(19) V. BRACTEOLATA. {DtCi} 



l<fe«^ Dec. prodk V. p. 62. 



Sifft. Conj/za bracteol'ata, Wall. Cat. No. 3086. 



Spec. Char. Stem herbaceous? erect, hirsutely villous at tiie- 

 apex,, corymbose : leaves subses&iliei obovate-cuneate, shortly acu- 

 minated, di^antly serrajted, glabrous on both sides : middle ijerve- 

 beneath v^lVety :; peduncles of the fastigiate corymb sparingly. 

 Ivancbed', the eapitulum laden; with long-awned irabrieated brac~ 

 teoles : involucral scales in many rowS' awned, somewhat villou^,. 

 Inner ones biioader : atchsenium villous : papipus' luf^seent i^ iuan]ji 

 jows, outer row short, irregular : flower* whitish. 



BeogiiL 



(20) V. SVBSESSII.IS. (Dec.) 



Idient. Dec. prod. V. p. 62. 



Syn. Gtoyza divergens, Watl. Gtit. Na. SOOOi ' 



, SiFEc; Char. Stem fruticos?, erect,, branched, branches puhes» 

 (!eutly-villou& at the apex : leaves subs^ssil'e, dblong, quite entire^ 

 subattenuated at the base, long cuspidately-acuminated at the ^pexr,. 

 glabrous,, pale beneath, with i the. iniddle n^ve pubescent : corymb, 

 lax : capitula many-flowered,. long-peduncled : peduncles bearing 

 somewhat winged bracteoles under the capitulum : iiivolucral soales 

 hk many raw$, butec ones shovteri suibvdate, squamosa: tnnet ones 

 longer, smooth, laneeolaterllaeas, acute : pappus rufoit^ long, avXat 

 one irregntlar, short. 

 Silhet» 



(21) V. DlNBIOUEENSlS. (2)»e.) 



Uent. Dfec. prod. VII. p. 263. 



Spec. Char. Fruticose : branches villosely-pubesoent ; leaveer 

 -dblbng-laneeolate, subacuminate ai the* base, attenuated imto a ihldit 

 villous petiole slightly hispid above, more or less^ pubescent belojtr, 

 serrated,, the serr^tires mucronate, : co^ii^ compqs^^^ i^cd : 

 scales of the cup-shaped involucre oblong, somewhat pointedly- 

 mucronate, hirsutely^pubescent towardis the apex : achaenium some« 

 what glabrous : outer pappus short, paleaceous. 



Dindigul hills. 



tmNUS YI. DECANEUEliWt. 

 iSyn.. Fol. .^CSqwallfl.. Sex: Sy^.' 



Deriv. From Deea, ten, and Neuron, a nerve or riK alludiftg-tsi 

 the ribbed achasnium. 



Gen, Char. Capitula many-flowered : achseniuHi usuftjly gl*» 



