n 



the apex ; upper ones corymbose : scales of the involucre Uqear; 

 acute, glabrous, as long as the disk : flowers yellowish, femalest 

 numerous, style exserted, bifid'; male flowers i5 : corollas glabrous 

 at the apex. 



Penilisula. 



(9) B. WiGHTTAN*. (Den.) 



Ideni. Dec. prod. V. p. 435. — Wight's Gontrib. p. 14. 

 St/n. Conyza Wightiana, Wall. Cat. No. 3093. 



Spec. Char. Stem herbaceous, erect, striated, puberulsus ; 

 lower leaves petioled, oval, cuneate at the base, obtus^y and une- 

 qually' toothed; upper ones cuneate, oval-oblong: heads of flowers 

 collected into a tn'minal interrupted racemose panicle : scales of 

 the involucre linear, acute ; lower ones glabrous, longer than the 

 disk ; male corollas outwardly tubercled with glanda. 



Madras. Pondicherry. 



(10) B. Leschenaultiana. (Dep.) 



lient. Dec. pro4- V. p- 435^ 



Spec. Guar. Stem erect, herbaceous, hairy: leaves oval, serrate^ 

 puberulous ; lower ones obtuse, attenuated at the base ; upper ones 

 sessile, acute : flowering branchlets very hirsute, few-headed : low«r 

 ones axillary, shorter than the leaf ; upper ones arr9nge4 into a 

 short panicle ; involucral scales linear, hirsute, equalling the disk : 

 female flowers numerous : style exserted, bifid, purple : males 10- 

 11, glabrous: anthers half-exserted. 



Peninsula. 



(11) B. LAcERAy (/Jec) 



Ident. Dec. prod. V. p. 35.— Wight's Contrib. p. 14. 



Syn. Cgnjyza lacer^,, Roxh, fl. Ind. III. fp. 438, 



Engrav. Burm. Ind. t. 59. f. 1. 



Spec. Char. Whole plant tomentose or covered witli white hir- 

 sute pubescence : stem herbaceous, erect : leaves obovate-oblong, 

 thickly toothed, often divided by incisions at the base or pinnatifid : 

 panicle oblong or corymbose, compressed or lax : involucral scales 

 linear, acuminate, equalling the flow^s : flowers yellow, females 

 numerous : style bifid : males about 20. 



In rice fields in the Peninsula. Silhet. Flowering in the cold 



season. 



(12) B. CLANDULOSA. {DcC.') 



Ident. Dec. prod. V. p. 438.— Wight's Contrib. p. 14. 



