68 COMPOSITiE 



COMPOSIT/E. 



VERNONIA. 



See Vol. I p. 214, but add to the species : 

 Vernonia f ysoni Calder ; Rec* Bot. Surv. Ind- VI 343 

 & t. X. A weak-stemmed straggling or climbing shrub. 

 Stem and branches terete whitish, slender. Leaf-stalk 

 J^ inch. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acute, dark green 

 on the upper surface, densely covered on the under with 

 white tomentum, as on the branches and petioles: 

 margins finely serrate, the teeth about 1/16 inch apart, 

 often curled down and liable therefore to be overlooked. 

 Panicle terminal, its branches repeatedly forked, not 

 spreading but sub-erect. Heads small, twice as long, 

 1/5 inch, as broad, egg-shaped. Bracts with purple 

 tips. Flowers pale purple. Achene with ten shallow 

 ribs, minutely scabrid ; pappus projecting 1/5 inch 

 beyond the involucre, t. 374. 



Pulneys: at 7,000 feet in light sholas near Kodaikanal. 

 Fyson 4095. 



Vernonia sp, nov. Not much branched. Leaves 

 elliptic, acute at both ends, 4 by 2 inches, with bristle 

 teeth 1/6 to 1/5 inch apart. Heads J^ to ^ inch 

 wide, in terminal corymbs. Involucral bracts imbricate, 

 spine tipped. Achenes /^ to J^ inch, ten-ribbed, 

 glabrous. Pappus twice as long dirty white, t. 377. 



Pulneys : Shembaganur hill side near Kodai. Fir. March 

 and April. Fyson 4130, 4057. 



This is returned to me by Kew as near V. Lobbii. 



Vernonia peninsularis Clarke ; Vol.1 p. 214. t. 375. 



Vernonia bourneana Smith) Vol. I p. 216 and II t. 

 150, under name V. comorinensis. 



Vernonia saligna DC, ; F.B.L iii 235, V 21. A herb 

 with woody stem, branched upwards. Young parts 

 covered with dense tomentum. Leaves elliptic, acute at 

 both ends, i/l2 by % inch, serrate. Heads numerous 



