VERNONIA. 27 



Hab. In Sylhet, Khasia et ABsam. In Sikkim ad 1500 ped. alt. 

 mense Oct. florens. 



Distributio. In Australia ex exemplo a cl. Mueller a Melbourne 

 communicato. 



A Vernonia scandente DC. vix satis differt phyllariis intimis 

 acutis, panicula effusiore, foliis magis glabris angustioribus. 



(41.) Vernonia Andersoni nov. sp. Griffith ISTo. 3099 Yernonia 

 sp. V. scandenti proxima T. Anders. in. Ms. 



Frutex scandens ramis teretibus striatis neque angulatis ' superne 

 fulvo-pubescentibus. Folia petiolata ovato-lanceolata 4-6-pol- 

 lices longa integra utrinque glabra, lucide et arcte reticulata, 

 in nervis ahquando puberulo-pubescentia. Panicula3 axillares 

 elongatae haud foliosse. Capitula mediocria 5-10-flora. Phyllaria 

 pauci-seriata, extima parva, intima oblonga dorso subglabrata. 

 Pappus rufescens, setaa exteriores subnullae. Acha^nium 10- 

 costatum minute pilosum. Corolla glabra 8-mill. tubus 4- 

 mfll. Beceptaculum pihs fulvis dense fimbrfllosum. 



Hab. In Naga collibus prope Cachar, etin Burma ; coll. Griffith. 



N. B. Species Vernoniee extensa, blanda, blandula scandens, 

 vagans et Andersoni nimis approximant : forsan mehus ad 

 tres reducendae viz. 



Vernonia blanda (inclusa V. extensa) capitula majora 10-25 

 flora. Erecta aut vagans. 



Vernonia vagans (inclusis V. blandula et scandente) capitula 

 minora 5-10 flora. Achsenium glabrum aut pflosum. Folia 

 lucida reticulata aut pubescentia. 



Vernonia Andersoni. Beceptaculum pihs fulvis fimbrillosum. 



\Deoaneuron glabrum DC.~ V. p. 67.] 



Caulis suffruticulosus teres glaber striatus. Folia breviter petio- 

 lata ovaha basi cuneata apice acnminata distanter repando- 

 serrulata glabra cum nervis utrinque tenue puberula. Corymbi 

 2-5-cephali. Phyllaria adpresse acuta (non aristata) floscuhs 

 multo breviora. 



In India orientah. Conyza Wall. Cat. No. 3283. Eupatorium 

 glabrum Heyne Herb. 



Foha 2-3-poll. longa 8-10. lin. lata. Pappus rufus. Achasnium 

 teres 10-costatum basi attenuatum glabrum 2-lin. longum. 



Character mere e DC. exscriptus. Species mihi ignota. 



