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hairy. Leaves mostly radical, oblanceolate, 2 to 3 



inches, upper smaller to ^ inch. Flower-heads few, 



terminating the stem or peduncled in the upper axils : 



involucral bracts narrow, in two series, all much alike. 



Ray florets numerous, in two or more circles, with two 



small teeth or none at the end of the strap, easily 



withered. Disc florets narrow-cylindrical, not much 



broader at the top, five-toothed. Anther bases entire, 



narrowed. Stylar branches with thickened stigma. 



Achenes hairy with a single circle of under twenty 



reddish pappus hairs, t. 159. 



Nilgiris : on the open downs and by road-sides in Ootaca- 

 mund. Fyson 1802, 2512. Botii-ne 4618, 5097. 



Geyi. Dist. Mountains of north temperate zone, very variable and 

 widely distributed. 



Erigcron mucronatum DC. ; XXII 8. Stem and 

 branches slender, from a woody base; hairs sparingly 

 scattered all over the plant. Leaves mostly narrow 

 elliptic or oblanceolate Yz to ij^ inches ; some also much 

 larger, ovate or spathulate, entire or coarsely three- 

 toothed or lobed, narrowed to the stalk. Flower-heads 

 solitary, terminal. Involucre of two or three rows of 

 narrow subulate bracts, ^4 to Yz inch long, flat. Ray 

 florets white turning pink, oblong-oblanceolate with a 

 minute notch disc florets slender. Achene scabrid : 

 pappus of Y^ inch long hairs with a few much shorter 

 outside. 



A native of Mexico universal in gardens and originally 

 cultivated under the name Vittadenia triloba. 



This species has, in South India, been confounded with Vittadenia austra- 

 lis A. Rich., an Australian plant which is much more robust in every way. 



Erigeron canadcnse Linn. A robust well branched 



herb with narrow, almost linear leaves, l/^ to 3 inches 



long, and purple tipped involucral bracts. 



A weed of road-sides in Ootacamund and Coonoor. Bourfie 

 4668, 4619. 



