SifEc. Chak. Stem branched, hispid : ]feaV«s ovatfe, acumiaatidj 

 ^^Oitiboid or cordate, with longish very hispid petioles : paleie of 

 the pappus dilated at the base, serrulate, long-awned at 'the apese* 

 BOinewhat eqU&fllihg the cotdlla : flowers small, pate^purple. 



Belgaum, Bombay, and other localities in the Feninsulat th'd 

 whole plant has a strong unpleasant smell. 



GENUS IX. ADElsroSTEMMA. 



Deriv. From Adtiin la gJand, and Stemma, a crown* atluding to 

 the glandular apex of the aolis^niutn. 



Gen. Ghah. Gapitula many-'-flotrered : achsenium oboVate-ohlongi 

 surmounted by 3-5 ri^ bristles, glandular, globose, or -Clavate at 

 the apex.— Herbs, with opposite leaves and corymbose^y-panicled 

 -capitula : involucre campanulate, somewhat shorter than' tlie flowers i 

 scales 1-series, foliiceOUs, ofcrlong : ¥6):^>8aoIie tiki, naked, foviolate t 

 corolla whilte { sUgmas loqg exserted, thickeoed at the point and 

 coloured. 



(1) A. Mi<;KocEt>HALuit, {Dec) 



liiM. Dee. prod. V. p. 111. 



Siyn. Lavenia visci4a, Sam. ex, Walt. (Jat. No. S&2. 



Spec. Char. Stem rooting at the base, ascending, viecy minutely, 

 €owny : leaves short*petioled, ovate, denticulate, obtuse, glabrous i 

 panicles lax, with small capitula : invQlaet^ scales oblotig, sub* 

 acute, somewhat glabr&us : acbaeigia ssarcel^ inaricated. 



Gpalpsra. Silhet. 



(2) A. RivAtK. {pah.) 



Ident. palz. in Hook, Journ. Bot. III. p. 231.— Wigbfi Crin* 

 ttib. p. 9. — Bomb. flor. p. 122. 



Sgn. Ageratum aquaticum, Roxh.flof. tnd. Hi, p. 41'6,^'^-^Adfe* 

 flostemma leiocai|>um, Dec. prod. V*. p. Hi. 



Spec. C^ar. Stem ^ect^ round, glabrous: leaves linear-lanceo-i 

 ]a:te, long-at^tenuated at tlie base, serrdttel^ toothed, ^labrcttt^^ "p^U 

 'cle corymbosip, lax, fe^w-headed: scales of the involucre linear or 

 linear-spathulafe, obtuse : flowers small, white. 



Borders of the Gircars. Margins of rivulets in the Peninsula. 

 Bengal irioweYiU|; in Feliraary and March. 



(%) A. Madurbnse. (Sec.) 



I^kKt. Deo. prod. V. p. ll3.-^Wight's Contrib. p, &« 



%te. Lavenia niaCrophyHa, Wight's Herb, 



Engrav, Burm. Zeyl, t. 42, 



