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Spec. Char. Decumbent or ascending : slightly glabrous or 

 aomewhat velvety at the apex : leaves oblong, cuneate at the base, 

 serrated at the apex, somewhat obtuse or sub-acute : flovrers small, 

 5'eI]QW. 1 



In moist places in Bengal and the Peninsula, flowering in Feb-< 

 ruary and March. In the variety the stems are more or less cover- 

 ed' with hoary wool, and the leaves are shorter. 



GENUS LI. SPHiEROMORPH^A. 

 Syn. Pol. Superflua.^ Sei^: Syst: 



Deriv. From Sphair'a, a globe, and Morphe, form ; alluding to. 

 the shape of the flowers. 



Gen. Char. Capitula heterogamous : marginal florets many- 

 series, female, scarcely dentate ; central few, 4-toothed : styles bul- 

 bous at the base : achsenia cylindrical, striated, without pappus. — - 

 Decumbent herbs with alternate leaves : capitula globose, depressed, 

 axillary : involuerum campanulate,. 2-3-series, longer than the 

 flowers : receptacle naked. 



(1) S. RussELiANA. (Dec-.) 

 Far. glabrata,, 



Ident. Dec. prod. VI. p. 140. ^ 



Engrav, Deless. Ic. Sel. 4. t. 49. 



Spec. Char. Stems somewhat hairy : leaves glabrous, obovate^ 

 toothed, shortly attenuated at the base: capitula somewhat twiix; 

 involucre glabrous : flowers pumerous. 



North-West Provinces. 



GENUS Ln. MACHLIS. 

 Syn. Pol. Superflua. Sex .- Sysf: 



Deriv. A Greek term, alluding to the female florets. 



Gen. Char. Capitula heterogamous : marginal florets many-^ 

 series, not furnished with a corolla ? or very minute ; central ones 

 numerous : corolla obconical, 4-toothed : stigmas bearded at the 

 apex : achaenia terete, subangled, subglandulose, of the marginal 

 florets bidentate, of the centre truncated at the apex. — Herbs wjtli 

 alternate pinnatifid leaves : capitula pedicelled, axillary : involucruia 

 2-series .■• rfSceptacle naked, punctulate. 



