(5) G. PALLIDUM. (Lam.') 



Ident. Dec. prod. VI. p. 230.— Wight's Contrib. p. 22.— WalK 

 Cat. No. 2953.— Lam. Diet. II. p. 750. 



Syn. G. orixense, Roxb. fior. Ind. 111. f. 425. 



Spec. Char. Woolly : stems many, herbaceous, ascendent^ 

 erect, simple : lower leaves lanceolate, sub-acute, flat, cauline onesi 

 broadly sessile, Uppermost ones linear : flowering branchlets sub- 

 umbellate at the apex : capitula sub-aggregated in glomeriiles 

 at the axils and tops of the branches : involucral scales oblongs 

 elliptic, obtuse, woolly quite at the base, otherwise quite glabrous,, 

 reddish straw-coloured. 



Circar mountains. 



(6) G. Indicum. (Linn.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. VI. p. 231. — Wight's Contrib. p. 22. 



Syn. G. multicaule, Willd. Roxb. flor. Ind. III. p. 425. — G- 

 polycaulon, Pers. — G. pluricaule, Poir. — G. strictum, Roxb. Jt^ 

 Ind. III. p. 424. 



Spec. Char. Stems herbaceous, many, diffuse, tomentose : 

 leaves obovate-oblong or oblong-linear, mucronate, more or less 

 tomentose, lower oiies attenuated at the base, upper ones sessile : 

 capitula aggregated into an interrupted simple or branched spike: 

 involucral scales linear, obtuse, scariose, straw-coloured or reddish : 

 flowers very small, yellow. 



Peninsula. Patna. Silhet. Flowering in February and March.. 



(7) G. MARCESCENS, ( R, W.J 



Ident. Wight's Icon. vol. III. 



Engrav, Wight's Icon. t. 1115. 



Spec. Char. Shrubby, somewhat diffuse at the base : branches 

 ascending, the lower parts clothed with persistent withered leaves, 

 ■which are revolute on the edges and linear-subulate, green ones 

 narrow-lanceolate, acute, glabrous above, tomentose beneath : flori- - 

 ferous branches umbellate at the apex : heads of flowers aggregated 

 at the tops" of the branchlets : involucral scales ovate-lanceolate, 

 ■woolly at the base, white-scariose towards the apex : marginal 

 florets 2-series : styles not exserted : achsenia obovoid, puberuloHs : 

 pappus, uniform, scabrous. 



JJeilgherries. 



GENUS LV. FILAGO. 



Sjn. Pol. Su|ierflua. Sex .- St/gt -. 



Deriv. From Filum, a thread ; the plant appears as if covereij 

 with cotton or down, whence the name Cotton Rose, 



