia, angulata, exalata, Pappus nullus—Herbe ramosissime, acres, sternutatoris; foliis 
alternis, confertis, oblongo-ovatis, apice dentatis, capitulis globosis, parvis primum terminalibus, 
demum lateralibus, oppositifoliis, floribus luteis. 
1, M. minuta, Less. in Linnia, vol. vi. p. 219. Decumbens aut adscendens, glabriuscula aut 
apice subvelutina; foliis oblongis basi cuneatis apice serratis obtusiusculis aut subacutis.— Cotula 
minuta, Korst. Prodr. n. 301 et Icon. (ined.) t. 223. Grangea minuta et cuneifolia, Poir. Suppl. vol. 
ii, p. 825. Cotula cuneifolia, Willd. Sp. vol. iii. p. 2169. Artemisia minima, Thunb. FI. Jap. p. 
511, non Linn, Grangea decumbens, Desf. Hort. Par. 1804. Dichrocephala minutia, L’ Hérit. mss. 
Grangea, Lam, Ill. t. 699; DC. Prodr. vol. vi. p. 139.—Island of Bau in Viti Levu (Seemann! n. 
265). Also collected in New Caledonia (W, Anderson !), Society Islands, New Holland (Dallaehy ! 
Goodwin !). Common in India, China, Japan, New Zealand, and Mauritius, — 
XIV, Sonchus, Linn, Gen, n. 908, excl. sp.; Endl. Gen. n, 3003. Capitulum oce-florum, 
homicarpum. Involucri squamex o¢-seriatim imbricatw. Receptaculum planum, epaleatum, foveo- 
