SpeCi Char. Stem erectj glabrousi glandulosely hairy at the 

 apex : cauline leaves stera-clasping, sagittate, lancedilate, smootli, 

 sligiitly sublobed, toothed : peduncles subumbellate, hairy : invo- 

 lucres tomentose : flowers large, yellow. 



Samulcottab, flowering in February and March/ 



(3) S. Wallichianus. {Dec.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. Vll. p. 185. 



Syn. S. longifolius, Wall. Cat. No. 3251. 



Engrai). Deless. Ic. IV. t. 97. 



Spec. CiiAR. Glabrous : root perpendicular : stem erect : leaves 

 elongated, obtusely auricled, haif'Stem-clasping, pinnatiiid, spinosc 

 ly toothed : lobes ovate, terminal one elongated : pedicels subum- 

 bellate: achaenia compressed, subcylindric, nut attenuated at the 

 base, muriculate. 



Hurdwar. 



(4) S. WioHtiANus. (Dee.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. VII. p. 187. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1142. 



Spec. Char. Root somewhat woody ; stems ascending, erect^ 

 somewhat angular, glabrous: leaves stem-clasping, with roundish 

 auricles, oblong-lanceolate, unequally and acutely toothed, glabrous, 

 glaucescent, upper ones nearly linear : corymbs lax and with the! 

 pedicels and involucres glandulosely hairy :' achaenia oblong, striat- 

 ed, transversely wrinkled. 



In shady places near Coimbatore, flowering in the cold season, 



GENUS LXXXII. YOtTNGIA. 

 Syn. Pol. ./Equalia. Sexi Sytti 



Gen. Char. Gapitula about 12>flowered: corolla pilose at the 

 apex of the tube : achaenia oblong, compressed, subtrigonous, striat- 

 ed, beakless, attenuated at both ends : pappus pilose, scarcely den- 

 ticulate. — Herbaceous plants ; inferior leaves lyrate or pinnatifid : 

 capitula paniculate : involucre cylindrical, 8-Ieaved, with about 5 

 calyculate accessory scales : receptacle naked. 



(1) Y. RUNCiNATA. (Dec.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. VII. p. 192. 

 syn. Chondrilla runcinata. Wall. Cat. No. 382. 

 Spec. Char. Slightly glabrous: stems somewhat leafless at tha 

 fpex, puherulous below together with the petioles and nerves of tha 



