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THE JOURNAL OF INDIAN BOTANY. 



(Floral bracts at least the lower, hidden by the 

 •J projecting male petals ... ... ANISOPETAL^:. 



e * j Petals enclosed, or not projecting conspi- 

 1 ciously beyond the bracts ... ... f. 



/Heads white or grey by the hairs on the 



otherwise dark floral bracts ... ... g. 



Floral bracts greenish or brownish, puberous, very closely imbri- 

 cated. B. Sexangulare, E. cuspidatum, or E. Thomasi. 



Floral bracts black, glabrous ; female sepals 



connate (Himalayas) ... ... E. ALPESTRE. 



Floral bracts glabrous, yellowish or scarious. h. 



a -i 



[Whole plant hairy, or heads over 1/2 in. diam. 



depressed ... 

 I Plant glabrous or nearly so, heads globose or 

 I ovoid 



Hirsute. 

 Simplices. 



(Female sepals boatshaped, two at least with 

 h.-j a wing or crest ... ... ... Cristato-Sepal^!. 



' Female sepals boatshaped or flat ... ... SCARIOSJE. 



[To be Continued) 



Explanation of the Figures— (See p. 159.) 



qninquangulare L. 



do. 

 trilobum Ham. 

 caulesce?is Steud. 

 Eleanor® sp. nov. 

 minutum Hook 

 Thomasi sp. nov. 

 alpestre Hook. f. 

 horsley-kundce sp. nov. 

 Sieboldianum Sieb et Zucc. 



do. do. 



Diana sp. nov. 

 roseum sp. nov. 



