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(3) D. ScHMimi. (R. W.) 



Ident. Wight's loon. vol. IV. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1610. 



Spec. Char. Procumbent, diffusely ramous, glabrous : leaves 

 uboyate, cnneate, slightly toothed at the apex : capitula globose, 

 sessile, axillary and terminal. 



Neilgherries, on the banks of dry ditches near the Ootacamand 

 lake. 



(4) D. GRACILIS. (Dec.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. V. p, 371. 



Spec. Char. Quite glabrous or sub-pubescent at the very apex: 

 stem ascending, slender, sparingly branched : leaves exauriculate, 

 pinnately divided, lobes 2-3 on both sides somewhat distant, ob- 

 long, few-toothed at the apex : capitula long-pedicelled, few, race- 

 mose. 



North- West Provinces. 



(5) D. GRANGEiBFOLIA. ( DeC.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. V. p. 371. 



Spec Char. Stem erect, hairy : cauline leaves glabrous, shortly 

 auricled at the base, half-stem-clasping, narrow-oblong, pinnatifid : 

 lobes few, scarcely sub-dentate, ovate-oblong : upper ones linear, 

 somewhat entire : peduncles 1-headed, slightly leafy : capitulum 

 obovate. 



North- West Provinces. 



GENUS XVII. SPH^RANTHTJS, 

 Syn. Pol. Segregata. Sea: Syi.- 



Deriv. From Sphaira, a globe, and Anthos, a flower, alluding 

 CO the globular heads of flowers. 



Gen. Char. Capitula heterogamous, densely aggregated into a' 

 globose glomerule : flowers tubular ; females thickened at the base, 

 3-toothea, several series in the circumference ; males 5-toothed ; 

 style in the centre ; florets undivided : achaenium beakless, hairy : 

 pappus none. — Herbs with decurrent leaves, winged or wingless,' 

 1. headed peduncles : scales of the partial involucre numerous, 2-3- 

 series: general receptacle bracteolate: flowers purple. 



(1) S. HIRTUS. (Willd.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. V. p. 369.— Wight's Contrib. p. 11. 



Syn. S. hirtus, Blume. — S. Indictis, Roxb. 



Enyrav. Burm. Zeyl. t. 94. f. 3.— Wight's Icon. t. 1094. 



