IQ2 S. Kurz — Contrihutions toimrds a [No. 2, 



Var. a. genuina, leaves various, more or less scabrous on the upper 

 side and on the margins and on the nerves beneath, but not pubescent. 



Var. /?. AFFiNis, {Buhia afiiiis, Wall. Cat. 6209), leaves scabrous 

 above, softly but shortly pubescent beneath. 



Hab. Var. yS. Ava, on Taong-dong (Wall.).— Fl. Fr. Nov. 



2. R. ANGUSTissiMA, Wall. Cat. 6207 ; G. Don. Gen. Syst. III. 

 64^3 ; Walp. Eep. II. 460. (i2. char(Bfolia, Wrll. Cat. 6210 ; G. Don. 1. c. ; 

 Walp. 1. c). 



Hab. Ava, Taong-dong (Wall.).— Fl. Fr. Nov. 



Galium, L. 



1. G. ASPERiFOLiUM, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. I. 381 ; DC. Prod. 

 IV. 598 ; WA. Prod. I. 412. 



Hab. In open grassy places along the borders of the stunted hill- 

 forests on Nattoung, Martaban, at about 7000 ft. elevation ; Ava, Khakyen 

 hills (J. Anderson). 



Conspectus of Genera. 



* Flowers not in heads, cymose or whorled. 



Triplostegia. Cymes dichotomous and laxly panicled. Stamens 4. Stigma 

 terminal, straight. Small herbs. 



* * Flowers in terminal rarely axillary often peduncled heads. 



DiPSACus. Involucre-bracts usually herbaceous, the paleas of the receptacle rigid 

 or spinescent. Corolla 4.cleft. Eigid herbs, the flower-heads large. 



Dipsacus, L. 

 1. D. STEICTTJS, Don Prod. Fl. Nep. 161 ; DC. Prod. IV. Qm. 

 Var. a. GEisruiNA, (D. strictus, Don. 1. c. ; Z>. inermis, Wall, in Roxb. 

 Fl. Ind. I. 367), stems more or less retrorsely hispid ; leaves more or less 

 pilose. 



Var. j8. MiTis, (D. mitis, Don Prod. Nep. 161 ; D. inermis, Coult. 

 Dips. 23 ; DC. Prod. IV. Qm ; B. longicaulis, Wall. Cat. 6856), leaves 

 on the nerves beneath and corners of the stems sparingly beset with 

 minute prickles, otherwise glabrous or nearly so. 



Hab. Martaban, plateau of the Yoonzeleen, at 2500 ft. elevation 

 (Dr. Brandis) ; Ava, Taong-dong (Wall.). — Fl. March, April. 



COMPOSITE. 

 Conspectus of Genera. 

 ^ubord. I. ASTPJEACU^. Florets all tubular or bilabiate, or more 

 usually the outer ones ligulate and forming a ray. Style-branches in the 

 female florets always filiform, those of the hermaphrodites variously shaped 

 (in the sterile florets sometimes the style simple) . Herbs, shrubs, or rarely 

 trees ; the sap usually watery, never milky. 



