ETHULIA. CENTRATHERUM, 



Bthulia L. Btli. G-en. Nb. 4. 



(1.) Ethuliu conyzoides L. DC. V. p. 12. Miq. Flor. Ind. II. p. 8. 

 Ethulia ramosa Roxb. Flor. Ind. III. p. 413. 



Herba erecta piibescens aut fere glabra. Folia petiolata hand 

 decnrrentia elliptico-lanceolata serrata, glandnloso-pnnctata : 

 costulis utrinque 4-10. Achasnia 4-6-costata, in frnctn arcte 

 insidentia capitulum quasi-hemisphaaricum efformantia. Flores 

 glabri kermesino-rubelh vel sub-purpurei, breves. Pollen 

 haud echinatum. 



Hab. In planitie Bengalise frequens. In Khasia et Assam. Men- 

 sibus April-Jnly floret. 



Distributio. In Africa et Malaya. 



Species altera generis, Ethulia megacephala Schultz Bip. (Miq. 

 Flor. Ind, II. p. 8) differt capitulis majoribus, pedicellis 

 phyllariisque fusco-lanatis, foliis magis elongatis. 



Oiospermum ? Wightianum DC. V. p. 11 Amphiraphis Wigh- 

 tiana Wallich Cat. Comp. Nb. 68 in India orientali a Wight 

 lectum ex. Bth. est Carpesium. 



Centratherum Cass : Bth. Gen. ~No. 8. 



In speciebus Indicis, achaenia glabra aut inter costas minutis- 

 sime glanduloso-punctata. Pappi seta? in C. courtallense et 

 C. angustifoho elongata^. Capitula multiflora pauca remota 

 subcorymbosa, majuscula vel in C. tenui minora. Corolla^ 

 glabras. PoUen globosum polyhedrico-reticulatum flavum 

 haud echinatum. 



Gonspectus specierum Indicarum (omnium Peninsularium vel 

 Zeylanicarum. ) 

 A. Pappus sordide stramineus. Capitula majuscula. 



1. C. reticulatum. Folia subsessiha elliptica acnta crenatarugo- 

 sa subtus conspicue venosa tomentosa. 



