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filiformis incurvus. Limbus quinquepartitus. Filamenta 
quinque brevissima. Anthere coalitæ. Germen teres. Sty- 
lus filiformis, staminibus longior. Stigma bipartitum laci- 
niis revolutis. Calyx fructiferus apice connivens. Recep- 
taculum nudum, magnum, planum. Semina plura, incras- 
sata, angulis pluribus ciliatis striata, ad marginem coronata 
pilis plurimis denticulatis deciduis ; et in centro squamis 
nonnullis (corollæ rudimenta) persistentibus. 
Specimens of the following plants have been deposited in the 
collection of the East India Company. 
Vernonia revoluta caule herbaceo, ramis paucifloris, foliis mar- 
gine revoluto integerrimis, squamis calycinis dorso cari- 
natis. 
Habitat in Camrupæ borealis et Cosalæ graminosis. 
Radix crassa, descendens, perennis. Caulis spithameus, ad ba- 
sin ramosus, angulatus, hirsutus. Folia alterna, sessilia, 
linearia, margine revoluto integerrima, acutiuscula, venosa, 
supra punctata, utrinque pubescentia. Flores ad singulo- 
rum ramorum apices duo vel tres, purpurei, pedunculis 
longis alternis squamulosis insidentes. Calyx cylindricus, 
undique imbricatus squamis erectis, dorso carinato planis, 
pubescentibus, acutis, linearibus. Flosculi plures, quinque- 
fidi, calyce longiores, omnes hermaphroditi. Semina hir- 
suta. Pappus pilosus, denticulatus, basi in annulum coali- 
tus, deciduus. Receptaculum nudum, alveolatum. 
Vernonia arborea caule arboreo. 
Mogor Bengalensium. 
Habitat in sylvis Nepalæ inferioris et Camrupæ. 
Arbor mediocris 40 vel 50 pedes alta, ligno utili; ramis tereti- 
bus, tomento brevissimo indutis. Folia alterna, oblongo- 
= ovata, 
