3?) 



(5) B. OLIGOCEPHALA. fDte.) 



tdent. Dec. prod. V. p. 434.— Wight's Cotttrib. p. 13. 



Syil. Cony2a amplexicaulis, Wigkt in Wall, Cat. 



Spec. Char. Sparingly puberulous : many-stemmed : lower 

 leaves obovate-oblong, cuneate at the base ; upper ones oblobg* 

 oval, sessile, half-stem-claspihg : all remotely and sbar^ly-toothed 

 it the apex : p^dttnclei 1-3 from the apex of the stems, villous, 1- 

 faeaded, longer than the leaf: scales of the involucre linear, ac&te, 

 equalling the disk : male flowers 15-20 : anthers ezserted. 



Madras, 



(6) B. FUBiFcoRA. (Dec.) 



Ident. Dftj. prod. V. p. 434. 



Syn. ErigeroA asteroides, Roxh.fior. Ind. III. p. 432. 



Spec. Char. Stem herbaceous, erect, hranched : hairs soft, 

 m^re or less hispid : leaves sagittate, half-stem-clasping, oval-ob- 

 long, acute, sitbentire or acutely tobthed : braiichlets flower-bearing, 

 1-headed: scales of the involucre linear, acuminate, equalling the 

 flowers : styles of the female flowers long-exserted : floWers large, 

 yellow. 



Madras. Concans. !Plowering in the cold season. 



(7) B. bifoliataj (Dec.) 



Jdent. Dec. prod. V. p. 434. — ^Wight's Contrib. p. 14. 



Si/n. Conyza foliolosa, WigM.-^C. bract^olata, Rottl. — C. 

 bifoliata, tLoxh. fior. Ind. III. p. 430. 



Engrav. Pluk. Aim. 1. 177. f. 1. 



Spec. Char. Stem herbaceous, ascending, ramous, particularly 

 puberulous at the apex : leaves acutely toothed ; lower ones ovate, 

 long-attenuated at the base, glabrous ; upper ones sessile, oblong, 

 cuneate, downy : peduncles axillary, often carrying two suh-opposfte 

 leaves above the basti; pedicels elongated, 1-headed: scales of the 

 involucre linear, acute, nearly equalling the disk : male corollas 8- 

 16, yelloWi:$h> anther^ encldsed. 



In shady moist places in "tanjore and Travancore, aid inany 

 other place's inf the Pfeninsula, floweriflg in the cold season. 



(8) B. BARBATA. (Dec.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. V. p. 434.— Wight's Contrib. p. 14. 

 Syn. Caayis batbata. Wall. Cat. No. 3099. 



Spec. Char. Stem herfiaceous, erect, simple, somewhat hairy : 

 leaves' l^ceotate, attenuated at the base, acutely and distaiitW ser- 

 rate, acute, above sparingly downy, below thickly silky-vilFous : 

 branches axillary shorter t&an the kaf ; small leaves, racemose at 



