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ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY- 



leaves. Capitula terminal or axillary. Involucre im- 

 bricated, scales more or less pungent. Receptacle fim- 

 briliferous. Flowers purple or white. Himalayas, V. S. 

 ex Herb. Munro. 



107. EcHEivATs (Cass. D. C. 6-660). Differs from the 

 preceding, in the achaenia being striated and the pappus 

 double; the exterior set® short, the interior long, dilated 

 at the apex into a flattened, nail-like, membranaceous 

 disk.— Erect, herbaceous plants : capitula nodding : flow- 

 ers white. Himalayas. 



J. Capitula 

 Corolla regular, 5-cleft, 



108. Lappa (Toum. D. C. Prod. 6-661 

 homogamous, equal-flowered, 

 tube lO-nerved. Filaments pa 

 ed into filiform appendices. Stigmas diverging. Acha- 

 nia oblong, compressed, transversely rugous. Pappus 

 many series, short.— Herbs, vtrith petioled, cordate leaves 

 and terminal, corymbose capitula. Involucre globose' 

 imbricated. Scales hooked at the point. CoroUa pur- 

 ple, varying to white. Himalayas. 



at the base. Stigmas exserted, obtuse, glabrous, often 

 by abortion, unequal, acute, or one altogether abortive 

 Achajnia terete, villous, erostrate. Pappus 1 series' 

 setae elegantly plumose.— Herbaceous perennials; stems 

 erect, simple. Involucre cylindrical, scales lanceolate 

 acuminated, imbricate. Receptacle naked. Flowers' 

 purple. [This genus is dedicated to the late Dr. White- 

 law Amslie, of Madras, an honour well merited in 

 return for his most valuable Materia M edica of Hin- 

 doostan.] Himalayas. 



112. Gerbera (Gron. Linn. D. C. Prod. 7-15). Capitula 

 many-flowered, heterogamous ; ray florets 1 series, ligu- 

 litorm._ Corolla bilabiate, exterior lip 3-toothed, elon- 

 gated in the ray; interior bidentate in tlie disk, bipartite 

 ^"_, ^^5'' °^ ^¥ ^^.y ci"ijform. Anthers glabrous in the 



Achasnia more or less ros- 



Sub-tribe. Serratule^. 



disk, wanting in the ray. 

 trate. Pappus 2 series, setoso-paleaceous, 

 equal,— Perennial herbs; scapes 1-cephalous. 

 ere scales adpressed, oblong, receptacle naked, 

 ers yeUow or reddish, pappus reddish. Himalayas. 



serrated, 

 Involu- 



FIow- 



volucra many series. Scales scarcely spined. Flowers 



herTnaphrodiie or dioicous. ~ 



papilli 



rous. 



Pappus pilose or feathery 



(D. C. 



le/l 



Jlnthers ecatidale. 



113. Oreoseris, (D. C. 7-17). Capitula heteroga- 

 mous, radiate-hke; marginal florets female; disk her- 

 Idamenls maphrodite. Corolla bilabiate. 2-3-cleft. Exterior lip 



109. Serratula (D. C. 6-667). Capitula usually 

 homogamous, sometimes by abortion, 1-sexual, or the 

 ray female. Corolla 5-cleft, sub-irregular. Fi aments 

 pilose Stigmas diverging. Ach^nia Sblong, compres ! 

 ed, hilum obhque. Pappus unequal, hairs many series- 

 rough, not annulate.-Unarmed or prickly herbs In' 

 volucre ovate, scales imbricated, the exterior ones 

 shorter spinulose; mterior long, scariose at the apex 



Dearing the pappus. Pappus rising within a m nn^' 

 calycilorm margin, thick, unequal, baSate H.rh ' 

 ceous perennials leaves white, tomentSe betlt^ 1 



into linear bSstles. Fio^^^^^.^'^^Sf^'^ ^^^^ 



^ch<Ema glab- of the ray ligulate, 3-cleft. Anthers long-spurred, spurs 



*?;^erated at the point. Style tumid at the base, branches 

 short, obtuse. Achaenia oblong, pubeiulous. Pappus 2 

 series, setae serrated, equal.— Herbs: radical leaves 

 lyrate or pinnatifid, tomentose beneath. Scape 1-ceplia- 

 ious. Involucre two or more series, scales acuminated, 

 lieceptacle naked. Flowers yeUow. Himalayas. 



