86 



(1) 0. AROYRACANTHUM. X Dt^.) 



i'deni. Dec. prod. VI. p. 640.— Wight's Contrib. pi-25i 



Syn. Cardutts argyracanthus, WaU. Cat. No. 2903. 



Engrdv. Wight's Icon. t. 1137-8.— Spicil. II. t. 116. 



Spec. Chak. Leaves half-stein-clasping, sirtuately pinnadfid, 

 ciliated with spines, lobes produced into strong spines, below and 

 with the stem araneosely villous : capitula paniculately heaped toi 

 gether : bracts many-cleft, very spiny : involucral scales produced 

 into long spines : flowers purplish. 



Neilgherries. Pulney hills. Flowering in August and Sep^ 

 tember. 



GEliTUS LXX. SfiRRATUiiA. 

 iSyn. iPol. .Xqaaliii. Sex; iSysti 



beriv. From Serroi a saw, the leaves beii^ edged With cutting 

 teeth. 



Gen. Char. Ca{)itula usually homogamous, sotnetimes by aboi*- 

 tion 1-sexual, or ray female : torolla 5-cleft, sub-irregular : fila- 

 ments pilose : stigmas diverging : acheenia oblong, compressed : 

 pappus unequal, hairs many-series, rough not annulate.— ^Unarmed 

 or prickly herbs : involucre ovate, scales imbricated, the exterior 

 ones shorter, spinulbse^ interior Ibngj scariose at the apex : recap* 

 tacle fimbrillate : corolla purple or white, never yellow. 



(1) S. pallida. {Dec.) 



Ident. iDec. prod. VI. p. 670. 



Syn. Centaurea pallida, WaU. Cat. No. 2983. 



Spec. Char. Stem terete, striated, puberulous, 1-headed, sim-* 

 pie : leaves a little glabrous on both sides or minutely puberulous^ 

 lyrate or pinnatifid, attenuated into the petiole : lobes acuminated, 

 mucronate, somewhat entire : involucral scales coriaceous, glabrousj 

 outer ones ovate, mucronate : innermost ones long, lanceolate- 

 linear : lobes of the corolla linear, sub-callous at the apex : florets 

 purplish. 



North- West Provinces. 



GEMIS LXXI. AINSLLEA. 

 Syn. Pol. JBqualls. Sex: Syet: 



Deriv. Named after Dr. Whitelaw Ainslie of Madras, Author of 

 the Materia Medica of Hindostan, 



