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ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY- 



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Sub-tribe VIII. Hieracie^. Beceptade epakaceous. 

 Pappus JUi/orm, rigid, fragile, becoming dirty white or 

 yellow. 



129. HiERAciUM (Linn. D. C. Prod. 7-199). Capitula 

 many-flowered, homocarpous, Achaenia erostrate, striat- 

 ed or sub-pnsmatic. Pappus setaceous, 1 series, bound 

 by the short annular margin of the achEenium.— Peren- 

 nial herbs, sprinkled all over with dentate, glandulose 

 or stellate hairs. Involucre polyphyllous, scales un- 

 equal, imbricated. Receptacle naked, scrobiculate. 

 i lowers yeUow. Himalayas, Khassya Mountains. 



130 DuBT^A (D. C. 7-247). Capitula many-flower- 

 ed. Ach^nia compressed, striated, ending in a short 

 thick neck. Pappus many series, white.— Herbs with 



undivided, dentate leaves. Capitula few, sub-corvm- 



bose Involucre campanulate, imbricated, exteriorly 

 hispid or prickly. Corolla yellow, Himalayas. 



imf* *Jy^?^7^M (Casj. D. C. 7-247, R. W. Icon. 

 1144). Capitula many-flowered. Achaenia glabrous 

 compressed, often nerved on both sides, attenuated up- 

 wards into a short, thick beak, expanding at the apex 

 into a cup-shaped disk. Pappus one or several senes, 

 setae rigid, rough, greyish or white.— Erect, ramous 

 herbs, with pmnatifid leaves and racemose or panicled 

 capitula. Involucre calyculately imbricate, that is, the 

 exterior scales are much shorter and sub-imbricate. 

 Receptacle naked, foviolate. Flowers blue or purple. 

 Alpme plants, both in India and Europe, Himalayas, 

 Neilghemes. "' 



>,nJ;K^ !5 • "'^\"'; ?^^*"''^^ ^'^®- CJoP'ed from Rox- 

 burgh's drawing lodged in the Calcutta Bot. Garden. 



^.t ^^^^"f^^ capitulum, showing the imbricated in- 

 volucre and form of the scales. 



4* ?IL'T T} ^^f i^i'%' showing the receptacle. 

 4. A detached female floret with its palea. 

 »• male floret. 



statels.^ '^"^ '^^" °P^'' '° '^""^ *^ ^°'^ft'''» «f the 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE 131. 



7. A female floret split open. 



8. A detached palea. 



9. Anthers. 



10. Branch of the style. 



Jo* mu*^^"''^^' showing its angular conical form. 



ki' ^Ar^u"^^ ^^' vertically, showing the erect seed. 



IJ, 14. The figures, of the male and female florets, 

 appertaining to the original drawing. The rest of the 

 analysis was prepared from a dried specimen which 

 accompanied the drawing. 



1. 



oleift 



Natural 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE 132. 



specimen. 

 2. A detached ray floret with its palea. 



?• A disk hermaphrodite floret, showing the rin? of 

 hairs at the base of the corolla ^ ^ * 



statp^f Jr> '^^\ "P^' *^ '^""^ the insertion of the 

 stamens, with its palea detached. 



5. Ovule, separated ftom the pericarp, style and 



6. Mature achaenium. 



7. Same cut transversely. 



8. Cut vertically, seed erect. 



9. Receptacle. Half the involucre removed to show 

 the paleae withm. 



Natural size. 



1. Microrhyncussarmentosns. ..aiurai size. 



imbri^alTaTrtl?'^'"^""' ^^^"'"^ '^^ -volucre 

 3. A detached floret 



stamens?"' '^^' 'P'"' ^^«^^S ^^e insertion of the 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE 133. 



5. Anthers, back and front views. 



6. 

 7. 



8. 



9. 

 10. 

 11. 



An immature achaenium and pappus. 

 A seta of the pappus. 



An achaenium cut transversely, 5-angled 

 Achaenium cut vertically. 

 Embryo detached. 



Receptacle— naked, sub-alveolate. 



J 



inis plate contains analyses simnnr * *u 



of 8 genera, representinH'e Tr^^^^^^^ 



found m India. As the nari^ oK - ^^ Composite 



«ame as those named fhollt tr"" /^ "^^^ ^^^ the 

 to go over each. I shall \hJaf ^^^ ^^^^ necessary 

 genera, refening the real tn f^ '^^P'^ ^^^^ ^^ 

 characters for 4her ex^^^^^^^^^^ Preceding generic 



1. V.KNOKE.cK^. Vemonea^j^erea. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE 134. 



2. EuPATORiACEjE. Ageratum conyzoides. 



4. Senecionide^. 



5. CrwARE^. 



Siegesbeckia orientalis 



scribed species,] 

 5. Ctnarej:, 



Notonia grandiflora. 

 Tricholepis Candolliana. [An unde 



^ ,, Amberboa Indica. 



JO. MUTICIACEJE. 

 7. CiCHORACE-ffJ. 



Dicoma lanugenosa. 



Picris hieracioides y. Indica. 



