.'^4 Lxxi. eoMrosiTj,. 



or scarcely quadrangular, brown, shining, noarly glabrous. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 3, p. 298: AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 649. 

 CaJlistephus Wightianns, DC. Prodr. v. 5 (1836) p. 275; Wight, Icon. 

 t. 1089 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 123.— Flowers : Sept. 



TConkan: Sfocksl, La7nhert] Decoan : common, BaheU ff- G'lhson, widely, 

 Woodrow; Poona, Coolce\, Kanltlcar\ — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



2. Pulicaria angustifolia, DC. Prodr. v. 5 (1830) p. 479. A 

 glaucous variable annual, 3-9 in, high (rarely higher), branched from 

 the base; branches ascending, pubescent. Leaves sessile, linear-oblong 

 or obovate, entire or serrulate, |-2 by ^-k in., pubescent or the lower 

 ahnost glabrous. Heads g-| in. in diam. ; peduncles pubescent, not 

 tliickened upwards. Outer invol. -bracts subfoliaceous, linear-oblong, 

 subobtuse, pubescent, inner bracts scarious, acute, usually slightly longer 

 than the outer, liay-flowers ligulate, yellow, the ligules longer than 

 the bracts. Outer row of pappus a setuloso-laciniate cup ; inner row of 

 barbellate hairs reddish in fruit. Achenes terete, scarcely quadrangular, 

 with a few minute scattered hairs. Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. 299 ; C. B. Clarke, 

 Comp. Ind. p. 129 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 649. 

 CaJVistPphus co)icolor, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 2 (1850) p. 344 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 123. — Flowers : Nov.-Dec. 



KoNKAN : Law'.; Malwan, Dahell\ Gu.iarat : Porbaiular, Woodrov:; Yor.iwal, 

 CiioheX SiND : Bhola Piiran !, SlocLs !, Dahelf, .^)1 ! ; near Ivaraelii, Cooke \ ; .Temndar 

 ka Lnndii near Karaclii, Sfocks, 111)3 !—DiSTiim. India (Bengal, Chota Nagpore, 

 W. Peninsula); Belucliistan, 



3. Pulicaria foliolosa, DC. Prodr. v. 5 (183G) p. 480. Annual, 

 erect, much-branched, 1-2 ft. liigh ; stem and branches pubescent. 

 Leaves sessile, 1-3.7 by 4-I in., linear-oblong or ohianceolate, viscidly 

 hairy, base ^■^'"pl'^^'C'iiil. Heads small, woolly and glandular; 

 pediuicles slender, hairy. Invol. -bracts very narrow, almost setaceous, 

 subequal, h.airy, very acute. Bay-flowers liliform, tubular, 3-toothed. 

 (/)uter row of pappus a minute toothed membranous cup, the inner row 

 of few white hairs about twice as long as the achenes. Achenes 

 minnte, oblong, terete, sparsely apjiressedly hairy. Fl. B. 1. v. 3, 

 p. 298 ; C. B. Clarke, Comp. Ind. p. 128 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 v. 11 (1898) p. 649; AVatt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 1, p. 364.— 

 Flowers: Nov.-Jan. A^ern. Kahro. 



KoNKAN : Zajv\ Deccan : Delui (Poona distriefs), Iiaoji]; 14 miles N. of Poona, 

 Wondrowl SiNn: Hyderabad, Kanitkarl — DiSTiun. India (Pcngal, Oiide, the 

 Gangetic plain, Central India). 



4. Pulicaria glaucescens, Jaidt. cf- F^pnch, III. PI. Or'unt. v. 4 

 (1853) t. 349. j\ dwarf shrub 6-12 in. high ; stem woody, branched ; 

 branches ash-colored, sparsely hairy or glabrous. Leaves 1-2 in. long, 

 flesliy, straight or slightly curved, scattered, sessile, glabrous or nearly 

 so, linear or linear-spatbulate, margins flat or involute, quite entire. 

 Heads 1 in. in diam. ; peduncles short, glabrous, or pubescent near the 

 top. Invol. -bracts glabrous, lanceolate, acute, rigid, the outer much 

 the shorter. I^igides 0. Pappus white or straw-colored, shining, the 

 outer scarcely distinguishnhle from the hairs on the achenes with which 

 it appears continuous, the inner row of ilattened hairs longer than the 



