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GEmJS XXIX. FRANC^UBIA, 

 Sjii. Pol. Siipepfliia. Sejc 



Gen. Char. Capitula many-flowered, heterogamous : ray florets 

 ligulate, 1-series, female, disk ones tubnlar, 4-toothed, hermaphro- 

 dite: achaenium beakless : pappus caducous, 1-series: bristles 

 rough below, plumose above ; aglutinated at the base into a short 

 ring, and crowned with minute palese or bristles. — An erect under- 

 shvub, with alternate leaves s involucre campanulate^ imbricated : 

 jreoeptaele naked, flat. 



(1) F. cRisPA. (Cass.) 

 Var. Indica^ 

 Ident, Dec. prod. V. p. 475. 

 Syn. . Inula quadrifida. Wall. Cat. No. 73.. 

 .Spec. Char. Suffmticose, erect : branches l^rheaded, diverging} 

 leaves smooth at the margin, halfTSten;i- clasping, oblongs toothed ; 

 floiirejs yellow. 



Province of Behar, near the banks of the Ganges. 



GENUS XXX. PULICARIA. 

 Syn. Pol. Siiperflna. Sex: Syat: 



Deriv. From Pulex, a flea, a kind of flea-bane. 



Gen. Char. Capitula many-flowered, heterogamous : ray florets 

 1-series, female, ligulate, disk ones tubular, 5-toothed, hermaphro- 

 dite : achaenium beakless, not compressed : pappus 2-series, exterior 

 one crown-like, dentate, short; interior one of rough bristles. — . 

 Erect ramous villous odorous plants, with cordato-sagittate leaves : 

 peduncles 1 -headed : involucre loosely imbri^ate^ : receptacle naked.» 

 ^reolate, flat. 



(1) P. FOLIOLOSA. (DeQ.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. V. p. 480. 



Syn. Conyza foliolosa, Wall. Cat. No.. 3281. 



Spec Char. Whole plam ashy-villous : stems, herbaceous, 

 much branched, softly hispid at the apex : leaves oblong, acutCt 

 puberulous on both sides. : lower ones attenuate at the base, sub, 

 dentate ; upper ones entire, auricled at the base, half-stem-clasp, 

 ing : involucral scales linear, subulate, villous : flowers of the ray 

 tubular, very slender, the rest shorter: exterior pappus crow^l..^ 

 phased, toothed, interior, 5-10-bristled : flovcers jello,iy. 



Patna. North-West Provinces. 



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