(5) V. CONYZOIDES. (Dec.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. V. p. 25. — Wight's Contrib. p. 6. 

 Syn. Conyza ovata. Wall. Cat. No. 3097. 

 Engrao. W^ht's Icon. t. 829* 1076. 



Spec. Char. Stem herbaceous, erect, striated, with very short 

 pubescence : leaves ovate or oblong-lahceolate, acuminated, atten- 

 uated into a short petiole, serrated, glabrous above, softly villous, 

 below : corymb composite, many-headed, naked : scales of the 

 involucre lanceolate-linear, softly villous, acuminated. 



Neilgheiities. 



(6) V. ALBICANS. (Dec.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. V. p. 26. — Wight's Contrib. p. 6. 



Syn. Conyza albicans, WaW.Cai. iVo.- 3072. 



S'l-E^;. Char. Whole plant hoary-viilous with adpressed silky 

 fiMUentum : leaves ovate-rhomboid, cuneate at the base, quite entire, 

 coarsely toothed above, acuminated : corymb somewhat panicled, 

 naked : involucral scales linear, villous, acuminated. 



Coromandel C^oast. 



(7) V. ANTHELMINTHICA. ( WUld.) 



Ident. Wilia. Sp. III. p; 1634.— Dec. prod. V. p. 61.-^ 

 Wight's Contrib. p. 7. 



Syn. Conyza anthelminthica, Zinn. — Serratula anthelrainthica, 

 Boxb.Ji. /nd.lll. p. iOo. — Baccharoides anthelminthica, Moench, 

 — Ascarivia Indica, Cass. 



JSngrav. Rheede Mai. II. t. 24. — Burm. Zeyl. t. 95. 



Spec Cuar. Stem hispidly pubescent, branched above : leaves 

 ovate dr ov^l-pblong, acuminated at bcth ends, . coarsely serrated, 

 puberulous : capitula corymbose, many-flowered : involucral scales 

 lanceolate-linear, acute, outer ones somewhat open, leafy, obovate- 

 linear : achaenium oblong : outer series of the pappus very short, pa- 

 leaceous : floWers purplish. 



Common everywhere in the Peninsula, flowering in the cold 

 season. This species varies in the stem and lea;yes being more 

 or less hirsute or gtibrous. 



(8) V. PECTiNATA. (Bee.) 



Ident. Dec, prod. V. p. 31. 



Syn. Eupatorium pectinatum, fVdll. Cat. No.- 3112. — V. pec- 

 tinifonnis, Z)ec. Z. c. — Wight's Contrib,' p. Q. 



■Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1077.— Spicil. II. t. 103.— Rheede 

 M^I. X. t. 62. 



