600 PJ5NTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Ackr/railthc* 



Additional species by N. W. 



15. A. (Desmochaeta) sequax, Wall. 



Suffrnticose, stiaggling and leaning, densely clothed with soft to- 

 liientum. Leaves opposite, ovate-lanceolate. Spikes consisting; of 

 glomeraled, bearded fascicles. All the bractes and the outer seg- 

 ments of the perianth terminating in bristles which becomes very 

 long as the fruit ripens. 



I have found this in various parts of Nipal delighting in exposed 

 rather elevated situations, in Mower during the rainy season, and 

 jipening ns seed during the month of November. It has also been 

 brought . me from much higher situations in the direction towards 

 Gosain-T : n. 



A straggling, branchy plant, covered on all its parts with thkk, 

 se-ft tomentum, becoming smoother by age. — Stem as thick as a 

 goose quill, obtusely four-cornered, jointed; joints swelled, ofiera 

 live inches distant. Branches opposite. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 tapering, acuminate, with a roundish, or sub-acute base, perfectly en- 

 tire^ from three to six inches long, generally exceeding the intersti- 

 ces, villous above, nerved and densely tomentose underneath, almost 

 smooth when old. — Petiol half an inch long, villous. — Spikes pe- 

 dmicled, terminal, lengthened, co-nsisting of numerous globular, 

 compound, sessile fascicles, the uppermost crowded; those below 

 remote, each separate one containing three or four flowers. Bractes 

 ovate, hairy on the back and margins, as well as the two outer seg- 

 ments of the perianth ending in a shining hooked bristle, which be- 

 cuiies very long and of a yellow colour when the fruit ripens; the 

 fascicles forming large rounded heads of bristles, resembling those 

 of Arctium Lappa, and attaching themselves to whatever comes in 

 contact with the plant. Tenanth bearded towards the apex and on 

 the dorsal ribs. — Barren filamtiits fimbriated. Anthers long, linear, 

 two-celled. Style longish. Stigma obtuse. Utticuhts with two 

 opposite nerves, bursting rather n gularly at the base. Seed ovate, 

 shining. — N. VV. 



