10 VERNONIA. 



Sect. Stenaelia. Bth. 



(2.) Vemonia anthelmintica Willd. DC. V. p. 61. Serratula 

 anthelmintica Roxb. Flor. Incl. III. p. 405. 



Herba erecta ramosa caule viscoso-pubescente. Folia elliptica 

 basi in petiolum attenuata apice acuta, serrata, utrinque 

 puberula. Capitula corymbosa majuscula c. 40-flora. Corym- 

 bus saejje foliosus et peclunculi bracteis linearibus muniti. 

 Phyllaria interiora oblonga, exteriora longiora angustiura 

 apice foliacea sub-patula. Pappi rufescentis series exterior 

 brevis subpaleacea. Achaenium oblongo cylindricum crassum, 

 costis 10 brevissime pilosis. Corolla glabra 10-mill. tubus 

 6-7-mill. 



Hab. In omni Bengaha : in Assam : in India boreah-occiden- 

 tali : in India centrali : in Peninsula Indica : sat frequens. 

 Mensibus Aug. — Nbv. florens. 

 Sect. Lejyidaploa Bth. 



(3.) Vemonia subsessilis DC. V. p. 62. inclusa Vernonia brac- 

 teolata DC. V. p. 62. Conyza subsessilis. Wall. Cat. 3000. 



Caulis erectus ad 6-pedalis apice corymbosus. Folia subses- 

 silia obovato-lanceolata aut lanceolata, serrata,. supra glabra, 

 nervo medio subtus pubescente. Corymbus terminalis ssepe 

 fohosus. Capitula 40-50-flora longe pedunculata ovata ma- 

 juscula, pedunculo villoso saepe bracteis linearibus onusto. 

 Phyllaria multi-seriaha, extima lineari-subulata squarrosa r 

 intima erecta angusta acuta. Pappus (pallide aut intense) 

 rufus, series exterior numerosa subpaleacea. Acha^nium ob- 

 scure 10-striatum undicme dense villosum. Corolla 12-15- 

 mill. tubus 9-10-mill. papilloso-puberulus. 



a. Subsessilis. Herbacea, 2-4-pedalis. Folia anguste lanceolata, 

 parum obovata, saepius apice acuminata. Pappus dilutius 

 rufus. 



Hab. In regione subtropica collium Khasi ad 500-2000 ped. alt. 

 mensibus Oct. Nov. florens. 



/S. Bracteolata. Suffrutescens. Foha obovata, ad 3-5 pollices 

 lata, acuta aut subobtusa. Pappus saepius intense rufus. 



Hab. In Calc. Horto. Botanico culta (a Nepalia allata ?) In 

 collibus Mikir Assamise. Ad Ponehne Burmae superioris coll. 

 J. Anderson. 



Forzan species. In Var. a et in Var. /3 pedicelli apice braeteolis 

 onusti vel nudi. 



