COMPOSITE 149 



Hypocotyl subterranean and with difficulty distinguishable from 

 the root, stout, fleshy, and tapering downwards. 



Cotyledons fleshy, oblong, obtuse, tapering into a short petiole, 

 connate and amplexicaul at the base, 1'45 cm. long including 

 petiole, 4 mm. wide above the middle, glabrous. 



Stem undeveloped in the seedling stage, and always very 

 short. 



Leaves simple, radical, alternate, densely covered on the upper 

 surface with short, jointed, crystalline hairs, woolly on the under 

 surface ; petioles flattened above or subchannelled, convex beneath, 

 angled and furrowed, coarsely hairy or becoming woolly. 



Nos. 1 and 2. Spathulate, irregularly and obsoletely dentate, 

 tapering to both ends, subacute, with a strong median longitudinal 

 nerve. 



No. 3. Oblong, obtuse, repand-dentate, especially at the un- 

 symmetrical base. 



Nos. 4 and 5. Oblong, obtuse, lyrate-pinnatifid, unequal at the 

 base ; lateral lobes oblong, obtuse or cuspidate ; terminal lobe 

 large, oblong, somewhat lobed at the base and toothed upwards. 



Ultimate leaves oblanceolate, deeply lyrate-pinnatifid, thinly 

 woolly or subglabrous above, with a hoary tomentum beneath ; lower 

 lobes small, oblong, with small teeth ; middle lobes broadly oblong 

 in outline with small teeth on the anterior side, and larger on the 

 posterior, and one large oblong, acute, basal lobe ; terminal lobe 

 large, broadly triangular, lobulate, coarsely dentate and denticulate. 



Venidium calendulaceum, Less. 



Hypocotyl erect, terete, glabrous, '5-2 cm. long, light green 

 or colourless. 



Cotyledons obovate, obtuse, emarginate, fleshy, slightly petiolate, 

 glabrous, light green, almost colourless in some specimens, indis- 

 tinctly one-nerved. 



Stem short, erect, herbaceous ; the primary internodes very 

 slightly developed. 



First leaves alternate, cauline, lanceolate, subacute, tapering to 

 the base, scarcely petiolate, thickly pubescent with glandular hairs, 

 entire, slightly ciliated, light green ; with a midrib and two lateral 

 nerves running parallel to the edges. 



Berkheya purpurea, Mast. (fig. 479). 

 Primary root tapering, giving off a few lateral fibrils. 

 Hypocotyl short, mostly subterranean, purplish-red, rather 

 succulent. 



