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TRIBE 8. SENECIONIDEJ:. Like the last, but flowers all 

 yellow, and pappus more decided. 



26. EMILIA. Florets generally all hermaphrodite and tubular, 

 pappus white. 



27. NOTONIA. Fleshy undershrubs, flowers large, florets all 

 hermaphrodite, bracts in one series equal. 



28. SENECIO. Bracts in one or two series, equal, with a few 

 shorter outer ones, pappus soft, white. 



TRIBE 9. CYNAROIDEJ). The thistle and artichoke tribe. 

 Flowers all tubular, bracts imbricated, frequently bristly, recep- 

 tacle bristly, leaves often spinous. 



29. ECHINOPS. Flowers in dense involucred heads, each 

 floret with its own calyx distinct from the ovary, pappus 

 bristly. 



30. TRICHOLEPIS. Unarmed herbs, florets all hermaphrodite 

 and fertile, bracts narrow, pappus bristly, unequal, receptacle 

 densely bristly. 



TRIBE 10. CICHORACE^ : the chicory and dandelion tribe. 

 Herbs, usually with milky juice, florets all strap-shaped, trun- 

 cate, tip 5-toothed. 



31. LACTUCA. Involucre narrow, bracts in few series, recep- 

 tacle flat, naked, pappus abundant. 



32. SONCHUS. Involucre broad at the base, bracts in many 

 series, outer smaller, receptacle and pappus as in the last. 



33. LAUNEA. Involucre bell-shaped or cylindrical, other- 

 wise as in the last. 



(1) VERNONIE.E. 



1. YERNONIA. 



1. V. cinerea. A common-looking rather weak plant, with 

 oval or oblong rather hairy leaves, toothed, flowers small, dull 

 purple in corymbs, bracts lanceolate, achenes not angled or 

 ribbed. Moti sddori, sahddevi. 



A common weed all over India : very variable in habit and foliage, 

 but uniform in flowers (H,). He seems to include D.'s f r . conyzoides 

 in this. 



2. V. divergem (Eupatorium d. D.). A tall shrub with large 

 broad toothed leaves, narrowed into the petiole, flowers very 

 numerous in small heads, panicled, light purple, corolla tube 

 curved, achenes smooth, 10-angled or ribbed. Bundar. 



The Ghauts. From Central India southwards (F.). 

 This much resembles the English hemp agrimony, Eupatorium 

 cannabinum. 



