ference but not enough, it appears to me, to constitute 
them distinct species the principal one being derived 
from the comparative size of the capitula which may be 
accidental and confined to my specimens. 
1083. DECANEURUM SILHETENSE (D. C.) stem her- 
baceous, erect, ramous: leaves shortly petioled, oblong 
Janceolate acuminated at both ends, remotely bristly 
serrated ; above glanduloso-scabrous ; beneath along the 
nerves scabrous : capitulæ at the apices of the branches, 
usually solitary subcorymbose : interior scales of the 
involucrum oblong mucronate; exterior ones filiform 
subulate subpatulous a few scattered on the peduncle. 
—D. C. L c. 
Courtallum— February 1836.—The remote Geogra- 
phical station of my plant from that whence the original 
was obtained made me hesitate for some time to consi- 
der them the same but the characters generally corres- 
pond so well that I cannot separate them, though this 
has white pappus and that red, a difference perhaps 
depending on accidental circumstances connected with 
the preservation of the specimen. The stems in my plant 
somewhat resemble the achenia in having prominent 
nerves and furrows between. 
1084. DECANEURUM DIVERGENS (D. C.) stem her- 
baceous, erect, velutino-scabrous, paniculately branch- 
ed: leaves short petioled, elliptic, acuminated at both 
ends, dentate; glabrous above, reticulated tomentose 
beneath : branches of the panicle leafy, elongated, 
diverging and themselyes paniculate : capitulæ crowded 
on the extremities of the branches, 7-8 flowered : scales 
of the involucrum oblong acutely mucronate nearly 
glabrous: achænium glabrous, glandulose.— D. C. ሪ ር. 
. 68. 
1 Neilgherries frequent. It may almost be called a shrub 
and does not appear tobe an annual, D, C. inquires, 
an potius vernonia species V. multiflore prorima ? The 
plant here represented certainly is not a Vernonia but V, 
multifiora and perhaps V. Nilgherryensis may possibly 
be Decaneura. The latter is not distinguishable by any 
mark except the smooth achænia and it seems to me 
young specimens only are found to represent it. 
1085. Mowosis Wicuttana (D. C.) Arboreous, 
branches terete, velutino tomentose: leaves petioled 
ebovate subacute, cuniate and obtuse or subcordate at 
the base, entire, penninerved, glabrous and somewhat 
velvetty on the nerves above ; velutino hirsute beneath : 
panicle very ramous, capitule sessile at the apices of 
the subcorymose ramuli : scales of the involucrum ob- 
tuse, tomentose on the back.— D. C. £. c. p. 77. 
A large tree, abundant on the Eastern slopes of the 
Neilgherries below Coonoor. 
1086. ELEPHANTOPUS SCABER (Linn.) stem dicho- 
tomous, ramous ; strigoso villous : leaves scabrous, 
radicle ones crenate, cunixte, attenuated at the base; 
cauline ones lanceolate; floral ones broad cordate 
acuminate canescent.— D. C. I. c. p. 86. 
A widely diffused plant—found in Malabar, abund- 
ant at Courtallum, in Ceylon, Maulmain, Malacca (?) 
aud elsewhere. 
1087. ÅDENOSTEMMA LATIFOLIUM (D. Don.) stem 
erect ramous puberulously—hirsute towards the apex: 
leaves petioled, cuniately acuminate at the base, broad- 
ly ovate— rhomboid or subcordate, scarcely acute; 
coursely serrated and puberulous on the veins: panicle 
corymbose hairy polycephalous : scales of the involu- 
crum subacute, rou gh on the back : achænia muricate- 
ly tuberculate.— D. C. l. c. p. 112. 
Neilgherries in low lying humid ground and on the 
banks of streams frequent. 
1088. ÅDENOSTEMMA RETICULATUM (D. C.) stem 
erect subtetragonous glabrous, the very diverging 
branches of the panicle glanduloso—puberulous : leaves 
ovate, coursely toothed, rigid, the prominent reticulated 
nerves beneath puberulous : scales of the involucrum 
linear oblong obtuse scarcely pubescent : achænia smooth. 
—D. C. Le. p. 113. 
This like the preceding is found on the Neilgherries, 
but I greatly doubt whether they should be kept dis- 
tinct the only character of any weight is that taken from 
the seed, and it is of very secondary value. 
1089. CALLESTEPHUS Wicurianus (D. C.) leaves 
sessile, oblong linear entire or subserrated, shortly mu- 
cronate : branches leafy compressed at the apex, minute- 
ly puberulous : exterior scales of the involucrum foliace- 
ous, linear oblong, not ciliated, scarcely longer than the 
interior — D. C. l. c. p. 275. 
À rather common plant in many flaces in the South- 
ern provinces ; about Coimbatore it is not unfrequent, 
floweriug during the cool season after the rains. 
1090  Enicigow Wien (D. C.) stem erect 
shortly ramous : leaves oblong, the inferior ones attenu- 
ated at the base, subserrated, somewhat obtuse ; supe- 
rior ones entire, acute, all puberulous on both sides : 
capitule pedicelled sub racemose : scales of the invo- 
lucrum rough on the back, linear subulate, equaling the 
disk : ligulæ very slender, longer than the disk : achenia 
glabrous.— D. C. l.c 5. 286. 
On the Neilgherries not unfrequent in moist pastures, 
flowering during the rainy season, Ligule pale purple 
several series, branches hispid plant greyish white. 
1091. Myrractis Wenn (D. C.) sparingly 
pilose : inferior leaves ovate with a long cuniate attenu- 
ation at the base, coarsely iuciso-serrate ; the superior 
ones oblong entire sessile ; the apices of the teeth and of 
the leaves themselves calloso-mucronate.— D. C. I. c. 
p. 5. 308. 
Neilgherries not unfrequent in pastures, minute forms 
of it growing in arid stony ground sometimes resem- 
ble the Daisy. Radicle leaves ovate attenuated into the 
petiole the inferior cauline ones cuniate at the base, spar- 
ingly dentate, the upper ones subsessile acuminated at 
both ends : capitule terminal solitary, 4-6 lines in dia- 
meter: involucrum somewhat hairy reflexed after 
blooming : ligulæ white about 2 series becoming re- 
volute in drying.— D. C. 
1092. BLEPHARISPERMUM PETIOLARE (D. C.) leaves 
petioled, ovate—lanceolate acuminated : glomerules se- 
veral long peduncled.— D. C. l ር. 5—368, Courtallum 
1836. 
De Candolle in his generic character describes the 
capitula as 2 flowered in place of 4—viz. 2 male and 
2 female, the former central: each flower is furnished 
with a partial palsa while a shorter common involucral 
one appertains to each capitulum. 
1093. BLEPHARISPERMUM SUBSESSILE (D.C.) leaves 
elliptic, attenuated at both ends subsessile : glomorulus 
terminal solitary subsessile, with foliaceous bracteas 
longer than the capitulus.— D. C. Le, 
Bellary in arid stony soils— October 1834. 
Dr. Arnott proposes to remove this plant from the 
genus and make it the type of an intermediate one be- 
tween Blepharispermum and Athroisma. I am unac- 
quainted with the latter except by description, but think 
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