Lxxi. coMPosiT.ii;. 43 



solitaiy or subpanicled ; peduncles sometimes reaching or even exceediiii? 

 4 in. Jong. luvol. -bracts oblung-lanceolate, subacute, pubescent, less 

 than half as long as the head of flowers. Kay-flowers and ligules very 

 often absent, the latter when present minute. Pappus 0. Achenes 

 oblong or slightly obovoid, truncate, much compressed, nearly glabrous. 

 Fl B. I. V. 3, p. 307 ; Grab. Cat. p. 'J9 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 129; C. B. 

 Clarke, Comp. Jnd. p. 138 ; Trim. Tl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 4U ; AV'oodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. G49 ; AVatt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, 

 part 3, p. 329. SjiUanthes culva, DC. Prodr. v. 5, p. G25 ; "Wight, Icon, 

 t. 1109.— Flowers: Nov. Vern. ATclcalkdra. 



KoNKAN : Stoclcsl, Law\ Deccan: Mahableshwar, Cookel; Kolliapur, CooJi'cl 

 S. M. Country: Eelgaum, Cooke \, Ritddc, 1809!; Chorla Gluit, Dahdl cj- Gibson. 

 Kaxaua: Yelliir, liitdde, 18U9! — Distkib. Throughout ludia ; Cevloii, all warm 

 countries. 



The flower-heads when chewed have a hot burning taste aud cause profuse 

 salivation. 



34. GLOSSOCARDIA, Cass. 



An annual diffuse branched glabrous herb. Leaves alternate, slender, 

 1-2-pinnatisect. Heads small, terminal or axillary, often numerous, 

 pedunculate, heterogamous, rayed, yellow ; ray-Howers $ , usually 

 solitary, fertile ; disk-flowers ^ , few, fertile, tubular. Involucre 

 oblong ; bracts few ; the exterior 1-3, sinall ; the inner 3-5, with 

 membranous margins. Eeceptacle flat, with a few flat paleae inter- 

 spersed among the flowers. Corollas of $ flowers ligulate, the ligules 

 i!-tid ; corollas of ^ flowers regular, tubular, with a slightly enlarged or 

 narrowly campanulate 4-fld limb. Anther-bases obtuse, entire. Style- 

 arms of ^ flowers with short linear acute hispid tips. Pappus of 

 2 small stifl: awns. Achenes uarrowlj^ oblong, dorsally much compressed, 

 filiate aud with bearded faces. — Distbib. East Indies ; species 1. 



1. Glossocardia linearifolia, Cass, in Diet. Sc. Kat. v. 19 (1821) 

 p. 62. A small prostrate or erect annual, much branched from the 

 base ; stems and branches deeply grooved. Leaves ^-2 in. long, 

 2-piunatisect ; segments linear, apiculate ; petioles variable in length, 

 slender. Heads g in. long ; paleae of receptacle linear, acute, flat. 

 Outer iu\ ol.-bracts usually 3, ovate-lanceolate, acute, about g in. long 

 with membranous and slightly ciliate margins and a green midrib ; 

 inner invol. -bracts |-^ in. long, oblong, subobtuse, striate, glabrous and 

 with pale membranous margiiis. Pappus of 2 stiff slightly divaricate 

 awns. Achenes ^ !"• long, brown, narrowly oblong, much flattened, 

 densely hairy on the edges and somewhat less densely so on the flat 

 faces. El. B. I. v. 3, p. 308; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 

 (1898) p. 050 ; AN^att, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 3, p. 508. Glossocardia 

 Bosvallia, DC. iu AVight, Coutrib. (1834) p. 19. G. Bosvallea, DC. 

 Prodr. V. 5, p. 031; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 129; AVight, Icon. t. lllO; 

 C. B. Clarke, Comp. Ind. p. 139. G. Bosivellia, Grab. Cat. p. lOO. — 

 Elowers : Aug.-Oct. A'ebn. FitjKqxla ; Phattarsuva. 



KoNKAN : Law ! Deccan : Pooiia, Cooke !, Woodrow ! ; Kaladghi, Law ex Graham. 

 S. M. Country : bills N. of Eelgauui, liitchic, o87 ! Kanara : Law I — Distrib. India 



(W. I'euinsula, Central ludia). 



