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WEDELIA hispida. 
Rough-furred Wedelia. 
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SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERELUA. 
Nat. ord. Compositm®, Adanson fam. 2. 103. 
CoRYMBIFERE. Jussieu gen.177. Div. VI. 
HELIANTHER. Cassini in journ. de phys. 88 (an 1819). 191. 
WEDELIA. Involucrum (calyx) subsemiglobosum, polyphyllum, laxé 
imbricatum, foliolts exterioribus seepé majoribus, patulis. Jtecept. subpla- 
‘num, paleaceum. lose. disct tabulosi, hermaphroditi; radii ligulati, femi- 
nei. Achenia (semina) coronata urceolo minuto, membranaceo, laciniato- 
fimbriato. Lruticudi aut herbe procumbentia, hispida, oppositifolia. Flores 
terminales aut alares, solitartt, pedunculati, flavi. Kunth nov. gen. et spec. 
4, 214. 
W. hispida, foliis lanceolatis aut subovato-lanceolatis, acuminatis, serratis, 
dente utroque infimo majore; foliolis involucri (calycis) exterioribus lan- 
ceolatis aut ovato-lanceolatis. Kunth loc. cit. 215. tab. 371. 
Herba ramosissima, procumbens; ramis oppositis, dichotomis, teretibus, 
striatis, hispidis. Vol. opposita, petiolata, lanceolata, superiora subovato- 
lanceolata, acuminata, bast valdé angustata et in petiolum decurrentiu, in- 
ferne integerrima, superne arguté serrata, dente infimo utriusque lateris 
majore, reticulato-triplinervia, nervis subtus prominentibus, membranacea, 
utrinque hispida, adjecto petiolo bipollicaria, 6-7 lineas lata: petioli breves, 
hispidi. Flores terminales, demim alares, solitarii longissime pedunculati, 
magnitudine floris BIDENTIS cernuz: pedunc. 6-8-pollicares, teretes, striati, 
_ hispidi, nudt. Invol. (cal.) hispidum, subhemisphericum, polyphyllum, foli- 
olis laxé imbricatis ; 4-5 exterioribus lanceolatis aut ovato-lanceolatis, acutis, 
planis, membranaceis, integerrimis, hispidis, semipollicaribus; interioribus 
duplo brevioribus oblongis-scarioso-diaphanis, similibus paleis receptaculi. 
Recept. subplanum, paleaceum ; paleis lanceolatis, brevioribus, acutis, cari- 
natis, uninerviis, glabris, scarioso-diaphanis. Flosc. disci crebri, tubulosi, 
hermaphroditi: radii 6-7 (circitér 15 ex Bonpland) ligulati, feminet. Fuosc. 
HERMAPUR!. Cor. flava, glabra; tubo tenui, tereti; limbo infundibuliformi 
d-nervio, 5-dentato; dentibus ovatis acutis enerviis puberulis pallidis. Stam. 
summo tubo inserta: fil. glabra: anthe. connate, incluse, nigricantes. Germ. 
Tineare, compressum, pilosiusculum urceolo minuto sessili Jjimbriato termina- 
tum: stylus glaber inclusus: stig. 2 partita exserta, laciniis patenti-recurvatis 
pubescentibus. FLosc. rEM1. Cor. flava; tubo tenui, compresso; ligula ob- 
longa, 2-dentata, plana, patente, sub2nervia, 5 lineas longa: germ. lineare 
3-angulare, glabrum, coronatum urceolo minuto sessili JSimbriato: stylus ‘is 
exsertus, glaber: stig. 2-partitum, exsertum, laciniis capillaceis. Fructus 
desideratur. Kunth |. c. 215. 
No plant of this genus has been yet noticed as being in. 
our gardens. ‘The introduction of the present species is 
due to Mr. Lambert, with whom it flowered last summer 
at Boyton-house, in Wiltshire 3 whence we had the sample 
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