426 POLY G A MI A SUPKRFLUA. ('onifza. 



tapering to a point ; all are covered with white down, parti- 

 ( ularly underneath, from one to two inches long. jFlowers 

 numerous, minute, yellow, collected on terminal fascicles, 

 closely impacted together, the whole forming- a tolerably 

 regular corymb. Calyx woolly, chiefly the inferior parts. 

 Hermaphrodite florets about four in the centre, with numer- 

 ous three-toothed females in the circumference. Pappus from 

 five to eight, simple hairs. Receptacles flat, naked. 



CONYZA. Schreb. gen. N. 1286. 



Receptacle naked. Pappus simple. Calyx imbricated, 

 oblong. Florets of the ray female, and three-cleft. 



1 . C corymbosa. H. 



Shrubby. Leaves sub-sessile, obovate, serrulate. Corymbs 

 compound. Hermaphrodite florets three ; the female ones 

 numerous in the ray. 



A native of the Delta of the Ganges. Flowering time the 

 end of the cold season. 



Stem short, woody, erect, with numerous, ligneous, perma- 

 nent, spreading branches; hark pretty smooth. Leaves alter- 

 nate, sub-sessile, obovate, remotely and acutely serrulate, 

 pretty smooth on both sides; from one to two inches long. 

 Corymbs terminal, compound, dense, a little hairy. Floicers 

 sub-cylindric, individually sessile. Bractes ovate, inserted 

 round the apices of the common sub-divisions of the corymbs, 

 and pressing on the calyx like a calycle. Calyx hairy. Her- 

 maphrodite florets generally three in the centre, with numer- 

 ous, three-toothed females in the circumference. 



2. C.puhifjera. Willd. iii. 1921. 



Shrubby, sub-scandent. Tender parts downy. Leaves 

 short-petioled, oblong, somewhat repand-dentate. Flowers 

 terminal, on short, axillary, diverging branchlets. 



Sonchus volubilis. Humph. Amh. v. t. 103. y! 2. bad if 

 intended for this plant, which is a native of the Moluccas. 



