38 GRANGEA. MTRIACTIS. 



Hab. In omni India Birmaet Malaya communis in planitiebus : 

 mens. Jan.-April prascipue (sed fere toto anno) florens. 



Mtriactis Less. Bth. Gen. 111. 



(1.) Myriactis Wightii DG. V. p. 308 Wight Icones t. 1091 

 etherb. No. 1549. 



Caulis erectus parce villosus. Folia inferiora ovata longe petio- 

 lata, vel lyrata, suprema sessilia obovato-oblonga, omnia 

 distanter serrata. Peduncuh longi. Phyllaria plus minus villosa, 

 acuta. Achaenium breviter rostratum, rostro apice dilatato. 



Hab. In Nilgherry montibus ad 8000 ped. alt. mense Aprili 

 florens. In Zeylania mense Aprili florens, Thwaites C. P. 1740. 



Myriactis javanica DC. paullo differt capituhs majoribus, foliis 

 superioribus pariim serratis, subtus conspicue reticulato-veno- 

 sis, apice obtusiusculis. 



(2.) Myriactis nepalensis Less in DC. V. p. 308Lavenia sphae- 

 rantha Wall. Cat. 3217. 



Cauhs glaber aut laxe villosus. Folia obovato-oblonga aut ovata 

 in petiolum alatum attenuata, serrata acuta, fere glabra aut 

 utrinque villosa. Capitula globosa pisi magnitudine. Phylla- 

 ria apice acuta mox reflexa. Acha3nium apice umbonatum nec 

 rostratum. 



Hab. In omni fere Himalaya ad 5000-10000 ped. alt. mensibus 

 Aug. Sept. florens. In Khasi colhbus ad 4000-6000 ped. alt. 

 mensibus Sep. Oct. florens. 



Huc referenda est Myriactis oleosa Edgw. in Walp. Rep. VI. p. 

 719 ex T. T. Thoms. in ms. Mihi nulla exempla obvia. 



(3.) Myriactis Wallichii Less in DC. V. p. 309 Lavenia den- 

 tata Wallich Cat. 3216. 



Cauhs laxe villosus aut glabratus. Folia inferiora ovata in 

 petiolum alatum attenuata, superiora elliptica acuta subpetio- 

 lata, omnia serrata acuta utrinque floccose villosa aut fere 

 glabra. Capitula quam in M. nepalensi multo minora hemi- 

 sphserica. Phyllaria anguste oblonga, lateribus scarioso-albida, 

 apice obtusiuscula ssepe ciliato-fimbrillata. Achsenium umbo- 

 natum neque rostratum. 



Hab. A Kashmir ad Sikkim ad 5000-8000 ped. alt. mensibus 

 Aug.-Oct. florens. In Khasi collibus ad 4000-6000 ped. alt. 

 mense Oct. florens. 



