78. COMPOSITE. [41. Emilia. 



1. A. parviflora, Roxl. 



A suffriiticose herb 3 ft. high M-ith erect rather strict stems tomen- 

 tose or hairy above and often ridged or grooved. Leaves sessile 

 linear-cuneate, linear, or oblanceolate nsnally acutely lobed or with 

 long deep serratiires towards the apex, upper often entire ; all usually 

 with narrow stipule-like appendages. Heads yellowish-green sub- 

 globose '1" long only, secund in elongate strict panicled racemes. 

 Herm. fls. about 6-12, sterile, with tip of entire style dilated and 

 anthers Avith very acute acuminate or aristulate tips. Invol. bracts 

 broadly oblong with broad scarious margins. 



Raiiclii and Palamau, Neterhat, 3000 ft, ! Parasnath 4000 ft. ! F). Sept.-Nov. 

 Fi-. Dec-Jan. 



Inodorous. Leaves l-2o" lono-, sub-flabellatel.vj nerved, tip sometimes very 

 acutely 3~oftd. Style of fern. fl. with 2 linear arms. 



2. A. caruifolia, Ham. 



An erect herb 2-4 ft. high with smooth striate rather stout her- 

 baceous stems and multifid leaves with very narrow weak segments. 

 Heads globose drooping -12" diam. in secund axillary leafy racemes. 

 Invol. bracts oval to oblong with broad scarious margins or outer 

 with narrow margins. Centre (herm.) fls. fertile. Keceptacle 

 swollen, glabrous. 



Purneah and Northern Santal Par^f., near Sahebganj, Kvrz \ Fl. March-April. 



41. EMILIA, Cass. 



Herbs with radical leaves crowded often lyrate-pinnatifid, cauline 

 few amplexicaul. Heads red, pink or yelloAv, long-peduncled, solitary 

 or corymbose homogamous with all florets tubular and herm., elongate 

 5-toothed. Involucre cylindric, bracts 1 -seriate, without any svib- 

 sidiary bracteoles at the base, striate, sometimes connate. Recej^t. 

 flat naked. Style-arms subterete. Cypsele subterete or angled and 

 5-ribbed. Pappus hairs copious soft white. 



1. E. sonchifolia, DC. Sadi-modi, Beng. 



A nearly glabrous erect, rarely diffuse, herb usually 12-20" high, 

 with lyrate and usually pinnatifid loAver leaves 3-4" long and few 

 lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate upper cauline leaves Avith large 

 auricles. Easily recognised by the tubular iuA^olucre shortly 8-10- 

 toothed only splitting into its component bracts in fruit and the 

 small rose-coloured florets scarcely longer than the involucre. 



Common in cultivated ground ! Probably throuo-hout the province. Fl., Fr. 

 chiefly in r.s. 



Stems at base and leaves on the nerves beneath sometimes spai'sely haii-y. 

 Heads "i'i" long in flower, -6" long in fruit. Cypsele •12" long, nearly uniform in 

 width througliout, with 5 scabrid ribs, 



2. E. flammea, Cass. Syn. Cacalia coccinea, Bot. Mag. ; Tassel 



FloAver. 



A A-ery common garden plant often sowing itself like a weed. It bears heads of 

 scarlet tiowers which are much stouter than in the last, and the plant is often but 

 not always hairy. 



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