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(2) P. Hybrabadensis. (Lindl.) 



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



Syn. Aster Hydrabadensis, Wall. Cat. No. 2973. 



' Spec. Char* Stem herbaceous, erect, , branched, somewhat 

 downy : leaves lanceolate, puberulous, lower ones obtuse, toothed, 

 attenuated at; the base into the petiole, upper ones sessile, narrow, 

 acute, sub-entire : branches sparingly lealed, 1 -headed at the apex : 

 in volucral scales linear, acuminate, exterioj: ones, foliaQeous, pube- 

 rulous at the back, interior ones dry, glabrous. 



; jlyderabad. Seringapatam. 



(3) p. AUGusTiFo^iA. (Dec.) 

 Ident. Dec. prod. V. p. 479. 



Spec. Char. Whole plant somewhat ashy-pubescent : stem 

 sv#ruticose at the base, branched : leaves sessile, oblong-linear, 

 quite entire or here and there' toothed : peduncles 1-headed, three 

 tinges longer than the leaf ; involucral scales leafy :. ligulae longer 

 than the involucre : exterior pappus denticulate, inner 10-3 2-bristles. 



$Iortb-We5t Provinces. 



GENUS XXXI. C^SULIA. 

 Syn.^ Pol. Segregata. Sew .- Sysi -. 



Seriv. From Ctiesus, beaten, appearing if trampled u,pon. 



Gejj. Char. Capitula numerous, aggregated in a general head : 

 proper involucre 2-valved, at length cohering with the ovary : co- 

 rolla tubular, spreading: anthers caudate: tops of the styles ex- 

 serted : achaenium compressed, apparently 2-winged ;. pappus none. 

 : — Herbaceous diffuse plants, with alternate leaves, amplexicaul 

 above : flowers sessile, surrounded by 2-3 orbicular leaves, and 

 some small bracts. 



(1) C. Ax;iLLARis. {Rqxb,') 



Ident. Dec. prod. V. p. 482.— Roxb. flor. Ind. III. p. 447.— 

 Wight's Contrib. p. 11. 



Syn. Meyera orientalis, Don. prod. fl. Nep. 180. 



Engrav. Roxb. Cor. I. p. 64. — And. Bot. Rep. t. 431. — 

 Wight's Icon. t. 1102. 



Spec. Char. Glabrous, ascending : leaves laficeolate-linear, acu- 

 minate at both ends, distantly serrate, dilated at t^e, base at the 

 origin of the flowers, half-stem-clasping : floral branchlets axillary, 

 very short:, flowers pale violet, or white. 



In moist places on the Coromandel Coast. In rice fields near 

 ■Tarijore, flowering nearly all the year. 



