Ethulia.| COMPOSIT (Harv.) 47 
thickened at the point, minutely granulated on the outer surface.—Heads always 
discoid. Leaves mostly opposite. (Gen. 7-10.) se 
Tribe 3. AsTEROIDER. Style-branches linear or lance-linear, flattish or flattened, 
mostly acute, minutely and equally downy on_the outer surface.—Heads radiate or 
discoid. Leaves various. (Gen. 11-38.) A FF 
Tribe 4. SENECIONIDEE. Style-branches long, linear, flattish, truncate, bristly at 
the apex only, or tipped with a short, bristly cone.—In the male flowers the styles 
are simple, more or less bristly or brush-like at the point. ee various, (Gen. 
39-124.) “79. 727. 
Tribe 5. CynarE®. Style suddenly thickened towards the apex, and often hispid _ 
at the thickening ; its branches convex, either partially cohering or separate, minutely 
downy on the outer surface.— Habit various. (Gen. 12 5-146.) 72. 4a] 
** Ligulifiore. Heads semifiosculose, all the flowers strap-shaped and bisexual. 
Tribe 6. CicHoracez&. Style-branches long, subobtuse, filiform, equally pubescent 
on the outer surface.—Juice milky, very bitter. (Gen. 147-154.) P F2Z 
Note.—Tables of the genera will be found under each of the Tribes respectively. 
TRIBE I.—VERNONIACEZ. > 
~ Flower-heads discoid, all the flowers tubular. Style-branches long: 
much exserted, filiform, sharp-pointed, equally hispid or bristly on the 
outer surface. Leaves alternate. (Gen. 1.-V1.) 
Heads several-flowered ; invol. of many imbricating scales : 
Pappus none, or a small fleshy ring : 
All the fl. perfect, bi-sexual, with bell-shaped corollas i (1) Ethulia, — 7747 
Central fl. male, funnel- shaped; sexi sane fili-. 
form, in many rows... te (2) Litogyne, A 
Pappus bristle-shaped, in 2 or more SLOWS : 
Inv. scales and leaves spinous-pointed ...... .... (4) Hoplophyilum. — 43,9 
Inv. scales not spinous-pointed beet oes = 0s. age (3) Vernonia, = — : 
Pappus of 7-9 spreading, flat, white gam ...) (5) Platycarpha.——~ +4 
Heads 1-ilowered; invol. of 2 opposite scales, compressed ...) (6) Corymbium, ———___ #3 
I. ETHULIA, Cass. 
Heads many-flowered, homogamous. Jnvolucre imbricate, scales her- 
baceous, acute. Receptacle naked. Corolla with a slender tube, and 
bell-shaped, equally 5-fid limb; lobes lanceolate, margined. Anthers. 
short, included. Style shortly exserted, its branches subulate, bristly. — 
Achenes inversely pyramidal, 4-angled, 4-ribbed, glabrous, glandular _ 
between the ribs, truncate, and 4~5-angled at the summit. Pappus an 
entire, thickened, marginal rim. DC. prodr. 5, p. 12. 
Erect, branching, leafy, herbaceous plants. Leaves alternate, entire or serrated, 
pellucid-dotted. Flower-heads small, in a much-branched corymb. Flowers red or 
purple. Name invented by Linnzus, who has not explained its meaning. E. Garie- 
pina, DC., and £. alata, Send., constitute our genus LrrocyNE. 
1. E. conyzoides (Linn. Sp. ay t) ; closely puberulous ; Seauclits 
corymbose, somewhat spreading; leaves lanceolate, acuminate, distantly 
serrated towards the summit. D0. 1. c. 12, also, D. Rraussii, Sch. B.! 
in Walp. Rep. 2, p. 945, D. gracilis, DC., and D. angustifolia, Boj.! 
Has. Common about Port Natal. (Herb. D., Sd., Hk., &c.) 
2 or more feet high, thinly clothed with minute hairs. Stem and branches fur- 
rowed. Leaves pellucid- dokeek, 2-3 inches long, in the Natal specimens seldom 4 
