166 ENUMEEATiON OF [^Com2>ositcs, 



Hab. Central Province, not uncommon. 



26. GNAPHALIUM, Linn. 



1. G. Indicum, Linn. (DC. Prod, vi. p. 231 ; DC. 1. c. p. 274.)— c.p. 

 1762, 1764. 



Hab. Very common in the Central Province, up to an elevation of 

 7000 feet. 



Caulis simplex vel ramosus. Capitula in glomerulos pauco3 vel plurimos secus 

 corymbi divisiones sparsos aggregata. Involncri squama albidee vel plus minus 

 roseo-tinctse, 



2. O. marcescens, Wight, Icon. t. 1115.— c.p. 1765, 3522. 



Hab, Central Province, at an elevation of 7000 to 8000 feet. 



Folia superue glabra vel araneo-lanosa. Ackcenia (in meis specim.) glabra. 



3. Q. Hookerianum. — Helichrysum SooTcerimium, W. et A. ; DC. 



1. c. p. 201. — An H, huddleioides, DC. 1. c. var. P — c.p. 681. 



6000 



Suffiruticosum. 'Receptaculiim luteo-glandulosum. 



4. a. "Wightianum, Wall. Cat. 'I'dm.—Anaphalis WigJitiana, DC. 

 c. p. 273 ; Wight, Icon. 1. 1117.— c.p. 528, 132, 568, 1763. 

 Hab. Central Province, at an elevation of 6000 to 8000 feet. 



Suffruticosum. Folia lineari-oblonga, scepe spatbulata, late sessilia, superne sub- 



glabra vel plus minus lanuginosa, subtus dense cauo -lanuginosa vel rarius sub- 

 lab ra. 



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Dr. Wight's figure, quoted above, so well represents a common form of this 

 variable species, except that the capitula are somewhat larger in my specimens than 

 shown in that figure, that there can be little doubt, I think, of the two plants being 

 identical. 



5, G. hr e^riio\\lxra.—Anaphalis brevifolia, DC. 1. c. p. 273.— An A, 

 Neilgherriana, DC. 1. c. p. 272, et Wight, Icon. t. 478 ?— c.p. 1761. 



Hab. Horton Plains and other of the most elevated parts of the 

 Central Province. 



27. GYNURA, Casa. 



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L G. lycopersicifolia, DC. Prod. vi. p. 300, cum syn.— c.p. 420, 

 2826(1750). 



Hab- Very abundant up to an elevation of 5000 feet. Nom. vulg. 

 Eadoo-para." 



2. G. Nepalensis, DC, 1. c. cum syn.— c.p. 3539. 

 Hab. Galagama, at an elevation of 3000 feet. 



^ 3. G. hispida^ Thw. ; herbacea, subcamosa, pilis flavis hiapida ; caule 

 simplice vel parce ramoso, basi ?o\ioBo '^foliis obovp^^-l«"'^^'^'^''itis- d1^ 

 minus sinuato-dentatis, inferioribus in petiolum a: 

 glabris. — c,v. 3507. 



Hab. On damp rocks, in the Central Province, at an elevation ot 

 5000 to 7000 feet. 



l-S-pcdalis. Folia 2-6 poll, longa, J-^ poll. lata. Capitula 3-6, longe pe^i- 

 cellata, pluriflora, parce villosa. Involucri(m flosculis flavo-aurantiacis parum brevius, 

 bracteolis numerosis lincari-lanccoHis vix duple longiua. 



Apparently very closely allied to G=. aurantiaca, DC. {Cacalia aiiraniiaca, 

 Blume). 



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