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V. SELiGXK.v, D 0. v:ir. « Chittagong ami the Khakyeii 



r. loni/icaulk, D.C. Hills, vur. /i Fegn Range. 



Eougliisli pubei'uli)us. Leaves rather \n-ond or narrow. Flower-heads 4-5 lines 

 long, shortly pcduncled, in a.xillary and teniunul panicled corymbs. 



var. a (jenuina. Corymbs moie or less panicled. luvolueral bracts more acute 

 to mueronate-acuminate, more glabrous. 



var. ji J'n/iii'Hsit:, Clarke. A shaile-form, panicles spreading, terminal, leafless. 

 Involucral bracts more or less acute, usually more glabrous. 



4-+ Outer seriex of jMipj)i(s coiixintiiif/ of utimcroHS or copious hri'^fkx. Involucral 

 brads acuminate {Lepidajdoa). 



V. KiNGii, Clarke. Ehakyen Hills. Southern ,SIi)pes of 



Pegu Range and Martaban. 



Leaves broad, roughish puberulous. Flower-heads peduneled, in small sessile 

 pubescent axillary corymbs, or corymbose-panicled at the end of the branches. 

 Involucral bracts white woolly. 



V. ATIENTJATA, D.C. var. a Maulmain. var. ji Radburi, Siam. 



Leaves narrow, roughish puberulous, ehartaceous. Flower-heads shortly peduneled 

 or sessile, solitary or few in the haf-a.xils, iriegularly disposed raceme-like or forming 

 terminal poor cor}"mbs. Involucral bracts nearly glabrous. 



var. a (jenuina. Flower-heads about half an inch across, longer or shorter 

 peduneled, and usually in the axils of the leaves. 



var. ji Juncea. Judging from the material at hand, the whole plant seems to 

 be transformed into an ample leafless panicle, the flower-heads only half the size, 

 all sessile and solitary, in very elongate slender poor spikes. Achenes only a Hue 

 long or somewhat longer, the pappus pale rufous. 



var. /i may form a distinct species, but there arc no leaves (Kurz). 



** Znrffe shrul/s or trees, rarehj scamlciit. Fhncer-luads uxualli/ .small anil few- 

 flowered. 



X Pappus more or less tairnij to red-ljrown. Livoluvral bracts clon(jate, especiaUy 

 the inner ones. Scandent shrubs. 



Y. m.AXliA, D.C. Teg" Range and ^lartaban. 



V. blandula and Andersonii, Clarke. 

 Glabrous or nearly so. Flower-heads A inch long, shortly peduneled, in small 

 corymbs panicled at the end of the branches. Leaves petioled. _ Achenes pilose. 



r. Andersonii has the receptacle densely hirsute, b\it in F. hlanda, as well as in 

 V. blandula, the same is also hispid, although much less .so. 



V. scAxnKNs, D.C. Rcgu ami Ava Hills u]) to -1000 feet. 



J)ecaneuron oboiatitm, D.C. 



V. vagans, D.C. 

 As preceding, but shortly puberulous. Achenes glabrous. 



X X J'appa-i white or uliitish to pale straw-colouicd. Involucral bracts short and 

 rather broad. Floiver-heads small (Strvbocah/x). 



+ Trees or erect shrubs. 

 Leaves sessile or very shortly petioled. 



Y. voLKAMKRl.i:For.iA, D.C. - Khakven Hills and Martaban from 



V. acuminata, D.C. non Less. 20UO to 4000 feet. 



V. Punduana, D.C. 

 V. cuspidata, Buck. 

 Small tree, pubescent or puberulous. Leaves cnneatc-narrowed, shortly petioled. 

 Flower-heads shortly i)eduncled, corynibulose, in terminal leafless panicles. Involucral 

 bracts slightly and fugaceously appressed pubescent. 



