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Konkans and Ghauts. I take this to be th" common Matheran 

 species. H. includes in it D's B holosericea ii/d leptoclada. 



3. B. lacera {B. leptoclada, D.). Hairy, glandular and 

 strong-smelling, leaves obvate oblong, serrated towards the 

 top, flowers clustered, bracts narrow-pointed, achenes smooth. 



This I take to be the common strong-smelling species growing all 

 over dry rice fields. Throughout the plains of India (H.}. 



Very like this are *_B. laciniata, usually taller and smoother, scent- 

 less and with laciaiate leaves; rare in the Konkan (tf.); and *B. 

 Wightiana, often prostrate with ascending branches, flowers small, 

 pink or purple, achanes hairy. Bombay, and plains of India 



4. B. membranacea, (B. murulis, D.). Tall and slender, 

 hairy and glandular, leaves lyrate toothed, flowers very small, 

 oblong, bracts slender and shining. 



On roadsides and old walla. Throughout India in 6 varieties 

 *B. mrens closely resembles this, but is perfectly smooth, sometimes 

 4 feet high. Konkan and Canara (H. ). *B. oxyodonta, a small species, 

 prostrate or diffuse, branched, leaves obovate, spine-toothed, flowers 

 few, peduncles slender. Not in D. Bombay (Mr. J.Indraji). H. has 

 *B. eriantha, Konkan, Law, perhaps a variety of this, very slender, 

 peduncles and involucres with long silky hairs, nimurdi. *. Mai- 

 colmii, like these two, " the stout habit, dense silvery woolly clothing, 

 and sparse often peduncled heads are its most prominent characters" 

 (H.). Konkan and Belgaum (H.). Matheran (Birdwood). *B. Belan- 

 geriana, woolly, branches a foot long, often ied-brown; Konkan 

 (H.). *B. Maiabarica, leaves membranous with a distinct petiole, 

 flowers half an inch in diameter; Canara, &c., Law (H.). *B. specta- 

 bilis (B. Longifolia, D.). Six to eight feet high, leaves oblong, petiole 

 often winged, flowers in a pyramidal panicle with floral leaves, 

 pappus red. Tallawari (Z).). Canara (.ff.). 



10. LAGGERA. 



1. L. alata (Blumea a. D.) A stout leafy plant with reddish 

 hairs, stems winged, leaves oblong-toothed decurrent, flowers 

 purplish in racemes, drooping, outer bracts often recurved, 

 inner long, straight. 



Ghauts (-D.). 



2. L. aurita. Rather slender, stem not winged, leaves 

 lanceolate or half pinnatifid, shortly decurrent, flowers pink, 

 bracts soft and slender, Jangli muli. 



Not in D. or Cr. Common in Bombay. 



11. SPH^RANTHUS. 

 S. Indicus (S. mollis, D.) A small prostrate plant, all hairy 



