v'r 



' feiillotis at the apex : a'chasi^iutn glabrous, some'fvhat 4r'dTig1ed, the 

 ' sides spfiiikled with glutinous points : exterior pappus paleaceous, 

 ' CouTtallum. • 



J • , , (I?) V. Neilgherrensis. (Dec) 



Ident. Dec. prod. V. p. 32. 



Syn. Eupatorium polyanthum, Wall. 



Engrav. Wight's loon, t; 1078. 



Spec. Char, i^ninial, herbaceous, roundish, sub-puberulous : 

 leaves short-petioled, ovate, acuminate, prickly-serrated, rough 

 above, tawny-coloured beneath: cymes ternjiinal, papicle-shaped, 

 branches Very ranwus, polycephalous : capitala ovate, crowded, 2-5- 

 Qqwered : , scales of the involucre dry, oval-oblong,'acute, glabi'ous, 

 pilose at the apex:' achaenium glabvous: external series of the 

 ' pappus very short, deciduous : flowers pale pink. 



Gpnxmon iu' hedges on the Neilgherries, flowering in March ''and 



(13) V. ACUMINATA. (Dec.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. V. p. 32. 

 iS^n. Gonyza acuminata, Wall. 



Spec. Char. 'Stem frutico^e,"braiR:hed :, younger branches co« 



vered with velvety hairs: leaves short-petioled, eilip'tic-obovate, 



long-cuneate, cuspidately acuminate at tllie apex,' somewhat %[uite 



eiitti^, glabfous,' priAcipial nerves below velvety, panicles elongated, 



- ^alu^^.^th iQaify-headed branches : involucral scales oval, obtuse, 



ive|vety ^t the tiapk,' imbficated: pappus white^ outer bristles irre.* 



' gular, short, easily deciduous : achaeiiium glabrous, attenuated at 



'. the base. 



Silhet mountains. 



■ (14) V. PtlNDUANA. (Dee.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. V. p. 32. 



Syn. Conyza Punduana, Wall. 



Spec. Char. Stem herbaceous ? erect : leaves short-petibl6d,' 

 lanceolate, very long, attenuated at the base, ^uite entire, acuminat- 

 ed at the apex, ^o^rsely and rarely serrated, glabrous: middle 

 nerve beneath very slightly piiberulous : panicles elongated, naked, 

 ' With many-heiided branchlets : involucral scales oblong, obtuse, 

 inneroneslonger, at length stellately spreading: achsenium glabroujs : 

 pappus white, outer bristles short, irregular. 



ttiidy?,' Silifct4 



« 



. .,.(i5).y. VAGANS, fDeC.Jj 



Ident. Dee. prod. V. p. 32. 

 '?yn. Conyza vagans, Wall^ 



