402 71. COMPOSITE : VEBNONIACE.51. 



aquantes vel paullo superantes, compressa, subtrigona (faciebus 

 interioribus planis, facie exteriore convexa) ; pappi palese albidae, 

 angustissimse, vix scabridae, persistentes, exteriores breves. 



South-west China : "Weining (Bourne !). Herb. Kew. 



Not closely allied to any species with wbicb we have compared 

 it. " Pith eaten by children," Bourne. 



7. Vernonia exilis, Miq. in Jburn. de JBot. Neerl. i. p. 98. 

 Kwangtung : common near Hoan {Krone ex Miquel). 



8. Vernonia Gomphrena, Walp. in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. xix. 

 Suppl. i. p. 253, et Bep. Bot. vi. p. 90. 



China : without locality (Meyen ex Walpers). 



9. Vernonia gratiosa, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1882, p. 290. 

 Formosa : in shady places near Tamsui (Waiters, hb. Hance, 



21947 !). Mus. Brit. 



10. Vernonia Kroneana, Miq. in Journ. de Bot. Neerl. i. p. 98. 

 Kwangtung: near Suheang (Krone ex Miguel). 



11. Vernonia saligna, DO. Prodr. v. p. 33; Clarke, Comp. 

 Ind. p. 13; Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 235. 



Kwangtung : Lofaushan at 1000 feet (Fordl). Herb. Kew. 

 Eastern India and Birma. 



The Chinese specimen is of more compact growth than the 

 Indian, but exhibits no other obvious differences. 



yr 12. Vernonia solanifolia, Benth. in Hook. Bond. Journ. Bot. 



A. p. 486 ; Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 232, et Fl. Hongk. p. 169 ; 



Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 240. 



Vernonia Fortunei, Schultz-Bip. in Flora, 1852, p. 48 (nomen tantum). 



China : without locality ( Fortune , 175 t ) ; Fokien : Amoy 



interior (Swinhoe !) ; Hongkong (Champion ! Seemann ! Wil- 



ford ! &c, &c.) ; Hainan (B, C. Henry !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 



Martaban and Pegu. 



1. Elephantophns scaber, Linn. Sp. PL ed. 1, p. 814 ; DC. 

 Prodr. v. p. 86 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 170 ; Miq. in Journ. de 

 Bot. Neerl. i. p. 99 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 242 ; 

 Bretschn. Early Pes. p. 156 ; Wight, Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 1086. 



