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(i) A. DISCOLOR. (Dec) 



Ident. fiec. prod. VI. p. 541. 



Spec. Char. Stem erect, slightly glabrous, simple 5 leaves gla^ 

 x)rous above, white totrientose beneath, elliptic, acuminate, attenuat-^ 

 'ed at the base, half-stem-clasping, coarsely toothed : teeth apiculati 

 "ed : eapitula many, corymbose : involucral scales villous at thq 

 lack, acuminated : tails of the anthers short, villous, lacerated. 



North- West Provinces. 



(5) A. ciRsioiDES. (t)ec.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. VI. p. 540. 



Syn. Carduus lahatus, Roxh.fl. Ind. ITI. p. 408. 



Spec Char. Stem erect, branched at the apex, sligbtly downy J 

 leaves covered with .white wool below, araneosely Woolly above, 

 everywhere ahned with strong spinous teeth ; lower ones siibpetiol- 

 ed, sihuately pinnatifid, upper ones sessile, somewhat sinuately 

 toothed: eapitula globose, terminating the branches: involucral 

 scales mucronately pointed : outer ones shorter, adpressed, inner 

 ones at length slightly recurved at the apex : flowers large, pale 

 purple. 



Bengal, flowering in February and March. 



GENUS LXVII. AMBERBOA. '' 



^yn. iPo\. St'ecessaria. Sexs Syst: 



Gem. Char. Capitula several-flowered, heterogamous ; marginal 

 iQorets larger, sterile : achsenia Coinpressed or turbinate, tetragonal, 

 with a lateral or basilar areola : pappus paleaceous : palese obovate, 

 spathula'te. — Herbaceous plants : involucre many-series, scales va- 

 rious, rarely spinescent : flo*ers blue or reddish-purple. 



(1) A. GONIOCAULON. {DcC,') 



Ident. Dec. prod. VI. p. 558. ^ 



Syn. Goniocaulon glabrum, Cass. 



Spec. Char. Stem erect, branched, quite glat)rous, angled witH 

 ribs ; stem-leaves half-stem-clasping, linear, acute, subdenticulate 4 

 capitula fascicled. 



Tranquiebar. ^ 



( (2) A. Inbica. (Dbc.') 



, Ident. Dec. prod. VI. p. 558. 



Syn. _ Serratula Indica, Klein. ^«/^d,-^Athanasia Indica, Itox\ 

 fl. Ind. III. p. 417. — Centaurea Indica, Less, ■ 



Engrav, Wight's Icon. t. 479<i 



