Conysa.] CompOsitcB. 1 7 



Strongly and pleasantly scented. Only the outermost row of fern. fl. 

 has a ligulate cor., that of the inner ones is shorter than the pappus, and 

 tubular with a truncate mouth. 



E. linifolius^ Willd., a native of western temperate Asia, has become 

 an exceedingly abundant weed in the montane zone, and has recently 

 spread into ihe low country. It apparently originated in Hakgala 

 Botanic Garden, having been introduced with seeds from St. Peters- 

 burg about 1864. It is C. P. 3928. 



9. MICROGXiOSSA, DC. 



Shrub, 1. alt. ; heads very small, numerous, in corymbose 

 cymes, involucre narrow, bracts few, outer ones short, ray-fl. 

 6-%, ligulate, female, disk-fl. 1-3, tubular, bisexual; anth.-bases 

 obtuse ; style-arms of bisexual fl. flattened, achene ribbed, 

 pappus copious, hairs unequal. — Sp. 6 ; 3 in Fl. B. Ind. 



"SIL. zeylanica, Clarke, Comp. Ind. 58 (1876). 



Solidago zeylaniciis. Am. Pug. 29. Ainphirhaphis zeylanica., DC, 

 Thw. Enum. 162. C. P. 162. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iii. 257. 



A very much-branched bush, 2-4 ft. high, branches erect, 

 young ones striate, finely woolly-pubescent ; 1. numerous, 

 about 4 in. linear-lanceolate, much tapering to both ends, 

 acute, faintly denticulate-serrate, finely puberulous above and 

 on the prominent veins beneath, smaller venation reticulate, 

 very fine, pellucid, petiole \ in.; heads about \ in. pedicellate, 

 cymes stalked, terminal and from upper 1. -axils, forming a 

 large flat-topped inflor., inv.-bracts narrowly lanceolate, acute, 

 pubescent, ray-fl. spreading, tongue-like, acute, without ter- 

 minal teeth, disk fl. campanulate above, lobes short, acute; 

 achene hairy. 



Moist region in open places up to 6000 ft.; very common. Fl. Sept.- 

 Dec. ; pale sulphur-yellow. 



Also in Travancore. 



An abundant shrub in all waste stony ground, especially on the lower 

 patanas at 2-3000 ft. 



10. CONVZA, Less. 



Perennial, 1. alt. ; heads small, numerous, involucre cam- 

 panulate, bracts in 2 rows, linear, lax, receptacle convex, 

 glabrous, fl. minute, numerous, all tubular, outer fern., re- 

 mainder usually bisexual ; anth.-bases obtuse ; style-arms 

 flattened ; achene very small, compressed, pappus copious, 

 in one row, reddish, — Sp. 50; 8 in FL B. Ind. 



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