Laimoea.] lxxviii. compositj!. (J. D. Hooker.) 417 



vii. 181; Wif/ht. III. t. 133; Clarke Comp. Incl. 277. Prenanthes sarmentosa, 

 Waid. Sp. PI. Hi. 1540 ; Wall. Cat. S2&2, A. B. 0. Lactuca sarmentosa, DC. 

 in Wight Contrib. 27. 



Sandy coasts of India ; from Bengal to Ceylon, Penang, Madras and Malabar. — 

 DiSTTiiB. Mauritius, Egypt, E. African coast. 



Leaves 1-3 in,, rarely more, teeth rarely wliite and cirtilaginous (as in. L. nudi- 

 caulis). Flowering stems slender, 1-3 ft. long, arching from node to node. Invol. 

 bracts almost 3 -seriate, as in L. midicaulis. Achenes jj in , pale, thick with tew very 

 thick rounded ribs, usually obtusely 4-gonous; pappus ^ in., deciduous, hairs very 

 slender, white and of nearly equal length, 



** Achenes -winged ; invol. bracts 3-seriate, outer very broad, all with 

 broad membranous margins. (Lomatolbpis, Cass.) 



7. Xi. g'lomerata, Cassini in Diet. Sc. Nat. xlviii. 422 (Lomatolepis) ; 

 glabrous, leaves sessile sinuate-lobed pinnatifid or runcinate, lobes usually short 

 rounded toothed, teeth cartilaginous white, flowering -branches spreading 

 sparingly dichotomously branched, heads ^-f in. campanulate clustered at the 

 ends of the branches, invol. brjicts with very broad membranous margins outer 

 large broadly ovate, inner oblong, base hardened in fruit, achenes corky thickly 

 ribbed outer 2-winged inner columnar shorter than the soft straight white 

 pappus. Lomatolepis glomerata, Cass, ; DC. Proclr. vii. 180. Microrhynchus 

 glomeratus, Jauh. ^ Spaeh III. PI. Orient, iii. t. 275. ZoUikoferia glomerata, 

 Boiss. Fl. Orient, iii. 826. Sonchus capitatus, Spr. Si/st. Voy. iii. 650. 



The Punjab ; Stewart. Scindb ; Stocks. — Disxnin. Persia, Arabia, Egypt, Algiers. 



Perennial? Leaves 3-5 by 1-H in., lobes or pinnules numerous^ close set. 

 Flowering branches stout, strict; usually not exceeding the leaves, naked. Heads 

 broader than in other Indian species, with broader 3-seriate more obtuse iavol. liraets, 

 and more numerous flowers ; peduncles short, bracteolate. Achenes ^ in., pule yellow ; 

 outer slightly curved, linear-oblong, emarginato at both ends, wings each as broad 

 or broader than the nucleus, which is ventrally and dorsally 5-6-ribbed, wings and 

 ribs minutely crenulate ; inner achenes often narrower and imperfect ; pappus J in. 

 ■ long, deciduous, hairs subequal with no inner stronger ones. 



119. TRAGOFOGON, Linn. 



Biennial or perennial milky-juiced herbs. Leaves alternate, stem-clasping, 

 narrow, quite entire. Heads terminal; long-peduncled, lai-ge, homogamous, 

 yellow blue or purple ; fl. all ligulate. Involua-e cylindric or narrowly cam- 

 panulate ; bracts 1-seriate longer or shorter than the flowers, herbaceous, acu- 

 minate, bases sometimes connate, outer ; receptacle flat or convex, pitted, 

 margins of the pits often cartilaginous. Achenes slender, terete, 5-angled, 

 6-10-ribbed, ribs smooth or muricate, basal areole broad concave, inner usually 

 with a slender beak ; pappus hairs numerous, 1-seriate, feathery, connate into a 

 basal ring, 6-10 longer than the rest with simple (not feathery) tips, those of 

 the outer achenes often fewer, subpaleaoeous, free at the base, simple or feathery 

 Ijelow. — DisiBiB. Species about 20, Europe, N. Africa, temp, and subtrop. 

 Asia. 



1. T. graclle, Don in Mem. Wern. Soc. iii. 407 ; Prodr. 102 ; quite 



glabrous, leaves very narrow linear keeled flexuoiis, radical often equalling the 



. scape, invol. bracts 6-8 shorter than the yellow ligules, achenes J in. smooth 



beak not conspicuous. T. junceum, Wall. Cat. ' 82o7 ; DC. Prodr. vii. 115; 



aarke Comp. Ind. 278. 



Centrai and Wbsibin Himaxaya; from Hjzara to Nipal, alt. G 10,000 ft , as- 

 . cending to 13,000 ft. in Piti and Kunawnr. 



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