268 LXXYiii. coMPOSiTJi. (J. D. Hooker.) [Gonyea. 



2. C. japonica, Less.; DC. Prodr. v. 383; erect, villous or woolly, rarely 

 glabrate, leaves sessile obovate spathulate oblong or lanceolate serrate or crenate, 

 heads 5 In. diam. globose, invol. bracts lanceolate with scarious edges, achenes 

 Jf in. nearly glabrous, pappus |- in. reddish. 0. veronicsefolia, Wall. Cat. 3005 ; 

 DC. Z. c. 382; aarhe Comp. Ind. 62. 0. stricta, Wall. Coi. 3044; C. multi- 

 caulis, BC. I. c. 383. ? C. petiolaris, DC. I. c. ; Wall. Cat. 3282 {no specimen 

 in Herb. Wall.). 



Teopicai Himalaya ; from Simla eastwards, and the Khasia Mts., ascending to 

 5000 ft. Pegu and Martaban, ascending to 7000 ft, Kurz. — Disteib. Affghanistan, 

 China and Japan. 



Annual, 6-12 in., rarely more ; stem often simple \rith well developed radical 

 leaves. The Sitkim specimens are more slender and glabrous than any others. 



3. C SBgryptiaca, Ait. ; DC. Pi-odr. v. 382; erect, hirsute, leaves lanceo- 

 late or obovate-lanceolate unequally pinnatifidly lobed, lobes ascending, heads 

 ^ in. diam. crowded, invol. bracts lanceolate edges scarious, achenes ^ in. 

 sparingly hairy, pappus | in. reddish. Oonyza hirsuta and asteroides, Wall. Cat. 

 3007 B. partli/ and 3052 B. partly. ? A. Jerdoni, Clarke I. e. 62. 



Tbopical Western Himaiata ; Gaiwhai, Falconer; Kumaon, Thomson. — Distbib. 

 Africa, China, Japan, Australia. 



The more deeply out leaves and larger heads, distinguish this from C. japonica. 

 There are no materials for determining C. Jerdoni, which Mr. Clarke thinks is 

 agyptiaca. 



4. C. vlscidula, Wall. Cat. 3006 ; pubescent and glandular, stem tall 

 corymbosely branched, leaves lanceolate narrowed at both ends entire or serrate, 

 heads ^ in. peduncled in loose corymbs, invol. bracts lanceolate edges scarious, 

 achenes jg in. obovoid glabrous, pappus ^— J in. reddish. DC. Prodr. v. 383 ; 

 Clarke Comp. Ind. 63. 0. disticha, striata and travancorensis. Wall. Cat. 

 3024, 3065, 3067 ; DC. I. c. 383, 384. C. serrulata. Wall. Cat. imi. 3024 B. 

 U. WaUichii, DC. I. e. 384. C. polycephala, Bdgew. in Trans. Linn. 80c. xx. 

 66. 



Stibtrohcai. Himalaya, from Simla eastwards, ascending 4000 ft., and southwards 

 to Travancore, Ceyion, and Birma. — Diste. Philippine Islds., Java, New Caledonia, 

 Australia. 



Much the taEest and most branched of the Indian species, with very uniform 

 leaves 2-4 in. long, and usually loosely cymose heads. 



6. C. ang'UStifolia, Roxh. Sort. Beng. 61; Fl. Ind. iii. 429; woody 

 below, scaberulous, branches slender, leaves sessile long narrowly linear serrate, 

 heads ^-J in. in slender open peduncled cymes, invol. bracts lanceolate margins 

 broad scarious, achenes minute sparsely sUky, pappus ^ in. reddish very caducous 

 as a whole. DC. Prodr. v. 383; Clarke Comp. Ind. 63; Ham. in Wall. Cat. 

 3071. 



SncKiM Himalaya, alt. 2-4000 ft., J. D. H., &c. 



Eoxbnrgh, who describes this from Calcutta Garden specimens, says it is annual 

 4-8 ft. high, with a simple erect stem ; he did not know its native country, and pro- 

 bably procured it from Hamilton, whose specimens in Wallich's herbarium are called 

 angustifolia. The Sikkim specimens are much smaller, 2-3 ft. Hamilton no doubt 

 procured it from the foot of the Sikkim hiUs. A specimen of a very similar plant is 

 in GriflSth's Affghan Herbarium (n. 918), but it is too young for determination. 



6. C. Stricta, Willd. ; DC. P-odr. v. 389; hoary or scaberulously pubes- 

 cent, excessively corymbosely branched and leafy, leaves from narrowly linear 

 to spathulate-obovate entire or toothed rarely pinnatifid, heads J in. diam. ex- 

 tremely numerous peduncled corymbose, invol. bracts narrowly lanceolate. 



