Pluchea.] . COMPOSIT#. 599 
connate in filiform corollas, with minutely toothed mouth; of her- 
phrodite 5, connate in regular, slender, tubular corollas, with 
slightly enlarged 5-fid limb. Stamens syngenesious; anthers 
Qlobed or sagittate at base, but not tailed. Style of hermaphro- 
dite florets with flattened or almost filiform arms. Cypsela small, 
subterete or angled, ribbed or not ; pappus 1-seriate, slender, often 
caducous. 
Florets att : bene very slender, not winged ; leaves nce ph 
Be ay their base... ehh RA tee 
Florets cAbplian or sik: stems rather robust, more or less winge 
eaves decurrent on the stem at their base :— 
Leafy wings of the are all entire and pte : 
Leafy wings of the stem not entire and conti 
Wings extending peste the stem but pee tothe, ae and 
- interrupted; leaves entire at base ......cssserserrretesrreee odonta. 
ua very shortly decurrent from the leaves, 
e ba 
Lokad ohs cpedenn reer eet SST 
ae 
- alam. 
1054, Lacerra ruava Benth.; F. B. I. iii. 270. 
In all the provinces. 
ender herb, 6 in. to 8 feet high. 
ats: taco ALATA Sch.-Bip.? FP. B, I. iii: 2710 Conyaa alata 
. I. iii, 430. 
N. Be ngal; Chota Nagpur. 
A stout leafy herb. 
1056. Laccera preroponta Benth. ; F. B. I. iii. 271. 
Chota Nagpur, rare. 
A slender herb. 
1057. Laceera ‘aurita Sch. “Bip. ; F. B. I. iii. 27 
Conyza aurita F. 1. iii. 428. 
Tn all the provinces. 
A slender herb. 
453. Pluchea Cass. 
Shrubs, rarely herbs, tomentose or glutinous ; 
er-heads heterogamous, disciform, white, ellow, OF HAC, 
1; E. DL. 65. 
leaves alternate. 
? P 
P dry, rigid; receptacle flat, naked. Caleb setose. 
cals of ‘aie mihi connate in filiform ¢ 
