Vernonia. | LXXVIL COMPOSITE. (J. D. Hooker.) : 231 
5. V. Thwaitesii, Clarke Comp. Ind. 11; branches and corymbs finely 
pubescent, leaves sessile ovate or elliptic-ovate acute acutely serrate rigidly 
coriaceous reticulated, nerves prominent on both surfaces, invol. bracts linear- 
oblong obtuse or acute, achenes puberulous, pappus pale reddish. V. Gardneri, 
B, Thwaites Enum., 161. 
i Cryton, Central Province; Adam's Peak, Horton Plains, and Galagama, Walker, 
e. 
Branches slender, rigid. Leaves 2-24 by 3-1} in., narrowed at the base, rarely 
almost orbicular, puberulous beneath, tip and teeth almost pungent. Heads few, 
hardly corymbose; peduncles often very long; outermost invol. bracts very short, 
subulate; corolla glabrous. Pappus 4 in., outer very short. 
6. V. Beddomei, Hook. f.; glabrous, much branched, upper leaves 
shortly petioled lanceolate caudate-acuminate coarsely serrate those on the 
slender peduncles narrow and recurved, invol. bracts linear acuminate, achenes 
hairy, pappus white. 
Western PENINSULA; South Travancore, Beddome. 
Branches ribbed, slender. Leaves (lower not seen) 4-6 by 1-1} in., rather rigid, 
reticulated on both surfaces, long apex quite entire. Heads 1-1} in. diam., few or in 
much branched corymbs; branches and peduncles very slender; outer invol. bracts 
very short, subulate. Pappus } in.; outer hairs few, short. 
7. V. attenuata, DC. Prodr. v. 33; rigid, branches leaves beneath and 
inflorescence puberulous, leaves hard sessile obovate or oblong-obovate acute 
coarsely toothed or serrate reticulate on both surfaces, invol. bracts linear-lan- 
ceolate finely acuminate outermost subulate, achenes striate villous, pappus white. 
Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, ii. 201; Clarke Comp. Ind. 12. Conyza attenuata, 
Wall. Cat. 3020. 
Eastern HiwarAvA and Assam, in dry tropical forests; alt. 1-5000 ft. Texas- 
SERIM, Wallich, Falconer, Be, 
Erect, 2-3 ft., slender, branches grooved. Leaves very variable, 3-5 by 1-2] in. 
Heads panicled corymbose, or solitary and axillary, when they are sometimes sessile, 
3-3 in. diam.; peduncles short, slender, often divaricate; inner invol. braets nearly à 
in.; corolla glabrous. Achenes de in.; pappus } in., persistent, outer hairs few short. 
—A Siam form (V. juncea, Kurz) has heads sessile on long slender leafless branches, 
and rufous pappus. 
8. V. Helferi, Hook. f.; nearly glabrous, stem simple slender, leaves 
sessile elliptic acute entire or serrate shining and minutely reticulate on both 
surfaces, heads 1-2 30-40-flowered, invol. bracts linear-oblong obtuse outermost 
ovate acute, achenes silky 10-ribbed, pappus white. 
'l'exassERIM, Helfer. 
Stem 6-10 in., erect, above and peduncles pubescent, rather flexuous. Leaves 11-2 
by j-1 in., thinly coriaceous, brown and shining when dry. Heads shortly peduneled, 
l in. diam.; invol. bracts glabrous, not numerous, innermost less than è in, flat; 
corolla glabrous. Achenes i in.; pappus ł in., outer hairs numerous short flattened. 
— This has altogether the habit of V. attenuata, to which it is indeed closely allied, 
differing ehiefly in its slender habit and the linear obtuse invol. scales. 
9. V. Lobbii, Hook. f.; corymbs softly tomentose, leaves shortly petioled 
broadly obovate subacute obscurely toothed glabrous above with raised dots 
beneath with fine lax hairs, heads sessile in axillary and terminal fascicled 
corymbs very shortly peduncled, invol. bracts linear aristate scarious outermost 
subulate, achenes villous, pappus white. 
TENASSERIM ; hills on the Attran, Lobb. 
Leaves 6-7 by 3-3} in., rather rigid, narrowed to the base but not into the short 
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