GENUS LXXIII. DICOMA. 



Syn. Pol. 'iK^ualis. Sex: Sysl: 



Deriv. From D?>i, double, and JCome, a tuft of Hair, probably ia, 

 ^lusipn to the! bi^qrfsl pappus. 



- (?BN., Ghar. . Capitula, hqnoogamons or heterogamous : corolla,, 

 of the disk regular, 5-parted, of the ray, in heterogamous oapitula, 

 neuter, ligulate, bilabiate or roundish tubulate : aqthers long, cau- 

 date, caudae, beardeJ: branches of the style short, erect, obtuse,, 

 hispidulous at the apex : achaenia turbina,te,^ often 10-ribbed : pap.^ 

 pus two or morp. series. — Suffruticose or herbaceous: leaves alter-, 

 nate : capitula solitary : involucre campanulate : scales absolutely 

 injany7ij,e];yi?d,;soin^1j?nes pungent: receptacle alveolate: floweri, 

 wliite or purple. 



^ (I)- Dw I<ANUGINOSA. (Dep.) 



IdenU Dec. prod._VII.,,p.,36.— iWiglit'^ Cftptrib. p. 26. 



Syn, Xeropappus lannginpsus:, Wall. Cat. No.,- 2980. — Ono«. 

 pordon lanat,um, Heri. Madr. 



Engrav. Wight's. JcftPv tf- ^ ^^^' 



Spec. Char. Erect, much branched, downy-: scales of the ovate _ 

 ^volucre a little glabrous outside : pal^se. of. t]ie p,appu$ serrated.:: 

 %uit very villous : flowers whitish. 



,Mad;ras. Tr^chinppoly. 



GENUS liXXIV. PICRIS: 



. Syn,, Pol. i^qualM*. '^^^•° Sy»t) 

 Detxiv.. I'^pm, Picros, bitter. 



;Gen. Char. ;;Capitula,, many-flowered, achsenia terete, attenu-. 

 ated at both ends, xugulose with a terminal areola, beak none or;^ 

 short : pappus pf the disk plumpse, 3-series, exteripr shortest. 

 Herb^cepus plants : ^capiti^la peduncl^d.: invplucre 2-series : recep-, 

 tacle naked. , 



Q),,P. HIERACIODES. (iiim.) 



Vflr., Indica. 



Ident. Wight's Contrib. p. 26.---I^ec. ^prpd. VII. p. 128. 



Engr^v. Wight's Icon; t. 1147. 



Spec. Char. Stem erect, scabrous with .glochidjate hairs, co-, 

 rymbosely branched at the apex : leaves half-stemtclasping, lanceo* 

 late, coarsely toothed, scalirons : corjpb divaricate : outer involui. 

 cral scales lax, pblong. 



Courtallum. 



