Compositce,] cexlon plants. 161 



8. V. Gardneri, Thw. ; lierbacea ; foliis subsessilibus, lanceolatis vel 



. anguste lanceolatis, acute serratis, subglabris, basi angustatis ; corymho 



oligoceplialo ; c«jf?^7MZ/5 majusculis, multifloris, longc peduuculatis ; In- 



volucri squamis lanceolatis, ssepe abrupte angustatis, squarrosis, exte- 



rioribus brevioribus angustioribusque ; acJieniis cylindraceis, pilosis, 



pappo exteriore brevissimo; receptaculo alveolo-fimbriato. — c.p. 27, 

 1745. \ 



Var. ;3, nervosa ; foliis firmis, oyatis vcl rotundatis, acuminatis, venis 

 subtus prominentibua, invol, squamis brevi-acuminatis. — c.p. 44. — An 

 species distinctaP 



Hab. Central Province. Yar, a. In sbady places, up to an elevation 

 of 5000 feet. Var. /3. On exposed, wet, rocky slopes, oetween Horton 

 Plains and Galagama. 



Van a of this species closely resembles F. antlielmintica^ but the latter is distin- 

 guisbed by its smaller florets, obtuse involucre-scales, larger seeds, and naked recep- 

 tacle. "Var. & difTers from var. a in the shape of the leaves, and tlieir veins being 

 much more prominent beneath ; but in other respects it seems to agree with un- 

 doubted forms of this very variable species. 



_9. V. nemoralis, Tbw. ; berbacea, eaw?e minute adpresse piloso,/o- 

 Itis^ lanceolatis, acuminatis, distanter serratis, subglabris, basi angus- 

 tatis, capitidis 20-30-flori8, longiuscule pedunculatis, invohieri squamis 

 parce floccosis, lineari-oblongis, apice plus minus rotundatis, mucronu- 

 latis, interioribus subelongatis, achcrmis pilosis, pappo exteriore h^QYX^ 

 subpaleaceo, receptaculo alveolato-fimbriato. — c.p. 216. 



Hab. Saffragam and contiguous districts, at no great elevation. 



Closely allied to the preceding, from which it is principally distinguished by its 

 fewer florets and the different shape of its involucre-scales. 



10. V. pectiniformis, DC. Prod, v. p. 31; Wiglit, Ic. t. 1077.— F. 



puncticulata, DC. Prod. vii. p. 264.— c.p. 294 (567). 



Hae. Central Province, to an elevation of 6000 to 7000 feet. 



Achcenia subglabra. Taippus plus minus rufesccns, sene externa 3-4-pIo breviore, 

 decidua, 



11. V. scariosa, Arn. Pug. p. 28 {34.6).—Deca7ieurum? scariosum, 



DC. Prod, vii, p. 264.— c.p. 389. - . . ., , 



Var. (3. crassa; elatior; ?m^o;Mcr?' 5^?r<n'?n25villosi3, lationbus, abrupte 



in Tery damp shady places. 



4000 to 7000 



2. ELEPHANTOPUS, Cass. 



1. E. scaber, Linn. (DC. Prod. v. p. 86; Wiglit, Icon. t. 1086).— 

 C.P. 1772. 



. Hab. Yery abundant in open places in the warmer parts of the 

 island, Norn. vulg. " At-addeya." 



3. AGEEATUM, Linn. 



cimi sm.) — c.p. 3633 



Hab. a most abundant weed tlirougliout the island, from tlic sea 



7000 



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