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(1) E. DIVARICATA. (CaSS.) 



TSetit. Dec. prod. V. p. 461.— Wight's Oontrib. p. 16. 



Syn. Ethulia divaricata, Linn. Mant. 110. 



Engrav. Burm. Ind. t. 58. fig. 1.— 'Pkifc. 4. 160. fig. 5 and t» 

 78. fig. 2. 



Spec. Char. Stem herbaceous, erect, divaricating, much branch- 

 ed ; leaves linear-obloag, attenuate at the baiie, decurrent, remotely 

 denticulate: peduncles much shorter than the leaf: scales of the 

 involucre much acuminated, much longer than the disk: flowers 

 tpink. 



Common in rice fields in the Feninsala and other parts c£ the 



■country. 



(2) E. PYGM^A. {Dec) 



Ident. Dec. prod. V. p. 461. 



Spec. Char. Stem herbaceous, <dwarf, branched : leaves linear* 

 oblong, somewhat denticulate, very narrowly decurrent : peduncles 

 •ebracteate, scarcely exceeding the leaves ; iavolucral scales ad« 

 pressed, scarcely acute, not exceeding liie flowers. 



Coromandel Coast. 



GEmrs xxvn. inula. 



Syn. Pol. SuperHua. Sex: 



Deriv, A corruption of Hehnium. 



Gbn. Char. Capitula heterogamous : flowers of tJie ray one» 

 series, female, usually ligulate, of the disk hermaphrodite, tubular, 

 5-toothed : anthers with two bristles at the base : aohsenium beak- 

 less, roundish : pappus uniform, bristles capillary. — Herbaceous 

 perennials : capitula at the tops of the brandies solitary, often 

 corymbose : involucre many-series, imbricated : receptacle n^ed s 

 flowers yellow. 



(1) I.Eoyieana. (JDec.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. V. p. 464^ 



Spec. Char. Whole plant softly villous and slightly tomentose ! 

 stem erect, simple, 1 -headed : leaves ovate, somewhat denticulate, 

 lower eauline ones produced into a winged petiole which is dilated 

 and half-stem-clasping at the base, higher ones few, sessile, cordately 

 •Stem-clasping. * 



North- West Provinces, 



