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&ENUS 111. LASIOSIPHON. 

 Decandriit Itlonogynia. Sean 8t/st: 



Deriv. From Lasios, woolly, aUuding to the totnentose capi- 

 tules. 



GrEN. Chae. Flowers -pentamerous : calyx coloured, pubescent 

 outside, tube slender, deciduous above the long hairy base, limb 

 - 5-parted, regular : scales 5, petaloid, alternate to the upper 

 anthers, exserted, entire or 2-clef't : anthers 10, inserted at the 

 throat in 2 rows, subsessile, attached by the back near the base, 

 linear or oblong : ring hypogynous, membranaceous, surrounding 

 the base of the ovary, very small. — Shrubs : leaves scattered or 

 opposite, herbaceous : capitules terminal, often peduncled, usually 

 many -flowered, surrounded by a many-leaved involucre : receptacle 

 hemispherical, villous. 



(1) L. EEiocEPHALrs. (Decaistie.) ^ 



Ident. Dec. prod. XIV. p. 597. — Decaisne in Jacq. voy. 

 p. 148. 



Syn. Lachnaea eriocephala, Keyne. — Daphne eriocephala. Wall. 

 — Gnidia eriocephala, Meissn. 



Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1859. 



Spec. Chab. Leaves scattered, lanceolate, acute, glabrous, 

 involucral ones small, slightly shorter than the short peduncled 

 capitulum, imbricated, oval-oblong, acute, hoary -tomentose, outer 

 ones deciduous : calyx white-villous, with long hairs below, lobes 

 oblong, obtuse : scales 5, minute, somewhat fleshy, obovate, 

 emarginate. 



Neilgherries. 



(2) L. SiSPAEENSis. {Meissn.) 



Ident. Dee. 1. c. p. 598. 



Syn. Gnidia Siaparensis, Qardn. Gontrih. to Mora Ceyl. p. 15. 



'Engrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1860. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves oblong, veined, glabrous ; floral ones 

 ovate-oblong, silky-villous on both sides, a little shorter than the 

 subsessile capitule : calyx brown-villous, hairy at the base, lobes ' 

 ovate, obtuse : scales obcordate. 



Western slopes of the Neilgherries, near Sispara. 



(3) L. sPEcrosus. (Decaisne.) 



Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. 598. — Decaisne 1. c. t. 150. 

 Syn. Gnidia eriocephala, Balph. enum. p. 113. 



