98 PTEROCAULON. BLEPHARISPERMUM. ATHROISMA. 



Pterocaulon Ell. (Bth. Gen. 184.) 



(1.) Pterocaulon cylindrostachyum i. e. Monenteles spicatus DC. 

 V. p. 455 Miq. Flor. Ind. II. p. 60 Gnaphalium cylindrosta- 

 chyum WaU. Cat. Eb. 3931. 



Rami numerosi elongati erecti tomentosi alati apicibus spica3 

 florum gerentes. Folia elliptica aut oblonga basi angustata in 

 alas decurrentia supra villosa subtiis tomentosa crenato-serra- 

 ta. Capitula parva (Filaginis) in glomerulos (iis Filaginis si- 

 miles) fasciculata : glomeruh in spicis elongatis angustis 

 undique sessiles. Capitula basi tomentosa : phyllaria interiora 

 straminea elongata valde acuta mucronata. 



Hab. In Burma. In Malaya et Austraha. 



Blepharispermum Wlght (Bth. Gen. 187.) ■ 



(1.) Blepliarispermum petiolare DG. V. p. 368 Wight Icones 

 t. 1092. 



Cauhs suffrutescens glaber ramosus. Folia petiolata ovato-lan- 

 ceolata integra glabra. Glomeruli pedunculati basi haud 

 bracteis latis suffulti. In capitulo flores ? 2 flores <? 2. In 

 floribus ? pappus e setis paucis constans, achaenium com- 

 pressum obovato-oblongum marginibus ciliatum ; in floribus 

 cT pappus O, achasnium paiTum subglabrum abortivum sub- 

 cyhndricum. 



Hab. In Peninsula Indise Orientalis coll. Wight No. 1552. 



(2.) Blepharispermum subsessile DG. V. p. 368 Wight Icones 

 t. 1093. 



Rami erecti strictiusculi glabri. Foha subpetiolata obovato- 

 elliptica integra glabra. Glomeruh basi bracteis latis involu- 

 crati. In capitulo flores % 2, flores cf (vel hermaphroditi ?) 

 3-8. In floribus $ pappus e setis paucis constans, achagnium 

 compressum obovato-oblongum marginibus denselonge ciha- 

 tum ; in floribus d pappus et achsenium fere idem, achasninm 

 paullo minus. 



Hab. In Canara et Mysore in Peninsula Indica ; coll. Stocks, 

 Law et Dr. Gibson. 



Athroisma DC. (Bth. Gen. 188.) 



(1.) Atliroisma laciniatum DC. V. p. 369 Athroisma viscidum 



Zoll. et Mor. in Miq. Flor. Ind. II. p. 35. 

 Hab. In Assam, Burma et Tenasserim. In collibus Rajmahal in 



Bengaha occidentali. In Maldah, Bengalise : Maio florens. 



