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1. S e r i s s a Commerson in Juss. Gen. p . 209. De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p . 575.—
Lycium Japonicum. Thunb, FL Jap. t. 17. Bot. Mag. t. 361.—Dysoda fasciculata. Lour.
Cochin. V. 1. p . 181.
The specimens in the Collection are destitute of flowers and fruit.
Ill addition to the above, wc possess, from Mr. Vachell, Bigelowia lasiocarpa, Wight and Arn. { Vachell,
n. 297,) and a new species of Hedyotis, {Vachell, n. 105,) closely allied to H. Lawsonia, Wight and Arn.
Prod. Fl. Pen. Ind. Or. 1. p. 407, and to H. stylosa. Brown, belonging with them to the first section Diplo-
phragma; it may he thus named and characterised : H. Vachellii; glaberrima, caule suffruticoso ? erecto,
ramis teretíbus, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis utrinque attenuatis coriaceis inferioribus brevi-petiolatis superioribus
sessilibus, nervis paucis distantibus curvatis, stipulis persistentibus triangularibus acuminatis coriaceis
margine denticulatis, panicula thyrsoidea strietiuscula, calycis limbo cupuliformi 4-dentato, corollæ glabræ
tubo dentes calycinos plus duplo superante, fauce pilosa This, like its allies, has either the stamens short
and the style much protruded, or the stamens exserted and the style short : in both cases the latter is filiform,
and the stigma thick and bifid.
We have also received from Mr. Millett, Hedyotis intermedia, Wight and Arn. (Prod. Fl. Penins. Ind. Or.
1. p. 415), two species of Spermacoce, (one of which is S . articularis, L.) Pæderia foetida, L., Ixora blanda,
Ker, and Morinda umbellata, Linn. The specimens of the latter present both oblong, lanceolate, and
obovate apiculate leaves on the same branch, tending to prove more strongly the necessity of conjoining with
it M. parvifolia, Bartl., and M. tetrandra, Jack, as has been proposed by Wight and Arn. (1. c. p. 420.)
M. Royoc, Lour., not Linn., is undoubtedly the same species.
O r d . X L V I . C O M P O S ITÆ . Juss.
1. Borkhausia repens. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 652.—Picris repens. Lour. Cochin, v.
2. p . 583.
Under this Order we shall merely here enumerate the species. Some of them wc have received from
Dr. Wallich, but as Prof. De Candolle is at present engaged with the fifth volume of his “ Prodromus,”
in which all the East Indian Composita are to be described, we have thought it better to omit a specific
character of these, than to attempt to frame one which would be quite insuflicient to distinguish the plant
from its allies, unless we had possessed them likewise. We have been induced to do this the more readily,
because the specimens in the Collection of Chinese Composita are little else than fragments.
1. Spilanthes olerácea. L in n .—Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 444.
1. Vernonia cinerea. Less, in Linnæa, 1829. p . 291. D . C. in Wight Contrib. Bot. Ind.
p . 6. cum synon.
Of this we have, either in the Collection, or from Mr. Millett, three forms ; one, the « of De Candolle,
agreeing with Burm. Th. Zeyl. t. 96. f. 1., and Rumph. herb. Amb. 6. t. 14. f. 1. ; another has the leaves
much narrower, agreeing in that respect with De Candolle’s var. y (1. c.) but differing by being as pubescent
as in tbe common form; a third has the leaves still narrower and more entire, approaching to V. leptophylla,
DC. (1. c.) but differing by their being obtuse.
1. Erigeron multicaule. Wall. L is t o f E . I . Plants, No. 3286. De Cand. I. c. p . 10.
1. Emilia sonchifolia. De Cand. in Wight. Contrib. p . 24.—Cacalia sonchifolia. L in n .—
Lo u r. Cochin, v. 3. p . 593. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p . 429.
1. Gynura bulbosa.— Cacalia bulbosa. Lour. Cochin, v. 2. p . 592. Spreng. Syst. Veget.
V . 3. p . 430.
We have likewise received this from Mr, Vacheii; il is No. 210. b. of his plaats, as d.slrrbuted by 1 rofessor
Hcnslow The leaves ate somewhat fleshy and very pubescent: sometimes, however, tho pubescence wears
off, aud exhibits the under side elegantly marked with flumerous slender waved purphsh vcms.
1. W e d e l i a c a i « * f a r e a . Syn. Comp. p . 222. De Cand. in Wight Contrib. p . 17.
1 V e rb e s in a prostrata; c au le p ro s tra to ramo so h in c in d e r a d ic a n te villosulo, foliis o p p o sitis'
oblo n g is u trin q u e p a u c i-(su b 3 -) -d e n ta tis basi c u n e a tis h irsu tis, p e d u n c u b s m o n o ce -
p h a lis te rm in a lib u s vel e x ram u lo rum b ifu rc a tio n ib u s folio lo n g io rib u s , a n th o d ii sq u am is
b iseria lib u s oblongis, ra ch id is b ra c teo lis squamis p a u llo an g u s tio rib u s cte te ro qm n 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 tbe back, so that they may be almost rons.dcred as 3-angled: but the
plant docs not differ in any other respect from Verbesina, as defined by Lessing.
Wo have received fl-om Canton the following other species of Composite from Mr. MiUett and Mr.Vachell :
1. V e rn o n ia Chinensis. Less.? in Linneea, 1831. p. 105. V axMl, n. 212.
1. S iegesbeckia orientalis. L .
1. E le p h a n to p u s scaber. Lin n .
1. A d e n o s tem m a Viscoswm. Forst.— Vachell, n. 2 \7 .
1. W e d e lia biflora. De Cand. in Wight Contrib. p . 18. Vachell, n. 220,
I . B id e n s Chinensis. Willd.
1. Glo sso g y n e Chinensis. Less. Sijn. Comp. p . 21 2 . Vachell, n. 2 2 1 .
1. E c lip ta erecia . L .
2. E. prostrata. L .
1. A rtem is ia Indica. Willd.
]. E u p a to r ium Chinense. L .?— Vachell, n. 205.
2. E ................. n. sp.
1. M y ria c tis J tro a ra c a . De Cand.? in Wight contrib. p . 10.
This plant certainly belongs to the genus MyriMtis, and approaches M. Wightii, Dc Cand., but we
have not yet seen the character of ili. Jmunica, and hence our doubts.
1. C h ry s a n th em um Indicum. L in n .— Vachell, n. 125.
1. So lid ag o . . . . Vachell, n. 2 0 6 . a.
This is probably among Dr. Wallich’s species.
1. A s te r . . . . . . sp.
This comes nearest A . CUlemis, N. ab E. Syn. A st.p . 123, but the leaves are quite smooth and glabrous,
and the scales of the anthodium are acute.
1. D o e llin g e ria . . . . n. sp.
Allied to B . scabra, N. ah E. Syn. Asi. p. ! 8 3 , it seems, however, to be quite distinct, by the inflorescence
being a somewhat simple corymb, the pappus white, and leaves not serrated.
1. B lum e a Chinensis ; fru tic o sa ? , ram is c a n o -p u b e sc en tib u s, foliis ellip tic o -o b lo n g is b re v i-
petio la tis su p ra v irid ib u s a sp e ris re tic u la tis su b tu s serirao -tom en to s is d e n ta to -se rra tis , s e r ra -