206 S. Kurz — Contr Hut ions toivards a [No. 2, 



Prenantlies lyrata, Thbg. Fl. Jap. 303 ; Crepis lyrata, Clark. Comp. Ind. 

 253 ; Youngia Mauritiana, DC. Prod. YII. 192 ; Prenantlies procumhens, 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. III. 404: Youngia Tlmnhergiana,J)G.Vvodi.'\ll. 1^2 ; 

 Youngia runcinata, DC. Prod. YII. 192 ; Youngia napifolia^ DC. Prod. 

 VII. 193 ; Wight Icon. t. 1147 ; Youngia amhigua, DC. Prod. VII. 193 ; 

 Youngia Poosia, DC. Prod. VII. 193 ; Youngia striata, DC. Prod. VII. 

 193 ; Prenantlies striata, Bl. Bjdr. 835). 



Hab. Frequent in garden-land and in toungyas under cultivation, in 

 betel-nut-gardens, &c., o£ the Martaban hills ; also Ava-hills, apparently 

 frequent. — Fl. Fr. Jan. — March. 



Hieracium, L. 

 1. H. SiLTHETENSE, DC. Prod. VII. 218 ; Clark, in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 XIV. 411. and Comp. Ind. 257. 



Hab. Tenasserim (Hel£. 3369). 



Lactuca, L. 



Conspectus of Species. 



Stout annual ; leaves runcinate and spinulose-tootlied, half-stem-clasping with a sagit- 

 tate base ; panicle large, furnished with auricled stem-clasping bracts ; flower-heads 

 nearly \ in. long, L. Scariola. 



Slender annual ; leaves linear, entire or runcinately lobed, sessile with a sagittate base ; 

 panicle lax and corymb-like, poor, the bracts subulate, small ; flower-heads rather 

 broad, 3 — 3| lin. long, L. ])ohjcepliala, 



1. L, Scariola, L. sp. pi. 1119 ; DC. Prod. VII 137 ; Hayn. Arzn. 

 Gew. I. t. 46 ; Koch Syn. Fl. Germ. 369 ; Clark. Comp. Ind. 263. 



Var. a. genuina, panicle pyramidal. 



*Var. ^. SATIVA, Clark. Comp. Ind. 263 (L. sativa, L. sp. pi. 1118 ; 

 DC. Prod. VII. 138 ; Hayn. Arzn. Gew. V. t. 30 ; Koch Syn. Fl. Germ. 

 369J, panicle fastigiate. 



Hab. Cultivated in the drier parts of Burma, as in Prome. — Fl. CS. ; 

 Fr. HS. 



2. L. POLTCEPHALA, Bth. Clark. Comp. Ind. 272. (Ixeris polyce- 

 pJiala, Cass. Diet. XXIV. 50 j DC. Prod. VII, 151 ; Ixeris fontinalis, DC. 



1.0.) 



Hab. Ava, Tapan near Bhamo (J. Anderson). — Fr. Feb. 

 N. B. Lactuca hialata, Griff. Not. Dicot. 1854. 247, = L. hreviros- 

 tris, Champ. (1852). 



Prenanthes, L. 



Conspectus of Species. 

 X Leaves pinnatifid to pinnate. 



Annual, almost glabrous ; panicle lax and spreading, P. Khasiana. 



X X Leaves simple. 



