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1. E. SCABER, L. sp. pi. 1313 ; DC. Prod. V. 86 ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. 

 III. 445 ; Wight Icon. t. 1086 ; Bth. Fl. Hongk. 171 ; Clark. Comp. Ind. 

 28. (U. sp Griff. Not. Dicot. 222). 



Hab. Common in dry grass-land, rubbishy places, along the borders 

 of fields and rivers, of the cultivated plains and also in the mixed forests 

 (especially the upper ones), all over Burma, from Chittagong and Ava down 

 to Tenasserim. — Fl. Sept. — March. 



Ethulia, L. 



1. E. CONYZOIDES, L. sp. pi. 1171 ; Linn. f. Dec. I. t. 1 ; Bot. Eeg. 

 t. 695 ; DC. Prod. V. 12 ; Clark. Comp. Ind. 1. {U. ramosa, Eoxb. FL 

 Ind. III. 413). 



Hab. Chittagong, banks of the Megna near Comillah (Clarke). — Fl. 

 April, May ; Fr. ES. 



Vernonia, Srhreb. 

 Conspectus of Sjoecies. 



Subg. 1. Cyanopis. Flower-heads small. Aclienes 4 — 5-cornered or terete, not 

 ribbed. Outer row of pappus bristly or paleaceous. Low annual herbs. 



* Achenes i-cornered. (Cyanopis, Bl.) 



Greyish puberulous or thinly piibescent ; flower-heads broad, in poor corymbs ; 

 involucral bracts stiflf, squarrose, acuminate, V. Chineitsis. 



* * Achenes terete (Tephrodes). 



Greyish puberulous ; flower-heads 2i — 3 lin. long, corymbose-panicled, . . . . F. cinerea, 

 Subg. 2. Eu- Vernonia. Flower-heads rather large or rarely small. Achenes longi- 

 tudinally ribbed. Involucre -bracts all scarious, not leafy nor leafy-appendaged. 



* TIndershruhs or herbs. Involucre-bracts elongate, especially the inner ones, 



and usually narrow. 



X Outer involucral bracts subulate and squarrose, passing on to the 

 peduncle. Outer pappus consisting of numerous almost chafi'-like 

 bristles. 

 Slightly puberulous ; leaves narrow or broad, shortly petioled or almost sessile ; flower- 

 heads rather large, on long stiff" peduncles, corymbose-panicled ; achenes densely 



villous, V. bracteolata. 



X X Outer involucral bracts rather broad and short, more or less ap- 

 pressed-imbricate. 

 + Outer series of pappus consisting of a few caducous bristles or 

 almost wanting. 

 t Flower -heads large, many-flowered, solitary or few, or in 

 poor corymbs. Involucral-bracts very acuminate. Harsh- 

 leaved undershrubs or herbs. (Xipholepis.) 

 Flower-heads long-peduncled, in lax corymbs ; achenes 2 lin. long, glabrous ; 



bristles of pappus bristly, V. bracteata. 



Flower-heads short-peduncled, in compact corymbs ; achenes 1 lin. long, sparingly 

 pilose ; bristles of pappus smooth, V. Roxburghii. 



