small flovers : calyx- imbricatejd: florets numprou^ of a light ptulA 

 pl^ colour : seeds 4-6-sided. 



Interior of Bengal, flowering in th$ cold season, 



(^ENU^ IV. MONQSIS. 



Syn. Pol. Seisre||;ata. Sex.t Sytts 



Deriv. From the Greek term meaning Solitude, alluding to lis •* 

 having only a single floreCin the involucre'. 



Gen. Char. Capitula 1-floweredt involucres oblong, scaler 

 imbdcatedj' obtuse, much shorter than the flower : corolla tubtdose, 

 5-cleft : stigmas long-exserted : acheenium glabrous, somewhat ' 

 tapering : pappus 2-3-series, bristles stiffish, rough, equal. 



M. WiGHTiANA. (Pen. J 



Ident. Dec. prod. V. p. 77. — Wight's Contrib. p. 3. 



Syn. ConyzsLWightixna, Wall. Cat. No. 3028. .' ■■> 



Engrav. Wight's Icon, t. 1085»-r^SpiciU H. |t. ,105. 



Spec. Chak. Large tree: branches velvety-tomentose : leaves 

 alternate, obo^te, cuneate at the base, somewhat entire, 'glabroiii 

 above and velvety -hirsute below: panicle much branched : capU 

 tujes sub'Corymbose, somewhat sessile at the tops of the branches ; 

 inyolucral scales tomentose at the back : flowers rose-coloured. 



Neilgherries. . Travapcore mountains. Flowering in February i 

 and Marchr - ; 



GENUS V. VERNONU'. 

 Syn. iPol. JEnnAiia. Sex: 'sptt: 



Deriv. Named in honor of Mr. Ver'ncSi, a Botanist an'3 traVellW.' » 



Gen. Cwar. Oapitula .many-.flowere4: involucre imbricated, 

 shorter than fhe flowers ; interior scales longer : receptacle naked ; ^ 

 corolla regular, 5-cleft : filaments smooth : achaenium with a carti- 

 laginous wart at the base : pappus often biserial, inner series bristly, ^' 

 much longer than the internal palmaceous o'ne^ the two series rarely 

 equal. — ^Erect herbs, shrubs or trees. With alternate, iarely opposite i' 

 leaves : inflorescence often scorpioid : flowers purple, rose or whiter 

 never yelltow. 



(1) y. ELtiPTiCA. (Dec), 



Ident. Dec. prod, V. p. '22.— Wight's Contrib. p. 5. 



^PEC!. CHitK.. Stem climbing, branched, somewhat , pubescent : ' 



leaves short-petioled,'exactly"elKp'tic, quite entire, belo^'' With silky 



