PLANTÆ ASIATICÆ RARIORES. 
ASTER BELLIDIOIDES. Tab. 101. 
HERBACEUS, pubescens; caulibus adscendentibus ramisque alternis, simplicibus gracillimis ; foliis radicalibus 
cuneatis, extrorsum acuté serratis, deorsum attenuatis, integerrimis, caulinis linearibus, sessilibus, subintegerrimis ; 
floribus terminalibus, solitariis, subpedunculatis ; foliolis involucri linearibus, pubescentibus, acutis ; disco luteo, radii 
corollulis angustissimè linearibus, creberrimis, pallide violaceis vel albis. dl 
Aster bellidioides, Hamilt. in Don. Prodr. Nepal. 177. LA 
Incolit montes plerosque Napalize superiores, florens mensibus Januarii—Martii. Semina matura Aprili. 
Hersa adscendens, palmaris, pedalis vel bipedalis, pube brevi conspersa. Rapix constans fibris pluribus, ramulosis. CauLes aliquot 
debiles, graciles, subadscendentes, levitér sulcati, purpurascentes, supernè ramos emittentes alternos, tenerrimos, simplices, teretes. Forra 
radicalia plura, czespitosa, erecto-patula, cuneata, acuta, extrorsum grossiusculè serrata, deorsòm integerrima et attenuata, subpetiolata, 
2—3-pollicaria, utrinque levitèr pubescentia, ciliata, obsoletè 3-nervia, subtòs reticulata ; ramea sparsa, sessilia, linearia vel lineari-lanceo- 
lata, integerrima, inferiora nune serrulata, summa brevissima, remota. Frores terminales, solitarii, apicibus caulis ramorumque gra- 
cillimis, subnudis pedunculati, diametrum parüm ultrà pollicarem emetientes. INvoLucrum plano-hemisphæricum, squarrosum ; foliola 
linearia, acuta, pilosula. REcEPTACULUM planum, nudum. , Discus luteus, convexiusculus, multiflorus. CoroLLULE hermaphroditæ, 
tubulosæ, pubescentes, limbo patulo, acute 5-fido. Ovaria subeylindrica, angulosa, pubescentia, coronata pappo capillaceo, sessili, copioso, 
sub lente denticulato-scabro, corollá param breviore. SriGma bifidum, supra tubum exsertum, subsessilem antherarum leviter elevatum. 
Rapius patentissimus, constans corollulis fæmineis creberrimis, dilutè violaceis, rarò albicantibus, ligulatis, angustissimè linearibus, disco 
triplò longioribus, obsoletissimè et obtusè 3-denticulatis, basi puberulis pappoque parciore et breviore circumdatis; stylo gracili, stigmate 
bilobo. Semina parva, oblonga, angulata, pilosula, fusca. 
This extremely elegant plant is one of the commonest as well as most ornamental productions on open exposed 
situations in the mountains which surround the valley of Nipal. It blossoms during the cold part of the year, from 
the month of January until March. The flowers are of a pale lilac colour, with a yellow dise; the radius changing 
sometimes into nearly white. 
Plate CI. Fig. 1. Corolla of the radius. 2. 3. Corolla of the disc. 4. 5. Ovary and corolla of the latter. 
SONERILA ANGUSTIFOLIA. Tab. 102. (figura sinistra.) 
Forus ovato-oblongis, acuminatis, subæqualibus, ciliatis, basi acutis, utrinque ramisque simplicibus pilosulis ; race- 
mis terminalibus lateralibusque, paucifloris. 
Sonerila angustifolia, Roxb. Flor. Ind. 1. p. 182. 
Crescit in montibus Bengalæ orientalis, florens tempore anni pluvioso. 
Herea erecta, carnosa, palmaris vel pedalis, pilis brevibus, subulatis, copiosis patentibus, hyalinis conspersa. Cavus cylindricus, pennam 
scriptoriam crassus, subpellucidus, simplex, vel ramulos aliquot axillares, oppositos, breves, simplices emittens. Forra opposita, subdecus- 
satim patentia, interstitiis dimidid longiora, ovata, paròm oblongata, attenuato-acuminata, vix crenulata, setis brevibus, frequentibus 
ciliata, basi acutà parùm obliqua, 3—5-pollicaria, utrinque pilosa, suprà saturate viridia, subtüs purpurea, cost nervisque alternis promi- 
nentibus, subvillosis, venulosa. Perioxus pollicaris vel infra, levitèr sulcatus. PrpuncuLus terminalis caulis ramulorumque, nunc lateralis 
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