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Whitelaw Ainslie, of Madras, an honour well merited in return 

 for his most valuable Materia Medica of Hindoostan.] 



90. ^Ereoseris, (D. C. 7-17). Capitula heterogamous, 

 radiate-like : marginal flowers female ; disk hermaphrodite ; 

 corolla bilabiate 2-3-cleft : exterior lip of the ray ligulate 

 3-cleft : anthers long-spurred, spurs lacerated at the point : 

 style tumid at the base, branches short obtuse : achaenia oblong 

 puberulous : pappus 2-series, setae serrated, equal. Herbs : 

 radical leaves lyrate or pinnatifid, tomentose beneath : scape 

 1-cephalous : involucrum two or more series, scales acumina- 

 ted : receptacle naked : flowers yellow. 



91. Leucomeris, (Don. D. C. 7-25). Capitula 4-6-flower- 

 ed, homogamous: corolla tubular 5-cleft, lobes linear sub- 

 callous at the apex : anthers elongated, caudae plumose : style 

 bulbous at the base, scarcely exserted ; branches short, obtuse, 

 glabrous : achaenia covered with silky villi surrounding the 

 apex like calycled pappus : pappus several series, rough, 

 rigid. Shrubs or herbs : leaves alternate tomentose beneath : 

 capitula corymbosely fascicled: involucrum glabrous cylin- 

 drical, imbricated : receptacle naked : corolla purplish : anthers 

 white. 



92. Dicoma, (Less. D. C. 7-35). Capitula homogamous or 

 heterogamous: corolla of the disk regular 5-parted; of the ray, 

 in heterogamous capitula, neuter, ligulate, bilabiate or round- 

 ish tubulate : anthers long, caudate, caudae bearded : branches 

 of the style short, erect, obtuse, hispidulous at the apex: 

 achaenia turbinate, often 10-ribbed : pappus two or more 

 series. Suffruticose or herbaceous : leaves alternate : capitula 

 solitary : involucrum campanulate : scales obsoletely many 

 nerved, sometimes pungent: receptacle alveolate: flowers 



white or purple. 



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