228 LXXVIII. composit#. (J. D. Hooker.) [Oentratherum. 
larger stouter peduncles, broader shorter and more regular invol. bracts, and especi- 
Ed the coarse hairs of the peduncles and involuere. The achenes are the same 
in both. 
++ Pappus reddish. 
4. C. Ritchiei, Hook. f.; branches glabrate, leaves petioled elliptic or 
elliptic-lanceolate toothed white-tomentose beneath, outer invol. bracts leafy base 
cordate, pappus equalling the corolla-tube. Gymnanthemum molle, Schultz- 
Bip. in Pl. Hohenack, n, 98, a. 
The Concan and Canara, Stocks, Ritchie, &c. 
A more slender annual than C. molle, and at once distinguished by its glabrate 
often shining branches, the 2-6 or more large leafy oblong cordate outer invol. 
bracts, and the longer pappus. Heads } to nearly j in. diam. Achenes very small, 
about ds in. 
5. C. phyllolenum, Benth. in Gen. Pl. ii. 225; branches glabrate pubes- 
cent or substrigose, leaves elliptic toothed or serrate white-tomentose beneath, 
outer involucral leafy bracts several base contracted, pappus equalling the corolla- 
tube. Decaneuron phyllolenum, DC. Prodr. vii. 264. Gymnanthemum phyllo- 
lenum, Schultz-Bip. in Pl. Hohenack. n. 274. D. molle, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 
Fi. 122. 
The Concan, Roux, Law, Jacquemont, Ee, Marwar, on Mt. Aboo, King. 
Very variable, annual, stout or slender; branches usually spreading. Leaves 2-5 
in., usually elliptic, petioled, sometimes hardly white beneath. Heads j-1 in. diam. ; 
peduncles usually slender; outer invol. bracts 1—eo, spreading or deflexed, linear or 
lanceolate, rarely oblong, sometimes much longer than the heads, white beneath ; 
middle bracts extremely variable, obtuse, acute or rounded, green or searious at the 
tip, erect or recurved, margins ciliate or not. Achenes j; in.; pappus reddish or 
almost white. 
6. C. tenue, Clarke Comp. Ind. 5; branches slender glabrous, leaves elliptic 
sparingly toothed, heads small, peduncles very slender, invol. bracts glabrous 
outer | or 2 elongate linear or oblong, pappus much shorter than the corolla- 
tube. 
Western PENINSULA ; the Conean, Gibson, Law, &c. 
Closely allied to C. phyllolenum, but much more slender, with always small heads 
-l in. diam., and only 1 or 2 leafy invol. bracts, much shorter pappus, and more 
turgid achenes only +; in. long. 
** Leaves not white beneath. Outer invol. bracts shortest. 
7. C. Hookeri, Clarke Comp. Ind. 3; pubescent, branches angled and 
grooved, leaves linear-lanceolate obscurely toothed, pappus long. Decaneuron 
angustifolium, Herb. Ind. Or. Hook. f. & T. 
The Concan, Law, Stocks. 
Annual, erect, 18-24 in., stiff, branched above. Leaves scattered, 2-3 by 4-3 in., 
and, as well as the branches, brownish when dry and puberulous on both surfaces. 
Heads 4-% in. diam.; peduncles slender, hoary-pubescent ; bracts numerous, small, 
none leafy. Corolla } in. long, red. Pappus single, equalling the corolla. Achenes A 
in., linear-oblong. 
IMPERFECTLY KNOWN SPECIES. 
C. MerziaNvM. (Diospermum Metzianwm, Schultz. Bip. in Herb. Hohenack. from 
Canara) resembles C. molle, but has the hairy invol. bracts of C. courtallense and no 
pappus. The specimen is a very indifferent one. 
3. LAMPRACHENIUM, Dih. 
An erect branched annual smelling of chamomile, with crisped hairs. Leaves 
alternate, petioled, toothed. Heads small, subcorymbosely panicled, homoga- 
mous, Znvolucre subcampanulate ; bracts œ -seriate, dry, inner acute. Receptacle 
