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Gen. Char. Capitula many-flowered, homocarpus : acheeriM 

 beaklesa, striated or subprismatic : pappus bristly, 1-series, bound 

 by the short annular margin of the acheeniuni. — Perennial herbs, 

 sprinkled all over with dentate glanduiuse or stellate hairs : invo- 

 lucre many-leaved : scales unequal, imbricated ; receptacle Buk«d, 

 scrobiculate : flowers yellow. 



(1) H. SiLHETENSE. ( DeC.) 



tdent. Dec. prod. VII. p. 218, 



Syn. Prenanthes Candolleana, Wall: Cat. No. 32. 



Spec. Char. Glabrous; root thick, cylindric : stems many, fur-* 

 rowed, angular, somewhat n-^ked, paniculately corymbose at the 

 apex : radical leaves acuminated at both ends, quite entire, stem 

 leaves few, linear-subulate, elongated ; involucre cylindric, subcaly-*. 

 culate, 10-12Tflowered : achsenia long striated. 



Silhet mountains. 



GENUS LXXXV. MFLGEDIUM. 



Syn. Pol. ^.«|ualla. Sex: Sytt: 



Gen. Char. Capitula mapy-flowered : ach?er,ia glabrous, com-* 

 pressed, often nerved on both sides, attenuated upwards into a short 

 thick beak, expanding at the apex into a cup-shaped disk : pappus 

 one or severaUseries, seta? rigid, rotjgli, greyish or white. — Erect 

 lamous herbs, vyith pinnatifid leaves and racemose or panicled capiy 

 tula : involucre calyculateiy iipbrigatej that is, the exterior scale^ 

 are much shorter and sub-imbricate : receptacle naked,, foviolate : 

 flowers blue or purple. 



(1) M. SAGITTATUM. (Royfe.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. VII. p. 250. 

 Engrav. Royle 111. t. 61. f. 2. 



Spec. Char. Glabrous : stem erect : cautine leaves acutely 

 sagittate, lanceolate-linear, acuminate, quite entire: panicle branch- 

 ed, many-headed : involucre subimbricated : flowers blue. 



NpTthrWest Provinces. 



(2) M^ MACRORHizuM. (iJoyZe.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. VI [. p. 2.51. 



Engrav. Royle 111. t. 61. f. 1. 



Spj£c. Char. Glabrous: root thick: stems many, ascending t 

 stem leaves amplexicaul, oblong, obtuse, sinuatel-y toothed : capitula 

 pedicellate, subcorymbose : involucre shortly calyculate : flower,* 

 blue. 



North-West Provinces. 



