VernoniaJ] LXXVIII. -COMPOSITE. (J. D. Hooker.) 231 



5. V. Thwaitesii, Clarke Comp. Ind. 11 ; branches and corymbs finely 

 pubescent, leaves sessile ovate or elliptic-ovate acute acutely serrate rigidly 

 coriaceous reticulated, nerves prominent on both surfaces, invol. bracts linear- 

 oblong obtuse or acute, achenes puberulous, pappus pale reddish. V. Gardneri, 

 |8, Thwaites Enum., 161. 



CEYLON, Central Province ; Adam's Peak, Horton Plains, and Galagama, Walker, 

 &c. 



Branches slender, rigid. Leaves 2-2 by -l in., narrowed at the base, rarely 

 almost orbicular, puberulous beneath, tip and teeth almost pungent. Heads few, 

 hardly corymbose ; peduncles often very long ; outermost invol. bracts very short, 

 subulate ; corolla glabrous. Pappus ^ in., outer very short. 



6. V. Beddomei, Hook. /. ; glabrous, much branched, upper leaves 

 shortly petioled lanceolate caudate-acuminate coarsely serrate those on the 

 slender peduncles narrow and recurved, invol. bracts linear acuminate, achenes 

 hairy, pappus white. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; South Travancore, Beddome. 



Branches ribbed, slender. Leaves (lower not seen) 4-6 by l-l in., rather rigid, 

 reticulated on both surfaces, long apex quite entire. Heads 1-1 \ in. diam., few or in 

 much branched corymbs; branches and peduncles very slender; outer invol. bracts 

 very short, subulate. Pappus \ in. - r outer hairs few, short. 



7. V. attenuata, DC. Prodr. v. 33; rigid, branches leaves beneath and 

 inflorescence puberulous, leaves hard sessile obovate or oblong-obovate acute 

 coarsely toothed or serrate reticulate on both surfaces, invol. bracts linear-lan- 

 ceolate finely acuminate outermost subulate, achenes striate villous, pappus white. 

 Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, ii. 201 ; Clarke Comp. Ind. 12. Convza attenuata, 

 Wall. Cat. 3020. 



EASTEEN HIMALAYA and ASSAM, in dry tropical forests ; alt. 1-5000 ft. TENAS- 

 SERIM, Wallich, Palconcr, &c. 



Erect, 2-3 ft., slender, branches grooved. Leaves'very variable, 3-5 by l-2 in. 

 Heads panicled corymbose, or solitary and axillary, when they are sometimes sessile, 

 ^-| in. diam.; peduncles short, slender, often divaricate; inner invol. bracts nearly ^ 

 in. ; corolla glabrous. Achenes ^ in. ; pappus | in., persistent, outer hairs few short. 

 A Siam form (V.juncea, Kurz) has heads sessile on long slender leafless branches, 

 and rufous pappus. 



8. V. Helferi, Hook. f. ; nearly glabrous, stem simple slender, leaves 

 sessile elliptic acute entire or serrate shining and minutely retieulate on both 

 surfaces, heads 1-2 30-40-flowered, invol, bracts linear-oblong obtuse outermost 

 ovate acute, achenes silky 10-ribbed, pappus white. 



TENASSERIM, Heifer. 



Ste?n 6-10 in., erect, above and peduncles pubescent, rather flexuous. Leaves 1^-2 

 by -1 in., thinly coriaceous, brown and shining when dry. Heads shortly peduncled, 

 ^ ic. diam.; invol. bracts glabrous, not numerous, innermost less than ^ in., flat; 

 corolla' glabrous. Achenes \ in. ; pappus \ in., outer hairs numerous short flattened. 

 This has altogether the habit of V. attenuata, to which it is indeed closely allied, 

 differing chiefly in its slender habit and the linear obtuse invol. scales. 



9. V. Iiobbii, Hook. f. ; corymbs softly tomentose, leaves shortly petioled 

 broadly obovate subacute obscurely toothed glabrous above with raised dots 

 beneath with fine lax hairs, heads sessile in axillary and terminal fascicled 

 corymbs very shortly peduncled, invol. bracts linear aristate scarious outermost 

 subulate, achenes villous, pappus white. 



TENASSERIM ; hills on the Attran, Lobb. 



Leaves 6-7 by 3-3 in., rather rigid, narrowed to the base but not into the short 



