Thespis.] composite. 449 



3. C. viscidula; Wall. Cat. 3006; F. B. I. in, 258 j Collett Fl, 

 Siml. 252. C. polycepliala, Edgew. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx, 66* 



A tall gland-pubescent herb. Stems 2-4 ft. high, terete, corymbosely 

 branched, glabrous below, viscidly pubemlous above. Leaves sub- 

 sessile, 2-4 in. long, lanceolate, narrowed at both ends, entire or serrate, 

 viscid-puberulous on both surfaces. Heads § in. in diam., peduncled, 

 arranged in large loose corymbs. Invol-hracts lanceolate, acuminate, 

 margins scarious. A chenes ^^ irx. long, obovoid, margined, glabrous 

 or very minutely hairy. Pappus ^-4 in., reddish- 



Dehra Dun and Siwalik range and throughout the Sub-Himalayan tracts 

 of Rohilkhand and N. Oudh. Distrib. Sub-tropical Himalaya from 



' Simla eastward to Sikkim and Manipur ascending to 4,000 ft. ; also in 

 S. India and Ceylon, Burma, Philippines, Java, New Caledonia, and 

 Australia. 



4. C. stricta, Willd. Bp. PI. Hi, 1922 ; JF'. B. I. Hi, 258 ; Collett Fl. 

 8iml,252; CooTce Fl. Bomb, ii, 17, G. pinnatifida, Boxh. ; Fl. Ind. Hi, 

 430. 



An erect hoary or roughly pubescent herb, 1-2^ ft. high. Stems leafy and 

 excessively corymbosely branched above. Leaves subsessile, ■|-2 in. 

 long, narrowly linear to spathulate-obovate, entire or toothed, rarely 

 pinnatifid, hairy. Heads ^ in. in diam., very numerous, peduncled, corym- 

 bose, occasionally minutely ligulate. Invol-hracts narrowly lanceolate, 

 Achenes very small, narrowly elliptic, compressed, minutely puberalous 

 or papilJose. Pappus -^^ in., reddish. 



Dehra Dun and Siwalik range. DisTElB. Outer Himalayan ranges up to 

 6,000 ft. from Hazara eastwards, and on the Khasia Mountains ; also 

 on the hills of C. and S. India and in Burma, extending to E. Africa. 



5. C. rufa, Wall. Cat. 3079; F. B. I. Hi, 259. C. marginata, Edgew. in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. xx, 67. 



A tomentose or villous annual, corymbosely branched from the base ; 

 branches 4-10 in. long, spreading or prostrate. Leaves sessile, 1-2 in. 

 long, oblong-obovate or linear-oblong, coarsely toothed. Heads sub- 

 globose, § in. in diam., arranged in dense corymbs. Invol.-bracts 

 broadly ovate, acute, green with broad well-defined membranous mar- 

 gins. Achenes 3^ in., oblong, compressed, minutely pilose. Pappus 

 ^ in., reddish, shining, caducous. 



Dehra Dun (Herb. Saharanpur), Moradabad (T. Thomson). Flowera in 

 March and April. DisiBiB. Punjab at Ludhiana. 



11. THESPIS, DC. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii, 259. 

 A branched glabrous animal. Leaves alternate, toothed. Heads 

 minute, globose, sessile in globose clusters on the branches of dicho- 

 toroous cymes, beterogamous, disciform, yellow. Outer-fl. fern. 



