■|ate or cordate-stem- clasping,. sub(Ientate : corymbs few-headed's- 

 capitula long-pedicelled : invplucre cylindi^ical, nearly equalling the,- 

 florets: flowers 30-50, outer, ones erect, small; bright-purple.. 



^Peninsula. Bengal, flowering i|i, the. Qold , seasgp, . Xhi^.i^.i^, 

 yery variable plant, in respept tp both st^m i^nd.Ieav.es.. 



(2) E. scABRA. (Dec.) 



Ident. Deo. prod. VI. p. 308.— -Wight's Contiiib, p. 24. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1123. 



Spec. Char. Stem ascending, leafy and densely hairy at the« 

 base, naked, smooth at the apex : lo.west Ijsaves lyrate, cauline on^s. 

 cordately half-stem-clasping, ovate-lanceolate, rather obtuse, den- 

 tate, rough on both sides from scattered hairs : corymbs terminal, 

 5-7-headed : involucre scarcely shorter than the flowers, enclosing 

 about 100 flowers. 



Peainsula — not uncommon. 



(3) E. PRENANTHOIDEA. (DeC;.), 



Ident. Dec. prod. VI. p. 303. 



Syn. Cacalia teres. Wall. Cat. No. 3J64.-r-Prenanthes sar-». 

 mentosa. Wall. Cat. No. 3262. ex Herb. Madr. 



Spec. Char. Stem erect, glabrous, somewhat simple, naked at 



the apex : leaves sagittately stem-clasping, long-lanceolate, acunii- 



natedy nearly quite entire, somewhat glabrous above, scabrous with 



thickish pubescence below : capitula few, long-peduncled : involucre 



' pvate-cylindric : florets about 50. 



Silhet. 



(4) E. ANGUSTIFOIIA. (Dcc.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. VI. p. 303. 



$yn. Cacalia angustifolia, Wall. Cat. No. 3163. 



Spec Char. Glabrous: stem erect, much branched, twiggy: 

 leaves distant, cordately sagittate, long-lanceolate, acuminated, 

 jiearly quite entire : panicle lax, few-headed ; pedicels long, naked : 

 involucre cylindrical, a little shorter than the flowers. 



Pundua, Silhet. 



GENUS LXI. DORONICUM. 

 Syn. Pol. Snperflua. Sex; Sy»tt^ 

 jp^vitf. palled from its Arabic name Doroniji. 



