128 BENGAL PLANTS. [Arti 
‘{Awns of the pappus deciduous, o} 
paleaceous, without intermediate s 
leaves alternate or opposite {p. 127] * 
tt+Achenes of the disk ciliate or ‘vie on 
margins, laterally compressed ; heads s 
leaves always opposite [p. 127 fe 
5. Spilanth 
tAchenes more or less digas pe the t 
ceous; inner bracts separate, almost re 
the scales of a“ receptacle; ray- Aorets t 
leaves opposite 
Achenes messes 4-cornered, without a pai 
but crowned by the densely pilose base of cor 
476, Guiz 
Achenes flat; margins lacerate ae 
Pappus present, composed of bristles 
4 
Outer bracts of the involucre ° fen, scant i 
bracts connate below, membranous :— 
Leaves alternate, gitinatieask ray-florets 
tile; achenes narrow, flat, lo ng-ciliate 
two stiff smooth dltimately recurved ay 
478. Gl 
Leaves pene simple to vines 
flor rets sterile; achenes with 2-4 stiff al 
Style-arms ending in a long, shortly 
appendage ; ray-florets fertile :— , 
Achenes long, crowned with 2-3 stiff pers 
bristles ; leaves mostly base 
