VERNONIA. 15 



Vemonia Nilgherryensis parum recedit pappo minus rufes- 

 cente et foliis subtus pubescentibus neque villosis rugosis. 



Eupatorium divergens Roxb. Mor. Tnd. III. p. 415. verosimi- 

 liter Vernoniam divergentem cum Vernonia saligna in- 

 cludit. Exempla in Parasnatb lecta foliis majoribus latioribus 

 gaudent, exempla in Burma et Tenasserim lecta capitula 

 majora et phyllaria longiora exhibent. 



(12.) Vemonia pectiniformis DG. V. p. 31 et in Wight contri- 

 butions p. 2. Wight Icones. t. 1077 Thwaites C. P. 294. 

 Wight Herb. JSb. 1519 Vernonia pectinata DC. V. p. 31. 



Suffrutescens. Rami striati, puliescentes aut glabri. Folia 

 petiolata elliptica utrinque acuta, serrata, supra glabra aut 

 scabride pubescentia, subtus pubescentia aut fere glabra ; 

 nervis primarhs inter se conspicue parallelis. Cymas termi- 

 nales nudse. Capitula mediocria 10-15-flora. Phyllaria ovaha 

 obtusa, apice minute mucronata, dorso fere glabrata, extima 

 parva. Pappus in eodem exemplo pallide rufescens aut 

 sordide albus ; in exemplis Zeylanicis intense rufus : series ex- 

 terior setosa mox decidua. Achamium 10-costatum, dense 

 glandulosum haud pilosum. Corolla glabra 10-mill. tubus 

 5-mill. 



Hab. In JNilgherries ad 8000 ped. alt. mense Aprili florens. 



In Zeylania, ad 6000-7000 ped. alt. 

 (13.) Vemonia puncticulata DG. VII. p. 264. 

 Fruticosa. Ramuli teretes striati puberuli. Folia breviter 



petiolata elliptica utrinque acuminata utrinque glabriuscula 



subtus minute punctulata margine subrevoluta denticulata. 



Capitula pedicellata corymbosa, bracteolis minimis acutis. 



Phyllaria minute pubescentia ovali-oblonga obtusa vix mucro- 



nulata subenervia. Acha^nium glabrum. 

 Hab. In Zeylania, coll. Walker. 

 Mihi ignota. Character ex DC. exscriptus. Ex Arnott pug. 



n 93=Ver noniag pectiniformis Var. 

 (14.) Vernonia extensa DG. V. p. 33 Conyza extensa. WalL 



Cat. 3016. Eupatorium extensum Wall. in Herb. Brown. 

 Cauhs erectus 6-8-pedalis, infra parum ramosus. Foha breve 



petiolata, oblonga basi attenuata apice acuminata, hinc inde 



Gerrata, utrinque puberula. Cymas terminales paniculaeform.es 



ramosissimaB subaphyllse. Capitula oblonga mediocria 8-10- 



