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base, here nnd there sharply cut and tootlied, scabrnns above, wooJTy 

 below, a few lyrate at the base : panicle much branched, compact : 

 involucral scales linear, acuminated, somewhat equalling the co- 

 rollas : female florets numerous, males about five. 



Pundua, Silhet. 



(41) B. MURALis. {Dec) 



Ident. Dec. prod. V. p. 440. — Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 125. 



Syn. Conyza muralis. Wall. Cat. No. 3077. 



Spec. Char. Glabrous below, glandular and hairy at the apex t 

 stem herbaceous, erect, simple : leaves lyrate, pinnately lobed, nar~ 

 rowed into the petiole, lobes coarsely toothed : panicle elongated, 

 lax : flowers yellow, shorter than the involucre : involucral scales, 

 linear-acuminate, slightly coloured. 



Bussein fort, Bombay. North-West Provinces. 



(42) B. HOtOSERICEA. (Dec.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. V. p. 442. — Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 125, 



Syn. Conyza holosericea. Wall. Cat. No. 3103. 



Spec Char. Whole plant clothed with long silky hairs : steni- 

 round, erect, scarcely branched : leaves oblohg, attenuated at the 

 base, acute, deeply and acutely serrated, covered with silky close-- 

 pressed hairs : panicle elongated, interrupted, the lower branches 

 longer than the leaves, racemose at the apex, upper ones shorter^ 

 closely many-headed : involucral scales linear, puberous, ciliated^ 

 longer than the disk : flowers purplish. 



Concans. 



GENUS XXV. PLirCHEA. 



Syn. Pol. IVeeeBsarla. Sex: Syttt 



Gen. Char. Capitula heterogamous : florets of the circumfer- 

 ence many-series, female, truncated or 2-3-toothed : central onea 

 few, male, 5-toothed : anthers bicaudate at the base : achseniuin 

 beakless, cylindrical or furrowed : pappus 1-series, bristles filiform,, 

 scarcely rough. — Herbaceous or sufiruticose plants with alternate- 

 leaves: capitules corymbose: involucre many-series, imbricated: 

 receptacle naked or hairy. 



(1) P. TOMENTOSA. (DcC.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. V. p. 450. — ^Wight's Contrib. p. 16. 

 Syn. Conyza tomentosa. Wall. Cat. No. 3031. 

 Spec. Char. Shrubby ; branchlets and leaves covered on both 

 sides withjshort grey-velvety, scarcely tomentose, pubescence : leave* 