LJiBMTIFLORM. 



Tribe VI. McTis 



114. BoRNiERA (D. C. Prod. 7-18). Capitula many- 

 and equal-flowered, homogamous. Corolla bilabiate; 

 exterior lip 3-dentate, erect ; interior, bidentate, revolute. 

 Anther^ surmounted by long, lanceolate, acuminate ap- 

 pendages, spur bearded at the point Ach^nia elon- 

 gated, shortly beaked. Pappus several series, bristles 

 rigid.— Perennial, stcmless herbs; leaves long, petioled, 

 sagittato-cordate ; scapes 1-cephalous. Involucre sub- 

 campanulate, 2-3 series. Receptacle naked, alveolate. 

 Corolla purpUsh. Himalayas. 



115. Leucomeris (Don. D. C. 7-25). Capitula ^-^ 



flowered, homogamous. Corolla tubular, 5-cleft, lobes 

 imear, sub-callous at the apex. Anthers elongated, 

 cauds plumose. Style bulbus at the base, scarcely ex- 

 serted; branches short, obtuse, glabrous. AchaEnia 

 covered with silky villi surrounding the apex, like caly- 

 cled pappus. Pappus several series, rough, rigid.- 



5: leaves alternate, tomentose beneath. 



lACE^. 



cji u ' • , , - ^yf^a ocvcicji acnes, iuuv.n 



c'S.lu'' h'^^Il ^^?^^! alternate, tomentose . 



Involucre glabrous, 



■ - *^ Corolla 



'odUe 



^-nstk^T^^:. V"^^ '^ry rarely l-Jloraered, 



Stl?ethi/Ti " *''' "^'P""^ ^^' ''^ Lmaphl 



part of £ sMp 3 ' ? ^^"''°'' *" «'^^^ ^ «^« ^P^rior 



Div. II. EoMUTisiE^. Anthers caudate. 



Capitula corymbosely fascicled." 

 cylindrical, imbricated. Receptacle naked, 

 purplish: anthers white. Himalayas. 



r.n!^;!?^'^"* ^^^'^- ^' ^- ''-35, R. W. Icones 1140). 

 A-T V""^"^**"""^ '^^ heterogamous. Corolla of the 

 a SK regular, 5-parted ; of the ray, in heterogamous cap- 



aS ''^?^^'' ^'S"^«te, bilabiate or roundilh tubulate. 

 Antnere long, caudate, cauds bearded. Branches of 



Ach^- .1^! ^^^'=*' "^^"se, hispidulous at the apex. 

 Acnajnia_ turbinate, often 10-ribbed. Pappus two or 



more series. 



ternate. 



Scales 



- -- ...^^v.^. Pappus 

 fcsuffruticose or herbaceous. Leaves al- 



Involucre carapanulate. 



homogamor^Co/oUk IJA. 1"^^''^'^ ^-^^-^-d, 



interior Self ft An k ^*''' ^^'^biate, exterior lip 3- insula n .-" r ^"•— ' vvxut« u. i.u.^ 



mienor deleft. Anthers appendiculate, with long spiS ^IveUy SS"'"'' "" ^^ Coimbatore district 



Capitula solitary, invoiutre cai 

 Rer*.nt. 1 ' f*^^T "^^"y-nerved, sometimes ^ 

 iZT'cl^T^'t /A--.-hite or purple^ 



pun 



ent 



en- 

 arid. 



