78. COMPOSITE. [7. Grangea. 



slender blue ligules, then several rows of filiform whitish female and 

 fewer inner yellow campanxilate hermaph. or male florets. Cypsele 

 •03", nearly glabrous, flat pale with dirty Avhite or brown pappus 

 •14:-'15" long-, scabrid under mag-nification, 



Chieflj^ in cultivated grouiul. Behar, Soiie R., J. DM. ! Singbhum ! Banks of 

 Ganges, S. P., A'/o'~ ! No doubt also in Purneah as it occurs in Maldah, Clarkel 

 and probably in the whole Northern and Southern Central Areas sporadically. 

 Fl., Fr. Oct.-April. 



L. mostly about 1" but rarelj' 2'5" with coarse lobules, hairy. Invol. bracts 1-3- 

 seriate, rather hispid and o-landular-papillose, inner "IS" linear with scarious 

 maro-ins often constricted below the recurved tips (or hair-pointed, C. B. Clarke). 

 Ra3--fls. filiform •14--15" aci;te and ligulate, intermixed with short filiform-tubular 

 fls. with simple stjies. ]">isc. fis. tubular, 11". 



Aster differs only from Engeron in that the ray flowers have usually 

 large ligules and are onlj- l~2-seriate. The cypsele larger. Pa^jpus 

 of scabrid hairs, outer sometimes shorter, rigid and paleaceous. Aster 

 amelhis, one of the so-called Michaelmas daisies, is common in gardens 

 on the Ranclii plateau. The '"'Chinese aster "is Callistephuschinensis, 

 the inner pappus is of hairs or bristles, the outer a short corona 

 fringed wdth cilia. 



A plant frequently called Erigeron linifolivrii in herbaria (and 

 sometimes Erigeron canadense) is Conyza ambigiia, DC, q.v. 



6. CYATHOCLINE, Cass. 



Annual usually erect odorous herbs with pinnatisect alternate 

 leaves. Heads small variously coloured, panicled, disciform, hetero- 

 gamous Avith the outer fls. many-seriate, filiform, female, 2-toothed, 

 the inner hermaphrodite or f unctionallj^ male, regular, 5-cleft. Invo- 

 lucre hemispheric, bracts sub-2-seriate narroAv with scarious margins, 

 receptacle peltate saucer-sliaped Avith raised free margins, naked. 

 Anther-bases truncate. Style of female floAver Avith two arms, of 

 lierm. simple or cleft. Fruit minute smooth, pappus 0, or of 4-5 

 minute gland hairs. 



1. C. lyrata, Cass. 



A pretty erect or sometimes decumbent scented herb, usually 

 8"-2 ft. high Avitli hairy stems, pinnate or pinnatifid leaves, basal 

 attaining 6" Avith the lobes toothed or pinnatifid, rhachis Avinged and 

 toothed, cauline leaves Avith large auricles. Heads "2" diam. bright 

 rose-purple. Disc floAvers stout, viscous pubescent Avith simple style. 

 Fruits somewhat fusiform-oblong, "OlS" long. 



lu wet places, moist banks, rice-fields, rocks in streams, etc. Fl., Fr. 

 Dec. -March. 



7. GRANGEA, Forsk. 



Suberect or prostrate villous herbs Avith alternate pinnatifld leaves 

 and sub-globose disciform yelloAv or yelloAvish terminal or leaf-oj^posed 

 heterogamous heads. Outer flowers 1- to many-seriate, filiform, 

 female, 2-4-fid, disc floAvers hermaphrodite Avith A^ery slender tube and 

 campanulate 4-5-cleft limb. InA^oliTcre broadly campanulate, bracts 

 few-seriate, outer herbaceous, receptacle convex or conic, naked. 

 Anther-bases obtuse. Style-arms of disc-fls. flattened, cuneate, 



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