SPHJERANTHUS. 97 



Glomeruli subsessiles ovali-oblonges dense strobilini glabri. 



Bractese spinuloso-acuminatse extimae late ovatae. 

 Hab. In Madras, coll. Heyne et Wigbt No. 1553. In Mysore 



eoli. G. Tbomson. 

 (2.) Sphceranthus Peguensis nov. sp. in Kurz Flora Birmae Nb. 



2259. 

 Caulis erectus superne villoso-pubescens alatus alis serratis. 



Folia anguste oblonga basi angustata in alas decurrentia 



utrinque villoso-pubescentia acute serrata. Glomeruli sub- 



sessiles ovali-oblongi dense strobilini valde birsuti. Bractese 



spinuloso-acuminatae extimae late ovatas. 

 Hab. In Pegu detexit S. Kurz. 

 Sphasrantho amarantoidi congener : differt bracteis birsutis, 



caulibus alatis, alis serratis. 

 (8.) Sphcerantlius microcephalus Willcl. DC. V. p. 369. Miq. 



Flor. Ind. II. p. 36. Sphaeranthus sp. Wall. Cat. No. 3179. 



Sphaaranthus indicus Roxb. Flor. Ind. III. p. 446. 

 Caulis aclscendens divaricato-ramosus glaber aut parum pubes- 



cens alatus alis subintegris. Folia oblonga basi angustata in 



alas decurrentia fere glabra aut puberula denticulata. Glome- 



ruli globosi pedunculati. Bracteae ovato-rotundae glabraa. 



Acbaenia glandulosa et saspe pilosa. 

 Hab. In omni fere India frequens, mensibus Jan. Mart. prasci- 



pue fiorens. In planitie Bengaliae, Kbasia, Burma, India cen- 



trali, Malabar, Zeylania (Tbwaites C. P. No. 1770.) In Ma- 



lacca et Malaya. 

 (4.) Sphceranthus hirtus Willcl. DC. V. p. 369. Wall. Cat. No. 



3178 Tbwaites C. P. No. 1769 Wigbt Icones t. 1094. Miq. 



Flor. Ind. II. p. 36 Sphasranthus moUis Roxb. Flor. Ind. III. 



p. 446 DC. V. p. 369. 

 Caubs adscendens aut decumbens ramosus molliter birsutus 



alatus abs acute serratis. Folia elHptica aut obovato-lanceo- 



lata basi angustata in alas decurrentia utrinque molHter vil- 



losa acute serrata. Glomerub globosi pedunculati. Bracteae 



ovato-lanceolatse valde acuminatas hirsutaB. Achaenia glabra. 

 Hab. In planitie BengaHae vulgata mensibus Jan.-April prgeci- 



pue florens. In Sikkim. In India boreali-occidentaH. In 



Madras. In Zeylania. In Burma et peninsula Malaccana. In 



Assam, India centraH, Kemaoon. In Malaya. 



