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not a character at all to be relied on ; should it be a different spe- 

 cies it should be called Z. longisfi/la. The following is the de- 

 tailed description. 



Dioica, diffusa, ramis subglabris scabriusculis, foUis longe petiolatis 

 5-lobis, lobo medio longiore acute plus minus sinuato-lobato, ceteris 

 acutis vel obtusis denticulatis, utrinque scabris glabris, cirrhis bifidis, 

 pedunculis geminis axillaribus uno longissimo 1-floro, altero racemoso 

 multifloro, bractea parva ovata^ pedicelUs gracilibus, calyee 5-fido ro- 

 tate, corolla rotata 5-fida tenui alba, segmentis obtusis extus parce 

 pilosis, stamiuibus 5 triadelphis; $ peduncidis solitariis unifloris 

 petiolo (adulto) brevioribus, calyee villoso, limbi laciniis 5 acutis, 

 corolla subrotata ut in c?? stylo longo apice 3-fidOj stigm. 3 bifidis, 

 peponide ovato v. subgloboso eehinato, eehinis glabris, apice stylo 

 persistente, increscente apiculato. 



The fruit is bitter, and is sold in the bazaars as a horse-medi- 

 cine. It grows abundantly on marshy land at the commencement 

 of the rains ; the flowers open in the morning, and close before 

 10 a, m. They are pure white, and very delicate in texture, 



Adenostemma angustifolia, Foliis lineari-lanceolatis utrinque 

 acuminatis longe petiolatis serrulatis, corymbis oligocephalis, acheniis 

 Isevibus glandulis pedicellatis coronatis. 



My specimens were gathered very late in the season. I could 

 find but a single flower, and therefore cannot now give a more 

 detailed description. 



PuLiCARiA SAXicoLA. Dccumbcns, ramis divaricatis incanisve, demum 

 glabratis foliosis apice 1-cephalis, foliis omnibus sessilibus angustis 

 oblongis ramo subadpressis integris vel remote denticulatis obtusis 

 apice calloso-mucronulatis utrinque plus minus sericeo-pubescentibus, 

 iuvolucri squamis exterioribus arachnoideo-lanosis oblongis latiusculis 

 apice subiter attenuato liberis, junioribus fohaceis demum sphacelatis. 



radii 



ligul 



disci 5-meris margine incrassatis, antherarum caudis latiusculis basi 

 sublaceris, styh ramis brevibus lanceolatis post anthesin caducis, 

 pappo exteriore coroniformi lacero vel ciliato-dentato, inferiore 10-se- 

 toso setis apice barbellatis subplumosis, achenio subtereti compressi- 

 usculo Uneis 5 pilosis instructo, receptaculo alveolate parce piloso. 



G-rows on the rocks or gravelly debris of the granite hills, as 

 at Sehonda, Kurthal, The solitary loiig-peduncled heads, sessile 

 not stem-clasping leaves, and the pappus distinguish it readily 

 from all the species in D.C. 



GxMKEMA MELiciDA. The Only decided character by which I 

 can distinguish this from O, sylvestrut is that the squamubT of the 



