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6. B. LACERA, DC. Prod. V. 436 ; Clark. Comp. Ind. 79 quoad var. 

 a. {Conyza lacera^ Eoxb. Fl. Ind. III. 428). 



Hab. Arracan, waste places near Akyab ; no doubt to be found all 

 over Burma and only overlooked. 



7. B. aLAN-DULOSA, DC. Prod. V. 438 ; Bth. Fl. Hongk. 177. {B, 

 lacera, /?. Heyneana and y. glandulosa, Clark. Comp. Ind. 78 ; B. Heyneana, 

 DC. Prod. V. 441 ; B. eernua, DC. Prod. V. 436. teste Clarke). 



Hab. Chittagong. 



8. B. DIFFUSA, {Conyza diffusa^ Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 429 ; B. virens, 

 DC. in Wight Contr. 14 and Prod. V. 439 ; Clark. Comp ; Ind. 79 ; B, lop- 

 satioides, DC. Prod. V. 440). 



Hab. Frequent in tbe leaf -shedding forests, especially the mixed ones, 

 all over Burma, from Chittagong and Ava down to Tenasserim and the 

 Andamans. — Fl. Fr. C. and HS. 



9. B. LACTTJCCEFOLiA, DC. Prod. V. 435 ; Clark. Comp. Ind. 76. (B. 

 lacera var. e. stihcapitata, Clark. Comp. Ind. 77. excl. syn. DC). 



Var. j8. SUBSIMPLEX {B. sulsimplex, DC. Prod. V. 441 ; Clark. Comp. 

 Ind. 80; B. paucifolia, DC. Prod. V. 440; A. cuneifolia, DC. Prod..V. 

 441, teste Clarke), more glabrous and almost simple, the leaves obovate- 

 cuneate and not lobed, but often passing into the runcinate form. 



Var. y. viscosuLA, Clark. Comp. Ind. 80 sub B. virente, excl. syn. DC, 

 densely and shortly glandular-pubescent, the leaves small and rather rigidly 

 runcinate. 



Var. 8. NUDIPES, more hirsute instead of pubescent ; panicles more 

 squarrose ; stem usually naked and destitute of leaves to ^ — ^ ft. from the 

 ground. 



Hab. Frequent in waste and cultivated lands, along river-banks, on 

 walls, in and around villages, etc., all over Pegu and Martaban, and no doubt 

 generally over Burmah ; var. ^. with the normal form and only a reduced 

 state of it ; var. y. common in waste lands, on old pagodas and walls, etc. 

 all over Pegu and Martaban down to Uj^per Tenasserim ; var. 8. frequent 

 in the upper mixed forests of the Pegu Yomah, but rare in those and in 

 the eng-forests of Martaban east of Tounghoo. — Fl. Fr. C and HS. 



Mr. Clarke refers var. 8. to his B. fasciculata, but the long peduncled 

 flower-heads and indeed the whole inflorescence are entirely different. 



10. B. LACiNiATA, DC. Prod. V. 436. {Conyza laciniata, Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. III. 427 ; B. runcinata, DC. Prod. V. 438 ; Clark. Comp. Ind. 78 ; 

 B. sonchifolia, DC. Prod. V. 438 ; B. cinerascens, DC 1. c, teste Clarke). 



Hab. Prome, Meaday (R. Scott). — Fr. April. 



11. B. FiSTULOSA, {Conyza Jistulosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 429; B. 

 fasciculata, DC. Prod. V. 442 ; Clark. Comp^ Ind. 81). 



Var. a. fascictjlata, Clark. Comp. Ind. 82 {B. fasciculata^ DC. 1. c. ; 



