23. EcLiPTA.] 78. C0MP08ITM. 



1. E. alba, Hassle. Mocbraiid, bhang-ra, ben^raya, babri, H. ; Kesari, 

 Kesiiti, Beng. ; Hatu kesari. A'. ; Kesarda, Or. 



A diffuse or erect usually mucb branched Aveed, frequently rooting- 

 at the lower nodes, strigillose hispid or hirsute all over with the hairs 

 rising from a thickened base (best seen when dry). Leaves short 

 Xjetioled subentire or toothed, usually oblong or elliptic. Heads sub- 

 globose 'IT-'SS" diani , outer flowers with a narrow white ligule. 

 Peduncles very short (in all the specimens from our area, but some- 

 times long and slender), sometimes paired, Invol. bracts ovate acute 

 or obtuse, strigose. Pales mostly filiform with slightly dilated shortly 

 hairy tips. Cypsele "1" long, 2-edged, verrucose on the flatter faces 

 or all over, tip hairy, pappvxs obsolete or of 2 short aAvns or teeth. 



Common in pasture lands, roadsides, etc., in Chota Nag-pur! Probably in all 

 districts of the province. Fl., Fr. Aug-.-Feb. and perhaps throughout the year. 



Leaves very variable, only 'a-S" in some decumbent specimens, 2-4" in others, 

 tapering into a very short petiole, tip acute or acuminate. Involucre bracts 

 stronglj' 8 more nerved, inner (or outer pales ?j 1-nerved. Disc flowers with cam- 

 panulate limb exceeding the short nnrrow tube 



The plant is used in Hinda medicine for various purposes, among others for 

 scorpion stings. 



2i. BLAINYILLEA, Cass. 



Scabrid or villous herbs with leaves opposite, or iipper alternate, 

 petioled, toothed. Heads small, subsessile or peduncled, heterogamous, 

 radiate or subdisciform, Avhite or yellow. Ray fls. Avith small 2-3- 

 toothed or ligules. Disc fls. tubular with dilated 5-fid limb. Invol. 

 bracts few, outer herbaceous, inner passing into the membranous 

 concave or conduplicate pales of the small convex receptacle. Style- 

 arms of herm.-fi.naiTOw flattened with acute or sub-obtuse appendages. 

 Cypsele truncate, of ray fls. 3-quetrovis or dorsally compressed, of the 

 disc 3-4 angled or laterally compressed. Pappus of 2-5 unequal 

 bristles connate at base. 



1. B. latifolia, DC. Syn. B. rhomboidea, Cass. 



An erect somewhat coarse herb with straAV-coloured hispid-pubescent 

 stems much branched above, 1-3 ft. high, or 3-4 ft. in rich soil. L. 

 opp. or upper alt. 1-4", ovate or upper ovate -lanceolate, with cuneate 

 base, coarsely serrate or crenate-serrate, hairy both sides. Heads 

 white ■12-'2" in flower enlarging to •3-4" in fruit, solitary in the forks 

 and snbcorymbose at the top of the branches. Invol. bracts 2 -seriate, 

 outer 5 oblong acute •25" long in fruit. Inner cypseles embraced by 

 the fimbriate or toothed pales Avhich overlap them. Pappus of S 

 bristles or 3 hairy scales. 



A common weed throughout the area. Fl., Fr. Sept. -Jan. Annual. 



Leaves 3-nerved at the base. Petiole of lower leaves often 1 ' long, upper shorter. 

 Peduncles hardly any, then often elongating to 1-2". Outer (ray) fls. few with 

 long tube and minute obovate notched ligule, style with slender arms. Disc fls. 

 with black anthers and flattened style arms. Outer layer of cells of the cj'psele 

 often golden yellow, margins and angles slightly pubescent. 



25. WEDELIA, Jacq. 



Herbs or suffruticose with opposite leaves and axillary or terminal 

 radiate heads Avith yellow entire or 2 3-toothod ligules. Involucre 



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