75 



(li) D. Hewrense. (Dah.) 



^tdent. Datz. Bomb. flor. p. 130. 



Spec. Char. Stem eVect, striated, pilose ; leaves oblong or lan^ 

 'ceolate, attenuated at the base, auricled, coarsely toothed, pubesi' 

 "cent above, ciliated on the margin, hispid on the proininent nerves 

 beneath : peduncles axillary or terminal, long, slender, 1-3-headed ; 

 ligulse 3-flowered, very small, oval : disk florets about twelve, small, 

 yellow- 

 Rocky places about Jooiiee* (Bombay)i flowering in July ariO( 



"AtlgUSt. V . 



GEisrUS LXII. MADAC4.RPUS. 

 Syn. Pol. SuperfluR. Sex-. Systi 



Deriv. From Madao, to be bald, and Karpos, fruit. 



Gen. Char. Capitlila radiate, heterogamous : ray flowers 1- 

 series, ligulate, sterile ; disk ones numerous, liermaphfodite : adias - 

 nia beakless, oblong, furrowed, baity, without pappiis. — Herbaceous 

 jflants : capittila ■ corymbose : involucrum campantilate, 1-series : 

 scales linear, lanceolate, mucronate : receptacle convex, foveolate : 

 corolla subinfundibuliform, ribs of the achaenia hispid. 



(i) M. Belgacmensis. (R.W.) 



Ident. Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 130. 



. Efi^rav. Wight's Icon. t. 1152. 



Spt,c. Char. Atinual; erect, hirsute : leaves ovate, creriato-den- 

 tate, auricled at the base, pubescent above, tomentose beneath}^ 

 ligulse al)out 8-nerved : style and stigma wanting : achaenia 1 0" 

 inerved, nerves hispid : pappus none. 



Belgaum'. NeilghetrieS. 



GENUS LXIII. SENSICIO. 

 Syu. Pol. Silperfltta. Sex: SyH: 



Deriv. From Senex, an old man ; the receptacle resetnhles' ^ 

 bald heacl. 



Gen. Ohar. Capitula homogamous, discoid or Hefterdgamous, 

 radiate : flowers of the ray ligulate, female : branches of the style 

 of the hermaphrodite flowers truncated; the point only penicil late: 

 achsenia beakless, terete or angularly furrowed : pappus pilose, 

 SjBveral series, caducoijs.-T— Hevbaceous or shrubbyj sometimes climbi 

 ing plants, with solitary or corymbose inflorescence : involucrum !■* 

 series, sometimes naked, sometimes calcyculate, with accessory 

 squamelLas, often with the points of the scales sphacellate ; recepa 

 tacle naked, alveolate, * 



