200 S. Kurz — ConfrihtUions towards a [No. 2, 



* * Outer involucre-bracts scarious, produced at the tips into a foliaceous linear 

 apioendage. (Stengelia.) 

 Shortly and thinly puhescent ; leaves petioled ; flower-heads corymhose ; pappus 

 rufescent, V. anthelminthica. 



1. V. ciNEEEA, Less, in Linn. 1829, 291 and 1831. 673 ; DC. Prod. 

 V. 24 ; Bth. Fl. Austr. IX. 459 ; Clark. Comp. Ind- 20. {Conyza cinerea, 

 L. sp. pi. 1208 ; Serratula cinerea, Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 406 ; V. ablreviata, 

 DC. Prod. y. 25 ; V. phjsalifolia, DC. 1. c. 24 ; V. laxiflora, Less, in 

 Linn. 1831. 646 ; DC. Prod. V. 25 ; Chysocoma pur;purea, G. Forst. Prod. 

 54). 



Hab. Common, not only in all leaf-shedding forests but still more 

 so in all cultivated and waste lands, along river-banks, on old pagodas, etc., 

 all over Burma, down to Tenasserim, up to 4000 ft. elevation ; Andamans, 

 introduced and now common.. — Fl. Fr. C. S. 



2. V. Chinei^sis, Less, in Linn. 1831. 674 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 11. 

 18 ; Bth. Fl. Hongk. 169 ; Clark. Comp. Ind. 18. (Gomjza Cliinensis, 

 Lamk. Diet. II. 83, non L. ; Cyci7iopis puhescens, Bl. Bydr. 890 ; DC. 

 Prod. V. 69; Cyanopis villosa, DC. Prod. V. 69). 



Hab. Frequent, especially in rubbishy and waste places in and 

 around villages, along river- banks, etc., of the cultivated plains, less so in 

 open places of the mixed forests, all over Pegu, Arracan, Martaban, and 

 Tenasserim — Fl. Aug. — Jan. ; Fr. CS. 



3. V. BBACTEOLATA, DC. Prod. V. 62. (V. subsessilis, DC. Prod. V. 

 62 ; Clark. Comp. Ind. 10). 



Yar. a. BEACTEOLATA, Clark. Comp. Ind. 10, leaves obovate to 

 obovate- oblong, acute ; pappus often darker rufescent. 



Var. jB. SUBSESSILIS, Clark. 1. c, lower, the leaves linear to linear- 

 oblanceolate, acuminate ; pappus usually paler coloured. 



Hab. Ava, Khakyen hills, east of Bhamo (J. Anderson). — Fl. Fr. CS. 



4. V. BEACTEATA, Wall. Cat. 2921; Clark. Comp. Ind. 17. {Deca- 

 neuron Silhetense, DC. Prod. V. 67 ; Wight Icon. t. 1083). 



Hab. Karenee hills (Revd. F. Mason). 



5. V. RoxBUEGHii, Less, in Linn. 1831. 674. (Eupatorium asperiim, 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 415 ; V. aspera, DC. Prod. V. 31, non Ham. ; Clark. 

 Comp. Ind. 17). 



Hab. Ava, apparently frequent about Bhamo and the hills east of it. 

 — Fl. CS. ; Fr. C. and HS. 



6. V. SQUAEEOSA, Lcss. in Linnsea 1831. 627, note of p. 678. ( F. 

 teres, Wall. Cat. 2926 ; DC. Prod. V. 15 ; Clark. Comp. Ind. 16 ; Acilepis 

 squarrosa, Don Prod. Nep. 169 ; V. rigiophylla, DC. Prod. V. 15). 



Hab. Frequent in the eng and dry forests of Pegu, Prome, and Ava. 

 — Fl. CS. ; Fr. HS. 



