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strigoso-hirsuta, conspicue nervosa, superiora winless longiona, 
ultima omnino scariosa; receptaculum areolatum. Coro 
tubularis, elongata, purpurea, lobis 5. brevibus ay 
Achaenia glabra, obtusa, 10-costata ; pappus e setis 1—4 brevibus 
scabris perdeciduis sistens. 
oura Inpra. Tinnevelly © District: Mahendragiri and 
Naterikal; 1914 and 1916, K. Rangachari Herb. Madras. 10910, 
13195, 3356; Kalivayalpil to ‘Travancore boundary, alt. 
(probably) from 1000 to 2000 m., May, 1901, ©. 4. Barber 3030. 
997. Vernonia anamallica, Beddome MS. (Herb. Madr.) e 
Gamble [ Compositae- -Vernonieae]; species distincta ramulis et 
Ss appresse aureo-tomentosis, achaeniis pentagonis 
glabris sed glandulosis et corollis brevibus insignis. 
Frutex erectus, ramulis crassis striatis aureo-fulvis. folza 
elliptico- pe apice acuta, margine brevissime crenato- 
serrata, supra nervis a exceptis a ea subtus appresse 
aureo- -tomentosa, 6-9 cm. longa, 2-3 ¢ ata; nervi primaril 
utringue 8-10, abies, curyati, rgiualolpnt ob a 
obscura ; petiolu s 5-8 mm. longus: Capitula 1 cm. lata, in 
corymbis subterminalibus breviter pedunculatis 5 cm. latis, 
pedicellata; phyllaria brevia, ovata,’ mucronata, pubescentia. 
Corolla brevis, 2-3 mm. longa, Lohis brevibus tubum aequantibus- 
Achaenia_ pentagona, glabra, glanduloso-punctata; pappus 
exterior setaceus, brevissimus, interior ad 5 mm. longus, 
iduus 
Sourn Inpra. Anamalai hills; in the higher ranges, 1873, 
R. H. Beddome (Herb. Madr.). 
998. Vernonia Bourdillonii, Gamble [Compositae- Ver- 
nonieae]; V. Wightianae, Arn., affinis, foliis minoribus ad apices 
ramulorum congestis, corym mbis paucifloris, phyllariis: majoribus 
acuminatis differt : V. Ramaswamit, C etiam similis, 
quoad corymbos paucifloros, sed foliis iioeonibes subtus fulvo- 
tomentosis differt. 
Frutex erectus, plus quam 1 m. altus, ramulis crassis nodosis 
fulvo-pubescentibus foliis apices versus con gestis. _ Folra 
oblanceolata, apice obtusa, basi attenuata, margine obscure 
crenata supra ad nervos et subtus dense crispato-fulvo-tomentosa, 
ad 5 em. longa, circiter 1 em. lata; nervi primari obseuri, 
et axillaribus, 1-1°5 em. lata, pedunculis ad 12 cm. longis supra 
bracteatis, pedunculis ultimis 1-2 em. longis; phyllaria lanceolata, 
acuminata, subaequilonga (circiter 5 mm.), extus crispato- 
ee aia Corolla infundibularis, extus puberula, lobis 
i Achaenia 4-5-gona, plerumque _ Pits, fere. glabra 
sed glandulosa, 2 mm. longa; pappus exterior brevis, paleaceus, 
fimbriatus, interior lutescens, cito decidu 
Sour Ivyp1a. Hills of Travancore at Chimunji and other 
localities in grassland at elevations of 1300 m and higher, April, 
1898 and 1903, 7. F. Bourdillon 972 and 1379; Pounwili; Feb., 
1914, M. Rama Rae 2363. 
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