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GALINSOGEA trilobata.
Three-lohed Galmsogea.
Natural Order. Compo s itæ. Adanson fam. 2 103.
Sect. V. H el iantheæ. Kunth Synops. torn. 2.
GA L IN SO G E A . Involucrum semiglobosum, ohgophyllum,
laxe imbricatum. Receptaculum planum paleaceum. Floscuh
disci tubulosi, hermaphroditi ; radii bilabiati, feminei ; labio
exteriore máximo, subtrilobo aut integro ; interiore abbreviato
bipartito. Akenia coronata squamulis cihato-fimbriatis aut
nlumulis crebris persistentibus. . . . „ «
Herbæ ramis foliisque oppositis, lacimatis ; floribus terminalibus,
longe pedunculatis ; radio aurantiaco. Kunth Synops. Z.
p. 491.
G. trilobata, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis dentatis ri'pl*nerviis,
inferioribus hastato-trilobis. Willden. sp. pl. 3. p . 222b.
Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 5. p . 122. »'«S'-
Galinsoga trilobata. Cavanill. ic. 3. p . 42. t. ~82. Pers. syn. 2.
p. 472.
Annual. Stems much branched, ascending, spreading
round in every direction, from 1 to 2 feet m height,
branches cylindrical, furrowed with numerous channels,
and clothed with long spreading hairs. Leaves opposite,
attenuated at the base, more or less toothed
triplinerved,slightly hairy; lo'ver ones oblonj hastate^^^^
,3-lobed, and terminating m a bluntish point, upper
ones narrower, lanceolate, sharper toothed, and «tore
pointed. Peduncles terminal, generally m pairs, the
branch still lengthening out into other pairs, very
hairy, hairs terminated with purple glands.
imbricate, smooth and glossy ; scales obovate, obtuse,