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EPITHEMA CARNOSUM. 
Epithema carnosum DC. IX. p. 279. BE. zeylanicum Gardn. Wight Icones t. 1354. 
Folia alterna (aut suprema quasiopposita) rastiaern, cordato-rotundata ovata aut elliptica, leviter crenata 
supra strigosa subtus minute pilosa. Pedunculi elongati pubescentes capitulis terminati. Bractea ad eonaiam ovata, brac- 
teola ad quemque florem anguste oploneat Calyx pilosus ad dimidiam partem divisus segmentis lanceolatis. Stigma capita- 
tum. Semina in funiculis elongatis sustentata. 
Hab, Tn montibus Himalaya proyincie Sikkim ad 1000-4,000 ped. alt. 
In collibus Khasia ad 1,000-4,000 ped. alt. 
Distributio Indica. Tn Nepalia. In Malabaria. In Burma. 
Vidi specimina viva spontanea numerosa. 
Small specimens are almost stemless, with one leaf, the leaf subentire. The capitulum is dense, the whole plant perhaps only 2 or 3 inches high. 
There is every gridation from this to the largest size, wherein the lower leaves are alternate, the blade of the leaf 6 inches long by 6 broad, the edge of the leaf 
more or less serrated or excised : the capitulum is Reaatied into a short scorpioid raceme ‘with larger flowers. Judging merely by the printed descriptions: 
the series of Bengal Hpithema earnosum would include E. Saxatile, E. Horsefieldii, E. Brunonis and E. Roxburghii. 
[Christisonia subicaulis i. oy Phelipwa ? subacaulis Wight Icones t. 1423 is arranged here in the Calcutta Herbarium : # 
grows in the Khasiya Hills at 2,000-6,000 feet elevation : and either this or a very nearly allied species has been collected by Dr. Thomson 
in Sikkim. ] 
EXPLICATIO TABULAZ XC. 
Planta ex specimine Sikkimensi recente depicta, 
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Calyx fissus et explanatus. 
2. Corolla fissa et explanata. 
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Stamina. 
4, Pistillum cum disco. - 
5. Ovarii junioris horizontalis sectio, 
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Capsula dehiscens. 
Capsule dehiscentis verticalis sectio. 
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8. Semen in funiculo valde auctum, 
