260 THE JOURNAL OF INDIAN BOTANY. 



Corresponds to var martiana of E. quinquangulare and might be 

 considered that plant with one sepal smaller and flat. 



* * Bractae involucrantes quam capitulo nee longiores. 



Var. c parviflora, Bractae involucrantes capitulo aequantes ; floris 

 tertius sepalum planum aut linearium. 



Coorg and N. Kanara. 



The head has no rays, the bracts being short, and the flowers 

 are much smaller than in var. a and b. Possibly a poor form of var. a 

 but apparently distinct. 



Var. d Bichardiana. Planta robustior ; pedunculi 20-25 cm. ; folia 

 15-20 cm. ; capitula globosa ; bractae involucrantes breviores, ref- 

 lexae. Ptate 14. 



S. Kanara. 



A robust plant with globose unrayed heads. Stem | in. thick 

 and 1 in. long. Scapes up to 14 inches very slightly pubescent in 

 the most robust specimens. The third female sepal much shorter 

 than the others and linear. Seeds oblong light yellow. 



Var. e Folia quam var a etc. angustiora, etiam linearia ; capitula 

 globosa, alba aut nigrescentia ; bractae reflexae. 



Hills near Bombay. 



Leaves acicular. Heads small, globose with reflexed bracts, 

 connects var. a to the next. 



Var. / triloboides. Capitula nigra aut nigrescentia globosa. 

 Plate 15. 



Khandala to Wynaad. 



Leaves as in var. a Heads globose, dark almost black, distin- 

 guishable only by the third female sepal being linear from E. trilobum 

 Ham. This variety has in consequence frequently been identified as 

 that species. See p. 139, fig. 3 which is of this plant, but wrongly 

 named E. trilobum on p. 150, also see p. 206. 



Var. g conica. Capitula conica, basi truncata, folia linearia. 



Mysore to Wyanaad, 



Heads conical with horizontal base, very black, because nearly 

 glabrous : clearly connected with var. /. This plant is possibly 

 E. Bouscianum Steud : see Appendix I. 



21. E. Sedgwickii Fyson sp. nov. (Sedgwick Nos. 4548 !) 

 4572 ! 4671 1 4648 ; 4847 ; 4837 ; in Herb. Pres. Coll. Madras. 



Caulis perbrevis. Folia tenuia, 7-15 cm. longa, 3-5mm. lata, 



perpauca (?) glabra. Pedunculi 10-20 cm. glabra. Capitula globosa, 



nivea, valde pilosa. Bractae involucrantes nigrae, bractis flores 



superantibus rhombeo-cuneatae, sed albis pilis dense villosis. Ee- 



ceptaculum, dense-villosum. Flos $ ; sepala % angusta ; petala 3, 



