V:r 



Spec. Char. Stem ereot; glabi:ous> naked below: M^es rigidl] 

 kubradteili ruilcinate, coarsely bristie-ciliatei stem-tlasping : capitulsf 

 sfhort-pedicel'led; remotely fksfcicled along the branches : achaeni^ 

 cbirtpressedi striated; sK^ihtly muricated, shortly beaked. 



Coimbatore aild elsewherej by wall sides and hedges, flowering i^ 

 the rainy season. 



GENUS iiXXix. JticMoJaHYNCHirs. 



iSfm Pm. JBiqilalia; Sen): Spsi: 



r Derii). t"ram Micr^i; smallj arid Rhynchui, a beak ; alliidiil^ 

 Ip the achataia: 



Gen. Char. Capitala seVeral-flowered : achsenia 4, tarely 5* 

 atagfed", subt^ostratfe at' maturity ; beak wauitiitg in the ovary : costaa 

 thick, sub-rugose: pappus pilose. — Herba«bous perennials: invo« 

 ludre cylindritiali calyculate, imbriciite at the base : receptacle naked \ 

 flowers ..yrilloWi 



(I) M. PAtkNS; (bee.) 



Ident. t)eci prod. Vli. p. 18l. , , 



Sj/n. Prenanthes patens; JFall. Cat. A'o. 368. 



Spec. CliAR. Subglaucescent : stems somewhat erfefetj fit^^f 

 'rimdso'-padiiclilktfe, sparingly leafy at' the baise : leaves runcinatej 

 furnished with white scarioselefeth, radical ones iiariavted into thi8 

 petiole, stem ones aiiriteljr half-stem-'bl^sping: capitula tOgpt\et 

 with the branches^ shortly pediotfiled: pe^ieels braeteatCii 



Patiia. Oude. 



(2) ikf. ASpl.ENiroi.rir3. (Dec.) 



Ident. Dtec. prod. Yll. p. 181. 



Spii. Prenanthes asplenifolia, tt^lUd. — ftiSratiHm dichotomttm] 

 koxb. fl. liid. III. p. 404.— P. diehotomaj Wall. 



,Spf,Ci Char. Glabrous: stems matiy; somewhat naked; ascend-^ 

 inEj,4ichotOnioUs : Teavfes radi(?al, subsessile; pidtteitifid or ruacinstei 

 lobes obtuse, denticulate : panicle lax, somewhat naked. 



^Bengal;. C^ri^maind^l Coast in s^ndy places. 



(3) M. sARMENTosos. (Dcd.J 



Ident. Dec. prod. VII. p. 181. , 



Syn. Prenanthes sarmpntosa, Willcl. —r Lactuca sarmfentosaj 

 iVight's Contrib. p, 27. 



Ev^av. Wight's 111. It t. 1*3. 



