Vernonia. ] - Composite. 
Leaves simple . . . 18¢. 
Inv. bracts not glandular, 
outer not leafy Sag 
Achenes spinose : . 18d. 
Ray-fl. numerous, white. ee? 
Pappus present : 
Pappus of a few scales: 
Ray-fl. white; heads small : 
Leaves alternate or sub-op- 
posite, harshly hairy 23 
Leaves opposite, subgla- 
brous : ; : 27a 
Ray-fl. yellow : 
Leaves simple: 
Rays long, bright yellow . 24 
Rays short, cream-coloured 27 
Leaves compound 27 
Pappus of a few bristles : 
Leaves compound : 
Achenes beaked 25b 
Achenes not beaked : 
Style arms with short ap- 
pendages : ‘ o 2G: 
Style arms with long ap- 
pendages : 3 i ame 
Leaves simple or lobed : 
Leaves lobed; fis. large . 24b. 
Leaves simple, fils. very small 25a. 
Fls. all ligulate; plants usually with latex : 
Achenes beaked : 
Pappus feathery 34a 
Pappus simple : 
Heads solitary 34b 
Heads in clusters ac 
Achenes not beaked : 
Achenes compressed 35a 
Achenes sub-terete : 
Achene tapering 34 
Achene truncate 36. 
Page 7.—For Vernonia cinerea Lass. read: 
Herb; thinly pubescent; fls. reddish-purple 
surface; outer pappus hairs shorter. 
V. cinerea. 
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Melampodium. 
. SPILANTHES. 
Acanthospermum. 
EcLIPTA. 
. BLAINVILLEA. 
. Galinsoga. 
. WEDELIA. 
. Tridax. 
. Tagetes. 
. Cosmos. 
BIDENS. 
GLOSSOGYNE. 
Tithonia. 
Synedrella. 
. Hypocheris. 
. Taraxacum. 
. Larue A. 
. Sonchus. 
. CREPIS. 
LAUNAA. 
. 4. V. CINEREA. 
Undershrub ; densely tomentose; fls. purplish-blue. 4a. V. ALBICANS. 
4a. V. albicans DC. in Wight Contrib. p. 6 (1834); Wight Ic. 
t. 1076 (1843) excl. achenes; Gamble Fl. Madr. p. 676 (1921). 
Rather shrubby; stem tomentose; leaves elliptic, rather 
thick, crenate-dentate, densely white-tomentose on the under 
Otherwise similar to 
In dry places; rather rare? on patanas, Fort Macdonald Valley; 
rocky place, Bintenna. 
Also in S. India. 
Fls. March, Apr. ; purplish-blue. 
Part IIfI. 
