Vernonia. COMPOSIT A. 589 
u og in — _—" neue tubular corollas; limb cam- 
; lobes amens 5, syngenesious; anthers 
PSisaly lastsleds “St a8 with akaiabe puberulous arms. Cypsela 
- obtuse, 8-10-ribbed ; pappus short, scabrid, fugacious. 
1020. CenrRaTHERUM ANTHELMINTICUM QO. Kuntze. Serratula 
 repaigaea ee Reese _ Vernonia anthelmintica 
FB. I. iii. 286 5: EB. D. -V. 
In met of the provinces 
A tall, robust, leafy sichiak Vernac. Sémraj. 
440. Vernonia Schreb. 
: Herbs or shrubs, sometimes climbing, or small trees; leaves 
: tlternate, entire or toothed. Flower-heads terminal or Te 
Mlous arms. Cypsela — ribbed or oe rarely terete ; 
bappus of many hairs, often girt with a row of outer short hairs or 
ristles, 
: ove Sigh half an inch across or more, few :— 
Meads 30-50-flowered, solitary and axillary or few and terminal, sub- 
oe. > achenes si silky on, as well as between, the ribs .....+++-+++-+ teres. 
Heads se several, peduncled ; achenes glabrous or sparsely hairy :-— 
Heads 10-15- flowered, in sma ot short, ere corymbs ; ‘dunce 
Slender ; ; achenes quite glabro msoni. 
| a 30-0 aad, in rather a eoejmales ledovales pire 
| Achenes quite glabrous ......c:ssssesseeeeseeecoensereneenene et bractea 
; ogee sparsely hairy between the — ribs «s+. sade 
4 ‘mail, under a quarter of an inch acros ets 
: > cat achenes terete, neither ribbed nor Bre diced cinerea. 
_ *ennial; achenes 10-ribbed, glabrous :— 
Bracts ot the involucre obtuse. s......seserereeenneenermetete divergens. 
| Of the involucre acute ......-cccseneceeeenennreneet tet saligna. 
121. Verwonta reres Wall. ; F. B. I. iii. 229. 
. hkexte 
hota Nagpur. 
_ Arigid undershrub with simple, terete stems. 
