226 LXXVIII. COMPOSITE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Ethulia. 



Subtribe 1 . HYOSEEIDE.E. Achenes truncate. Pappus of scales, with some- 

 times alternating hairs, or 0. 



Kigid herbs. Fl. blue ; inner invol. bracts coriaceous, con- 

 cave 103. CICHOKIUM. 



Subtribe 2. LAPSANE^;. Achenes obtuse. Pappus 0. 

 Heads small, panicled. Achenes many-ribbed .... 104. LAPSANA. 



Subtribe 3. RHAGADIOLEJS. Achenes narrowed upwards or beaked. Pappus 

 short, of scales or bristles, or 0. 



Achenes elongate, incurved, spinous 105. KOLPINIA. 



Achenes elongate, smooth 106. RHAGAPIOLTJS. 



Subtribe 4. CREPIDE^:. Usually leafy herbs, not woolly nor with stellate 

 hairs. Involucre calyculate, inner bracts often thickened. Achenes usually 

 contracted at both ends. 

 Receptacle naked. Achenes ribbed, rugose; pappus hairs 



feathery 107. PICEIS. 



Eeceptacle naked. Achenes ribbed ; pappus hairs simple, 



free, white 108. CREPIS. 



Receptacle naked. Achenes with slender ribs; pappus 



hairs copious, slender, subcrenate below . .... 109. PH^CASIUM. 

 Receptacle bristly. Achenes 8-10-ribbed; pappus hairs 



simple 110. PTEROTHECA. 



Subtribe 5. HIERACIE.E. Herbs, usually perennial, more or less stellately 

 hairy. Achenes truncate. Pappus hairs simple. 

 Pappus hairs rigid, bristles usually rough, brown . . . 111. HIEBACIUM. 



Subtribe 6. HYPOCH^RIDEJE. Scapigerous herbs, hairs various. Achenes 

 contracted below, usually beaked above. Pappus hairs simple or feathery. 

 Receptacle paleaceous. Pappus hairs feathery .... 111.* HYPOCIUERIS. 

 Receptacle naked. Pnppus hairs simple 112. TARAXACUM. 



Subtribe 7. LACTTJCE^. Herbs, rarely shrubby below, glabrous or hispid, 

 rarely scapigerous. Achenes usually narrowed below, and beaked or not above. 

 Pappus hairs many, simple. 

 Achenes subterete, beaked, toothed below the beak ... 113. CHONDRILLA. 



Achenes compressed, beaked, ribs smooth 114. LACTUCA. 



Achenes subterete, 3-5-angled, not beaked 115. PRENANTHES. 



Achenes oblong, not beaked, with 4^-5 rugose ribs . . . 116. PICRIDIUM. 

 Achenes compressed, not beaked, many-ribbed, ribs smooth 



or rough 117. SONCHTTS. 



Achenes narrow, truncate at both ends, 4-5-ribbed ... 118. LAUN^IA. 



Subtribe 8. SCOEZONERE^E. Herbs, glabrous, woolly or hispid. Achenes 

 with a broad base, or curved hollow stipes, above narrowed or beaked. 



Ihvol. bracts 1 -seriate. Achenes long-beaked 119. TRAC OPOOON. 



Invol. bracts oo -seriate, outer not leafy. Achenes not beaked 120. SCORZONERA. 

 Cuter invol. bracts leafy. Achenes not beaked . . . . 121. EPILASIA. 



TR.IBE I. VERNONIEJE. 

 1. ETHULIA, Linn. 



Branched herbs. Leaves alternate, serrate. Heads small, corymbose, homo- 

 gamous. Invol. subcampanulate ; bracts oo -seriate, imbricate. Receptacle flat, 

 naked. Corollas all tubular, equal, regular, slender ; limb campanulate ; lobes 5, 

 narrow. Anthers obtusely auricled. Style-arms subulate. Achenes glandular 

 between the 4-6 prominent ribs ; areole broad with a callous ring ; pappus 0. 

 DISTRIB. Species 2, a Javan and the following. 



