4-6 CompOsitCB. [iVofom'a. 



lower narrow and oblong, on the flowering branches oblong 

 or lanceolate-oblong, sagittate, with acute auricles at base, 

 all subacute, hairy on both sides, rather thick, glaucous be- 

 neath ; heads few, nodding when young, about h in. wide, 

 involucre over -| in., nearly glabrous, fl. much exceeding in- 

 volucre, outer ones spreading, achene oblong, brown, with 

 white bristles on the ribs. 



An abundant weed throughout the island, especially in grass. Fl. all 

 the year ; bright pale pinkish-violet, very rarely white. 

 Throughout the Old World Tropics. 

 Extremely variable in appearance, according to locality. 



2. E. zeylanica, Clarke, Conip. hid. 175 (1876). 

 E. prenajithoidca, Thw. Enum. 167 (non DC). C. P. 430 (444, 581, 

 670). 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 336. 



Stems slender, much elongated, glabrous, purplish ; 1. 

 2-4 in., oblong- or lanceolate-linear, acute, the lower ones 

 narrowed into a long base, the upper strongly sagittate with 

 large rounded auricles, all distinctly denticulate, glabrous and 

 shining above, glaucous and finely pilose beneath, rather 

 thick ; heads few, nodding on long glabrous peduncles, in- 

 volucre \-\ in. long, fl. somewhat exceeding involucre ; achene 

 black with white bristles on the ribs. 



Var. /3,Walkeri, Trim. E. Walkeri, Hk. f. in Fl. B. Ind. iii. m. 



Stem stouter and longer, stiff, wiry, polished ; 1. larger, 

 3-4I in., oblong or triangular-oblong, much dilated and stem- 

 clasping at base, the lower ones often contracted about the 

 middle so as to be fiddle-shaped, all more or less coarsely 

 dentate; involucre larger f-i in., heads larger, about | in. 

 wide. 



Upper montane zone above 6000 ft.; common. Var. ft about N. 

 P21iya ; Pedurutalagala ; Adam's Peak. Fl. all the year; pinkish-mauve 

 or mauve, var. ft usually paler. 



Endemic. 



I cannot distinguish two species here (as in Fl. B. Ind.), indeed, I 

 suspect this is merely a montane form o{ E. soitcJiifolia. The stems of 

 var. ft are sometimes over 6 ft. in length when straggling amongst 

 bushes. 



32. NOTONIA,* DC. 



Shrubby, 1. alt.; heads rather large, in large lax terminal 

 infl., involucre oblong-cylindrical, bracts in one row, narrow, 



* Dedicated to Benjamin Noton, of Bombay, who collected largely in 

 S. India, especially in the Nilgiri Mills. 



