Vemonia.] LXXviii. coiiPosiTiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 235 



Behak, on Parusnath, alt. 4000 ft. Cbntbal India, and from the Concan to the 

 Tbatanoor Mts., Rangoon, Bibma, and Tenasserim. 



Stem shrubby, 4-8 ft. Leaves 2-6 by 1-4 in., varying much in texture ; nen-es 

 ■spreading, reticulate beneath. Heads \ in. diaiu., usually clustered ; peduncles very 

 short ; invol. bracts -vrith greenish tips ; corolla glabrous. Achenes J^ in. ; pappus 

 J-J in., hairs soabrid, outer very tew or 0. — This cannot be the plant described by 

 Hamilton as V. aspera (as supposed by Kurz), for that is stated to have a short outer 

 pappus, and to be Eoxburgh's Eupaiorium aspermn ; as, however, Wallich's 3032 B. 

 funder Cmyza mnltiflora) is an authentic specimen of Hamilton's V. aspera, and so 

 named, it is probable that this author had two plants under his eye. 



20. V. chlnensls, Less, in Linnaa, vi. 674 ; puberulous or tomentose, 

 branches sleaider terete, leaves sessile or petioled ovate elliptic or elliptic-lanceo- 

 late subaerrate, heads 20-30-flowered scattered or 2-3-nate, invol. bracts pubescent 

 lanceolate awned, achenes 4-5-ribbed glabrous glandular, pappus white. Clarke 

 Cimip. Ind. 18. V. albicans, DC. in Wight Contrib. 6; Prodr. v. 26, in. part. 

 Cyanopis pubescens and villoaa, DC. Prodr. v. 69. Conyza chinensis, Lamk. 

 JDict. ii. 83, not of Linn. C. punctulata, WM. Cat. 2995. Kupatorium men- 

 thsefoliam, Wall. Cat. Isonema ovata, Cass, in Diet. Se. Nat. xxiv. 25. 

 CynanthiUium villosum and pubescens, Blume Bijd. 889 and 890. "Centratherum 

 cninenae, Less, in Linneea, 1829, 820. — Synanthera, Wall. Cat. 7136. 



Eastern PENrusni-A, from Pegu to Malaeca.^-DisTRiB. Java, China, Philippines. 



Annual ; branches divaricate. Leaves 1-3 in., membranous. Heads ^ in. diam. ; 

 peduncles slender; invol. bracts not numerous, glabrous or puberulous; receptacle 

 pitted ; corolla glabrous. Achenes ^ in. ; pappus ^ in., hairs few, outer 0. — Conyza 

 patida, Ait. Hort. Kew, v. 26, quoted under this by Lessiug, is a very doubtful Chinese 

 plant. 



21. V. saligna,, DC. Prodr. v. 33; much branched, glabrous or slightly 

 scabrid, leaves sessile or shortly petioled elliptic-oblong or oblanceolate acumi- 

 nate coarsely serrate, heads e-12-flowered in terminal branched rounded corymbs, 

 inner invol. bracts linear-oblong acute or acuminate acarious purplish outermost 

 subulate, achenes strongly 10-ribbed glabrous, pappus reddish or white. Clarke 

 Camp. Ind. 13. V. lougicaulis, DC. I. v. Conyza saligna, Wall. Cat. 3061. 

 Eupatorium longicaule, Wall. Cat. 3169. 



Thopical Himalaya, from Nipal eastward, ascending to 4000 ft. ; Assam, Khasia 

 Mts., Chittagong, and Birma. 



A coarse, leafy, almost shrubby, very variable herb. Leaves 3-6 by \—'2,\ in., 

 rather rigid, often a little scabrid on both surfaces. Heads J-J in. diam. ; peduncles 

 slender; invol. bracts rigid, outermost very short, subulate, inner J in. Achenes j'j 

 in., compressed ; pappus J in., outer hairs 0. 



Y AR. ? nilgkirensis ; branches and inflorescence glandular-pubescent, pappus pale 

 reddish-brown. — Nilgharry Mts., Wight (Kew Distrib. 1525), Clarke. — This much 

 resembles V. pectiniformis. 



22. V. seti^era, Arn. Pugill. 27 ; tomentose or villous, branches grooved, 

 leaves petioled ovate acuminate serrate, beads 6-10-flowered small in rounded 

 terminal ebracteate corymbs, invol. bracts few linear shortly awned, achenes 

 4^5-angled nearly glabrous glandular, pappus yellowish. DC. Prodr. vii. 263 ; 

 Clarke Camp. Ind. 18. V. neilgheryensis, Thwaites Bnum. 160, not of DC. 



Ceylon; Central Province, alt. 6-7000 ft.. Walker, &c. 



Erect, stout or slender, much branched, leafy. Leaves 2-3 in., narrowed into the 

 petiole, glabrate above, black when dry. Corymbs lax, ebracteate ; heads \ in. diam., 

 obconic ; invol. bracts few, puberulous ; corolla glabrous. Achenes ^ in., with a few 

 short hairs ; pappus ^ in., outer very short or 0. 



23. V> Hookerlana, Am. Pugill. 28 ; hoary-puberulous, branches terete 



