Gentratlieruin.'] Lxxviii. coMPOSiTiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 227 



1. E. conyzoldes, Linn. ; BC. Prodr. v. 12 ; heads J-J in. diam. Sot. 

 Reg. t. 695 ; Wdl. Cat. 8196 ; aarke Comp. Ind. 1. E. ramosa, Roxh. Fl. Ind. 

 iii. 413 ; Wall. Cat. 2987. E. gracilis, Delile ; BC. I. c. E. angustifolia, Bmer ; 

 BC. I. c. 



Eastern Bengal, Assam, and Silhet. — ^Distbib. Sunda Archipelago and Java ? 

 E. Tropical Africa, Madagascar. 



An erect glabrous or puberulons leafy annual. Leaves 2-5 in., narrowly or broadly 

 elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, narrowed and entire at the base, glandular-dotted ; ser- 

 ratures coarse, distant. HeoAJs -verj numerous; peduncles short or long; flowers 

 purplish or reddish. — African specimens are usually more slender and pubescent. 



2. CENTRATKERUia, Cass. 



Erect or diffusely branched herbs. Leaves alternate, petioled, toothed. 

 Heads homogamous. Lnvol. subhemispheric ; bracts oo -seriate, inner dry or 

 scarious, outer herbaceous often leafy. Receptacle flat, naked or pitted. Corollas 

 aU tubular, equal, slender ; limb carapanulate, lobes 5, narrow. Anthers ob- 

 tusely auricled. Style-arms subulate. Achemes obtuse, 8-10-ribbed ; pappus 

 short, scabrid, fugacious. — Distrib. Species about 10 Asiatic, with 2 American 

 and an Australian. 



• Leaves white beneath. Outer invol. bracts large, often leafy. 



t Pappus yellowish. 



1. C. reticulatunx, Benth. in Oen. PI. ii. 235; robust, scabridly tomen- 

 tose, leaves sessile ovate or oblong base acute or cordate scabrid above pale 

 tomentose beneath, nerves reticulate, pappus equalling the corolla-tube. Clarke 

 Comp. Ind. 2. Decaneuron reticulatuni, BC. in Wight. Contrib. 3 ; Prodr. v. 

 66 ; Mem. Comp. t. 1. Rolfinkia centaurioides, Zenk. PI. Ind. t. 14. Amphi- 

 raphis indica. Less, in Linnesa, vi. 6b6; Wall. Cat. 2956. Gymnanthemum 

 reticulatum, Schultz-Bip. in Walp. Rep. ii. 948. 



Western Peninsula ; Nilgherry and Pulnev Mts., alt. 5-7000 ft., Wight, &c. 



Stem 2-3 ft., stout, erect, branched. Leaves 2-3^ in., rigid, dirty ■white beneath; 

 nerves elevated, much reticulated; margins narrowly recurved. Heads snbsolitary, 

 1-1^ in. diam.; inner bracts broad, acute, pubescent, outermost leafy but short. 

 Achenes j^„ in. long. 



2. C. molle, Benth. in Gen. PI. ii. 225; branches and invol. bracts pubes-' 

 cent and with white wool, leaves petioled elliptic-ovate or -lanceolate coarsely 

 toothed hairy above white-tomentose beneath, pappus very short. Decaneuron 

 molle, BC. Prodr. v. 67; Wight Ic. t. 1082. D. Epilejum and D. soabridum, 

 BC. in Wight Contrib. 7. Diospernium molle, Bdess. Ic. Sel. iv. t. 2. Amphi- 

 raphis mollis, Wall. Cat. 2957. 



Western Peninsula ; Courtallam, Wight. 



Annual, erect, branched, 1-2 ft. Leaves 3-6 by 1-2^ in., rather membranous, 

 narrowed portion quite en'ire. Heads ^-| in. diam. ; outer invol. bracts, if leafy, 

 usually shorter than the head; inner often spreading or reflexed. Corolla ^ in. 

 Achenes xi-is l"-. linear-oblong, smooth, glabrous; pappus very short. — D. soabridum, 

 Wight Herb. n. 1392, differs not at all from C. molle; his n. 1532, quoted by Clarke 

 under var. soabridum is G. ooiirtallense. 



3. C. oourtallense, Benth. in Gen. PI. ii. 225 (not of Clarke) ; branches 

 and invol. bracts coarsely hairy, leaves petioled elliptic-ovate or lanceolate 

 entire or toothed, pappus very short. Decaneuron courtallense, Wt. Ic. t. 1081 ; 

 Steetz in Peters Mosamb. Bat. 353. D. moUe, var. Herb. Wt. (Kew Distrib. 

 1532). 



Western Peninsula ; Courtallam and Anamallay hills, Wight ; Canara, Hohen- 

 acker. 



Very near C. molle, but distinguished by the often quite entire leaves, usually 



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