8 



" *■ StEC. Char. Stem herbaceous, bianclKidj cUmbiiig> very aliartjy 

 puberulous : leaves short- petioled, ovate-lanceplBte,.. acuiftinated, 

 quite entire, glabrous : flowering branches axillary, longer than the 

 leaf, many-headed and arranged in a large panicle : involucral scales 

 lanceolate, acute, ciliolate, imbricated : pappus rufous, oute^ bristles 

 few, linear, paleaceous, ciliated, the rest in many rows, scabrous : 

 flowers deep purple, fragrant. 



Silhet, flowering in the cold season. . 



(16) V. scANDENS. (Lee.) 



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



Syn. Conyza scandens, Wall. Cat. No. 3060. 



' Spec. Char. Stem scandent : younger branches velvety, older 

 ones glabrous : leaves short-petioled, oval,' acuminate,, quite entire, 

 glabrous on both sides : flowering branches axillary, leafy, somewhat 

 ' pauicled : capitula pedic^lled, ovate : involucral s<!&le$ Ciliated, gla- 

 brous at the back, outer ones ovate, acute, inner ones oblong: 

 pappus somewhat rufesceiit, many rows of bri§t)les, equ^, outer row 

 scarcely any, deciduous : flowers dark, purple. 



Silhet. .. ■ ■ ■ ' '". ■' ^ 



(17) V. LONGICAULIS. (jDccJ 



= Ident. Dec. prod. V. p. 33. 



Syn. Eupatorium longicaule. Wall. Cat. No. 2169. 



Spec. Char. Herbaceous: stem simple, striated, sorriewfaat 

 hairy-pubescent: leaves very shortly pedicelled, oblong or oval, 

 cuneate at the base, acuminated at the apex, serrated, glabrous, 

 with elevated glands in the middle of the areolar spaces abov6 : 

 cymes terminal, panicle-shaped, branches maiiy-headedj somewhat 

 leaf-bearing : inv^lypM scales dry, ovate.-pointed-mucronate : achae- 

 nium glabrous : outer row of the pappus very short, silvery. 



Pundua, Silhet. ■' 



"*■ ' ,. .:(18) V. SAUGNA. (Dec.) 



Ident.. Dec. prod. v. p. 33. 



-Si/H. Conyza saligna. Wall. Cat. No. 3061. 



Spec. Ciiae. Stem herbaceous, erect, minutely puberulous, 

 pafliculately branched : leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated at both 

 ends, here 'and there serrated, -rbughish above, somewhat pubescent 

 beneath : panicles many-headed, the branches sparingly leafy, elon- 

 gated, 7-9-headecL: involucral scales somewhat membranaceous, 

 oblong, acute : pappus very -white ; flowers White, 



Silhet, 



