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(4) E. ELEGANS. (Sprmff.) 



Ident. Spreng. Syst. III. p. 794.— Dec. 1. c. p. 19. 



Syn. E. variegata, Both. — E. platylepis, Decaisne in Jacq^. my. 

 p. 156 and t. 157. — E. strobilifera, I)alsi. in SooJe. Jown. Bot. 

 1851. III.^. 229.— E. dichotoma, Boxb.flor. Ind. 11. p. 471. 



Spec. Chab. Annual, softly hispid: [stem erect, elongated, 

 shortly branched and leafy towards the top : leaves subsessile, 

 unequal at the cordate base, ovate, obtuse, serrulate towards the 

 apex, upper ones densely imbricated into ovate spikes : stipules 

 bristly, small : involucres shortly turbinate, laterally cleft, hairy 

 on both sides, lobes obovate denticulate at the apex : glands 

 transversely oblong, appendage large, rose-coloured, wedge-shaped, 

 obsoletely repand : shells of the hairyish capsule rounded : styles 

 united at the base, 2-cleft, oblong-clavate : seed ovate-tetragonal, 

 transversely 4 — 5-furrowed, minutely tubercled. 



Asaerghur. ' Malabar and Goucan. Deccan. Aurungabad. 

 Flowering in February. 



(5) E. EIMBBIATA. (BoisS.) 



Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. 19. 



Syn. E. cristata, var. major, Both. 



Migrav. Boiss. Euph. Ic. t. 8. 



Spec. Chae. Annual, softly hispid : stems erect, alternately 

 or dichotomously branched : leaves subsessile, with an unequal 

 cordate base, ovate, serrulate: upper ones densely imbricated 

 into rounded capitula: stipules tubulate, short : involucres long 

 turbinate, hairy, throat white-ciliate, lobes linear-lanceolate: 

 glands wax-coloured transversely oblong, appendage reddish, 

 broad, parted into 7 — 9 plumose bristly segments : styles deeply 

 2-cleft, capitate : shells of the hirsute capsule somewhat keeled : 

 seed oblong-tetragonal, 4 — 5-furrowed, tuberculate. 



Madras. 



(6) E. PILtTLIFEEA. (iwJW.) 



Ident. Linn. Am. ac. III. p. 114.— Dec. 1. c. p. 21. 



Syn. E. hirta, Imin. I. c— E. capitata, Lam.—'E. globulifera, 

 KvMth. in S. B. nov. gen. II. p. 56.— E. verticillata. Yell. fl. 

 Mum. V. t. 16. — E. nodiflora, Steud. nam. 



Engrav. Burm. Zeyl. t. 104 and t. 105. fig. I.— Jacq. Ic. I. t. 

 478.— Jacq. Coll. V. t. XI. fig. I. 



Spec. Chae. Annual, crisply pubescent: stems erect or 

 ascending, simple or sparingly branched, above more or -less 

 slightly bristly : leaves short-petioled, with a very unequal, wedge-- 

 shaped or truncated base, ovate-rhomboid or oblong-lanceolatei 

 acute, serrulate or dentate: stipules linear fimbriated: cymes 



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