S"EEC. Chah. Glabrous : branches scandent; angularly striated^: 

 leaves petioled, ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, serrated* 

 limb obtuse at tbe base or shortly cuneate : petioles with a small 

 auricle at the base : panicle divaricating : pedicels bracteolate at 

 the apex: capitula small, 8-10-flowered: ligulse 3^4, small : ach«.- 

 Bia puberulous. 



Neilgherries, Forests of Malabar. 



GENUS LXIV., NOTONIA.. 

 Syn. Pol. ^qualis. Sex: Spat: 



Deriv. Named after- Mr. Benjamin Noton of Bombay, an inde^^ 

 fatigable collector of Indian plants. 



Gbn. Char. Capitula discoid, homogamous: florets 5-toothed : 

 branches of the style ending in a short hispid cone : achsenia terete, 

 many, striated, glabrous: pappus many series,, bristles filiform, bar^t 

 bellate. — Shrubby succulent plants with corymbose few-headed in- 

 florescence : capitula large : involucre cylindrical, 1-series, ecalycu- 

 late, the peduncle furnished with a few bracteacous scales : recep-. 

 tacle alveolate, naked or slightly fimbrilliferous :• flowers longer thaib 

 the involucre, pale-yellow or cream-coloured.. 



(1) N. GRANDlFtORA. {DeO.') 



Ident. Dec. prod. VI. p. 442. — Wight's Contrib. p. 24. 



Syn. Cacalia grandiflora, Wall. Cat. No. 3147. — N. corym» 

 bosa, Dec. I. c. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 484. — Deless. I<:. Sel. IV. t. 61. 



Spec. Chak. Shrubby, stem thick, round, marked with scars of 

 fallen leaves : leaves oblong or obovate, quite entire : corymb few-, 

 headed : pedicels much longer than the capitulum : flowers termi-« 

 nal, pale-yellow. 



South Travancore. Neilgherries. High rocky places in the 

 Deccan. Flowering in the cold season. I am inclined to agree 

 with Dr. Wight that there is no real specific difference between this, 

 and N. corymbosa. 



(2) N. BAtsAMicA. {Dalz.) 



Ident. Dalz. Bomb. Flor. p. 133. 



Spec. Char. Sufi'ruticose, glaucous and perfectly smooth : leaves 

 somewhat fleshy, petioled, lanceolate, long- attenuated at the base : 

 flowers terminal, corymbose at the apex of the tall nearly naked 

 stem : branches of the corymb few, simple, 2-3-flowered : pedicels 

 short, club-shaped, angular or slightly winged, with two lanceolate- 



