XXXI, composit.t;. 13 



cuspidate. Corolla violet, exserted ; tube long, slender ; limb deeply 

 cleft on one side, causing the 5 linear lobes to present a palmate appear- 

 ance. Style much exserted, the arms recurved. Pappus white, 1-seriate, 

 consisting of 5 (rarely 4) rigid bristles dilated at the base. Achenes 

 ■^ in. long, truncate, finely 10-ribbed, slightly pubescent. The embryo 

 sometimes germinates in the head (C. B. Clarhe). Fl. B. I. v. 3, 

 p. 242 ; Grab. Cat. p. 96 ; Wight, Icon. t. 1086 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 122 ; 

 Clarke, Comp. Ind. p. 28 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 12 ; Woodr, in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 647 ; AVatt, Diet. Econ. Prodr. v. 3, p. 208. 

 — Flowers : Sept.-Nov. Veen. Hastipata. 



Common under the shade of trees in the Konkau and on the Ghats. Xonkan : 

 Mahim woods near Eombay, Graham ; Parel and Mahihar hill, Graham ; Matheran, 

 H. M. Birdwood, Woodrow ! Deccan : Lanoli, Cool'e ! ; Koina valley, CooJcc I S. M. 

 Country: Belgaum, ii'i/'c/^/e, 1097!; Londa, Couhc\ Gujarat: Bulsad, iir«;«Y^-«r ! — 

 DiSTRiB. Throughout India ; Tropical Asia, Australia, and America. 



6. ADENOSTEMMA, Forst. 



Annual glabrous or glandular-pubescent herbs. Leaves usually 

 opposite. Heads homogamous, paniculate or corymbose. Involucre 

 campanulate ; bracts many, equal, in 2 rows, herbaceous, Fometimes 

 connate. Eeceptacle flat, pitted. Corollas all tubular, regular ; tube 

 short; limb 5-toothed. Anthers truncate, with a glandular tip, base 

 obtuse. Style-arms large and long, clavate. Pappus-hairs 3-5, short, 

 rigid, often clavate, inserted on a short ring. Achenes compressed, 

 truncate, 5-angled, usually glandular. — Disteib. 5 or 6 American 

 species ; 1 species cosmopolitan. 



1, Adenostemma viscosum, Forst. Char. Gen. (177G) p. 90. An 

 erect (rarely decumbent) branched annual 1-3 ft. high, glabrous below, 

 glandular-pubescent above ; stems tinged with purple. Leaves very 

 variable, the lower opposite, the upper often alternate, 3-7 in. long, 

 from cblong or oblong-lanceolate to broadly ovate, subacute, coarsely 

 serrate-dentate, usually cuneate and then narrowed into a long tapering 

 base ; petioles obscure. Heads few or many, in lax or dense panicles, 

 with linear bracts at the forks. Involucre hemispheric ; bracts linear- 

 oblong, obtuse or subacute, glabrous, glandular or scabrid. Corolla-tube 

 short, glandular-hairy and viscous outside ; lobes 5, small, acute. Style- 

 arms twice as long as the corolla, much exserted. Achenes i-i in. long, 

 5-angled, obtuse, compressed, glabrous or glandular-scabrid, blackish- 

 brown, crowned with a narrow ring from which issue 4 or 5 glandular seta) 

 (jxtpjnis). Fl. B. I. V. 3, p. 242 ; Grab. Cat. p. 98 ; C. B. Clarke, Comp. 

 Ind. p. 28 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 13; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 11 (1898) p. 647. Adenostemma latifulium, Don, Prodr. Nep. p. 181; 

 Wight, Icon. t. 1087; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 122. A. rivale, Dalz. in Kevv 

 Journ. Bot. v. 3 (1851) p. 231 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 122.— Flowers : 

 Sept.-Feb. 



The leaves vary much ^ith soil and situation, the variation being very 

 marked when the plants grow near water. Mr. C. B. Clarke {I. c.) 

 mentions a number of varieties, most of which were formerly classed as 

 species, but says that he cannot separate any of them by good characters. 

 Trimen, Fl. Ceyl. (?. c), is of opinion that the numerous species proposed 

 are not worth distinction even as varieties. 



