70 GENERAL COLLETT AND MR. W. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS 
Vernonia gymnoclada, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. 
Frutex giaber, aphyllus (an semper ?), ramulis crassiusculis 
multisuleatis. Capitula solitaria, secus ramulos laterales sub- 
sessilia, turbinata, 6-12 lineas diametro, multiflora; involucri 
bracteæ coriaceæ, rigidæ, anguste lanceolate, aculeato-cuspidatæ, 
interiores quam pappus breviores, extrinsecus gradatim breviores, 
extimæ squamiformes; receptaculum conicum, nudum. Flores 
purpurei; corolle puberule vel pulverulentæ, tubo basi angus- 
tissimo sursum gradatim expanso, lobis angustis apice breviter 
inflexis obtusis. Achenia brevia, angulata, appresse albo-hirsuta ; 
pappi setze tenues, similes, uniseriatæ, pilosulæ subflavæ. 
A common bush on the dry stony plains above Meiktila. 
The leafless, deeply-furrowed branchlets, bearing distant soli- 
tary subsessile flower-heads, characterize this species. 
Eupatorium Lindleyanum, DC.; Forbes et Hemsley in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. xxiii. p. 404.—Shan hilis at 4000 feet. 
Throughout China, and extending to Mandshuria and Japan. 
The limits of this species and E. japonicum, Thunb., are 
not well defined, but the Shan specimens are almost exactly 
like some from Hongkong, having very narrow almost entire 
leaves. 
Dichrocephala latifolia, DC.; FI. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 245.—Shan 
hills at 5000 feet. 
Tropical and subtropical Asia and Africa. 
Grangea maderaspatana, Poir.; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 247.— 
Meiktila. 
Tropical and subtropical Asia and Africa. 
Microglossa volubilis, DC.; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 257 ; Forest 
Fl. Burma, ii. p. 82.—Shan hills at 3000 feet. 
Eastern India, Malaya, China, Madagascar, and tropical 
Africa. 
Meiktila. 
Eastern India and Malaya. 
Conyza semipinnata, Wall.; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 257.— 
