Vebnonia,] composite. 441 



inner | in. long, scarious. Corolla parple, its lobes hairy. Achenes 

 terete, appressedly hairy. Pappus white, snh -persistent, outer row 

 absent. 

 Dehra Dun and Sivralik range, Sub-Himalayan tracts of Eohilkhand and 

 N. Oudh (Duthie's collector). Flowers March to June. Disteib. 

 Garwal to Bhutan, also in N. Bengal. 



4. V. divergens, JEdgew. in Journ, As. Soc. JBeng, xxi {1833)y 

 172; F. B. I. Hi, 234; CooJce Fl. Bomb, ii, 11. V. aspera, JSam, 

 {in part). 



An erect perennial shrub-like herb* 4-8 ft. high, fi^tem stout, pubescent 

 tomentose or scabrid. Leaves petioled, 2-5 in. long, elliptic-ovate or 

 lanceolate, acute, serrate, prominently nerved and reticulate beneath. 

 Heads shortly peduncled, J in. ia diam., usually clustered in rounded 

 much-branched panioled corymbs. Bracts of involucre few, oblong, 

 obtuse, scarious with greenish tips; the outermost smaller, ovate. 

 Corolla purple, glabrous. Achenes to in., 10-ribbed. Pavpus hairs 

 pale reddish-brown or dirty white, scabrid, outer scanty or 0. 



Siwalik range (Gamble), Bundelkhand (Edgeworth). Distbib. Chota 

 Nagpur, C. India and from Konkan south to Travancore ; also in Assam 

 and Burma. 



5. V. cinerascens, SchuUz-Bip. in Schweinf, Fthiop, 162 ; F. 

 B. I. Hi, 237 ; Coolce Fl. Bomb, ii, 10. Vern. Lalia {Merwara). 



A low woody much-branched shrub up to 3 ft. high, clothed with grey 

 pubescence. Branches terete, grooved, whitish. Leaves sessile, J-l^ 

 in. long, spathulate, rounded and often apiculate ; tapering to a narrow 

 base, entire or serrate, gland-punctate and pubescent on both surfaces. 

 Heads i in. in diam., on the spreading branches of terminal corymbose 

 cymes. Involucre'hracts ^ in., linear, subacute or mucronate. Corolla 

 purple, glabrous. Achenes jq in., tapering to the base, 5-ribbed, 

 clothed with rather stiff hairs. Pappus white, the outer series short 

 and rigid, all persistent. 



Mowa Bir near Ajmere (Duthie), Merwara (Duthie) Flowers during the 



■ cold season. I>istrtb. Punjab plain. Salt Eange, Sindh, Baluchistan, 



Waziristan and westward to the Nile region of Tropical Africa. 



Closely allied to V. atriplicifolia, Jaub. & Spach, which occurs in 



the same region of Trop. Africa. 



6. V. cinerea, Less, in Linncea iv, 291 ; F. B. I. Hi, 233 ; Watt 

 F. B. ; Collett Fl. Siml. 245 ; Cooke Fl. Bomb, ii, 10. V. rhom- 

 Ijoidea and montana, Fdgew. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx, 62. 



An erect rarely decumbent herb, 6-18 in. high, more or less pubescent. 

 Stem terete, slightly branched. Leaves shortly petioled, up to 3 in. 

 long, ovate or lanceolate, obtuse or acute, obscurely or deeply crenate 

 or serrate, membranous or subcoriaceous, hairy on both sides. Heads 



