8 Composites. [ Vemonia. 



6. V. Kookeriana, Am. Pus.. 28 (1836). 



V. conyzoides., Thw. Enum. 160 (non DC.) C. P. 1737. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 235. 



Perennial (or annual ?), stem erect, 2-4 ft, slightly branched, 

 cylindrical, striate, hoary with adprcssed hair; 1. i|-3| in., 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate, suddenly tapering to base, acumi- 

 nate, very acute, sharply serrate, finely pubescent above, 

 tomentose, pale and with prominent venation beneath, petiole 

 \ in. ; heads very small, on long slender stalks, cymes large, 

 lax, paniculate-corymbose, inv.-bracts oblong, obtuse, minutely 

 apiculate, silky-pubescent, fl. much exserted ; cor.-lobes very 

 long ; achenes slightly 4-angled, very slightly adpressed, 

 hairy, pappus yellowish-white, outer row minute, forming a 

 narrow ring on summit of achene. 



Moist region, 1000-6000 ft.; common. Fl. Jan. -March; bright violet. 

 Endemic. 



7. V. scariosa, Ar7i. Pug. 28 (1836). 



DecaneuriDii (?) scariosum, DC. Prod. vii. 264. Centratheruni scario- 

 sum, Clarke, Comp. Ind. 4. Thw. Enum. 161. C. P. 389. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iii. 236. 



A semi-shrubby perennial, stems more or less covered 

 with coarse shaggy hair or sometimes nearly glabrous ; 1. 

 1^-4 in., oval, tapering to both ends, very acute, coarsely 

 serrate, the teeth often with filiform points, rough with minute 

 prickly hairs on both sides, often also with long shaggy hair 

 beneath, petiole \ in., hairy ; heads moderate-sized, sessile, 

 crowded in small terminal clusters, involucre narrow, oblong, 

 bracts in many rows, lanceolate-oblong (outer ones shorter) 

 with a spreading mucronate point, slightly pilose, fl. few 

 (about 10), slightly exceeding inv.; achene strongly lo-ribbed, 

 glabrous, pappus short, not twice as long as achene, quickly 

 deciduous, pale orange-brown, outer row nearly half as long 

 as rest. 



Var. /3, crassa, Thw. Enum. I. c. C. P. 2825. 



L. larger, 5-7 in. ; inv.-bracts ovate, villous, with the 

 terminal mucro very long and filiform. 



Montane zone, 4000-7000 in shady places; rather rare. N. Eliya; 

 Kotmalie ; Hunasgiriya; var. /3 below Horton Plains. Fl. Feb.-April ; 

 violet. 



Endemic. 



This, by its lo-ribbed fruit, short deciduous pappus, and different 

 inflorescence, connects Vcrnonia with Ccniraihcru»i, of which 7 species 

 occur in Peninsular India. 



