©EN. Char. Capitula 3-flowered, liomogamous : corolla tubu-v 

 Jar, bilabiate, exterior lip 3, interior 2-cleft : anthers appendiculate,. 

 'with long spurs at the base : stigmas exserted, obtuse, glabrous, 

 often by abortion unequal, acute or one aUogether, abortive :..ach^- 

 nia terete, villous, not beaked: pappus 1-seri^s: bristles elegantljc 

 plumose. — Herbaceous perennials with simple and erect stems : in- 

 volucre cylindrical : scales lanceolate, acuminated, imbricate : re- 

 ceptacle naked : flowers purple. 



(1) A. PTEROPODA. (JDec). 

 Var. Silhetensis. 



Ident. Dec. prod. VII. p. 14. 



Syn. Liatris latifolia, Don. proi. p. 169. — Vernonia lobelioides, 

 Wall. Cat. No. 2927. 



Spec. Char. Leaves ovate, aubcordate, acuminate, scarcely 

 denticulate below, and with the stem covered with villous down : 

 capitula spreading : involucres sparingly downy. 



Silhet. 



GENUS LXXn. BERNIERA. 



Deriv. Named after Francis Bernier, a French traveller in India. 



Gen. Char. Capitula many-flowered, homogamous : receptacle 

 naked, alveolate : involucre subcampanulate, 2-3-series, scales lan- 

 ceolate-linear, acuminate : florets tubulose at the base, bilabiate ; 

 outer lip 3-toothed, erect, inner one bipartite, revolute : anthers 

 with lanceolate appendages, bearded at the apex : style somewhat 

 included : lobes obovate, slightly puberulous at the apex behind : 

 aoheenium scabrous, angled, shortly beaked : pappus many-series : 

 bristles stiflish, subscabrous. 



(1) B. Nepaulensis. {Dec.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. VII. p. 18. 



Syn. Chaptalia maxima, Don. prod. flor. Nep. p. 166. — Tus- 

 silago macrophylla. Wall. Cat. No. 2989. 



Engrav. Deless. Icon. IV. t. 77. 



Spec Char. Perennial, stemless : radical leaves long-petioled, 

 cordate-sagittate, membranaceous, quite glabrous above, araneose 

 below : peduncles or scapes longer than the leaves, naked, 1 -head- 

 ed, and with the base of the petioles covered with cobweb down : 

 flowers purplish, very fragrant, 



Silhet. 



