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* Female fldwers, if present, liguhife. 

 X Bristlen of pappus all conform and almost equal, capillarij, copioun. 



Inula, Linnaus. 



Flower-heads hotcroj^amoiis. Involucre-bracts in many rows, nan'ow or leafy- 

 appendagcil. Itaij florets few, in 1 or 2 rows, disk-florets iiuincrous. Anthers with 

 double tails. Ac/ienes not or l-o-ribhod. Herbs or under shrubs. 



X Stems not tomged. J'illoi/s or lillous-puhescent under shrubs. 



I. CAPPA, D.C. IJpper Tenasserim at 1000 to 5000 feet, and Ava Hills. 



/. pseuducappa, eriophora, and obloncja, 1).C. 

 /. sahiodora, Sehultz. 

 Duhahlca Chinensis, D.C. 



Bracts of the involucre narrow-linear. Flower-heads coryuiboso panicled. 



X X Stems leafy-winged from the decurrent sessile leaves. Btnselg woolly villous. 

 Toll annuals. 



I. roLYCioN'ATA, D.C. All over Pegu and Martalian up to 2000 feet. 



Flower-heads thick, woolly, and rather large, corymbose, the outer involucre- 

 bracts leafy linear-oblong. 



T. ODLOXGA (M.). 



X X Pappus unequal, the outer consisting of short bristles or more usually of minute 

 scales, rarely tio pappus at all. 



+ Pappus present [rarely absent). 



PuLiCARiA, Gaertner. 



Floicer-heads hoterogamous, the ray-florets in 1 or 2 rows, yellow. Involucre 

 broad, the bracts narrow, in few rows, the outer ones herbaceous. Achcnes ribbed or 

 not. Bristles of inner pa])pns in a single row, the outer pappus of very short scales 

 more or less connate into a crown or slit cup. 



P. GLATTCEscKNs, Clark. Tenasserim (or Andamans). 



Evidently no Pulicaria, and certainly not identical with the Persian plant. It 

 looks more like Pluchea, but the pappus is dill'erent. The material at disposal is 

 defective (Kurz). 



YicoA, Cass. 



Flowers-heads heteroganious or homogamons. Involucre usually broad, the bracts 

 narrow, in many rows. Achcnes hardly ribbed. IlristUs of pajipus very thin, in a 

 single row, rarely intermixed with a lew minute scales. 



V. (Inula) I.vmcA, L. Pronie. 



V. aurita and auriculata, D.C. 

 Doronicum calearatum, Iloxb. 



Y. l.VDICA, L. 



Slender, more or less roughish. Leaves short. Flower-heads only 2-2.J lines 

 across. 



y. ArrKXDICULATA, D.C. Ava. 



More robust, more glabresccnt. L(-aves elongate-linear. Flower-heads J-J 

 inches in diameter. 



** Female flowers, if present, filiform. 

 X Style-branches of hermaphrodites ysually truncate. Flower-heads androgynous 

 or unisexuat, or homoyamous. Involucral bracts usually scarious, hyaline or petaloid 

 ( Onaphaliecc). 



+ Fluwer-heads '\-fliiwered. Pappus none. 



