452 COMPOSITE. [Bltjmea. 



ones often entire. Heads on long slender peduncles, solitary, \-\ in. 

 in diam. Invol-hrads very slender, densely pubescent, the inner ones 

 bristle-tipped. Receptacle glabrous. Flowers yellow; corolla-lobes of 

 herm. fl. hairy. Achenes minute, oblong. Pappus pink. 



A common weed within the area, especially in sandy ground. Flowers 

 March to June. Distbib. Central and S. India to Ceylon. Of the five 

 varieties mentioned in the t'lora of Brit. India the two following 

 occur within the area of this flora. 



Var. 1. arenaria. B. arenaria. DQ. Differs from the type by the sparing- 

 ly toothed leaves which are densely villous beneath. — Bundelkhand. 

 DisTRiB. Southwards through Deccan to Ceylon. 



Vae. 2. pubiflora. B. pubiflora, DC. This has stout^ hairy peduncles, 

 and much larger flowers than in the type. When dried it is not easily 

 distirguished from Erigeron asteroides. — N. Oudh and Bundelkhand. 

 DisTRiB. Extends to S. India. 



2. B. bifoliata. DC. in Wight Contrib. 14; F. B. I. Hi, 261 ; Cooke Fl. 

 Bomb, a, 19. Conyza bifoliata, Willd. ; Boxb. Fl. Ind. Hi, 430. 



A bush-like herb up to 2 ft. high. Stems branching from the base, erect 

 or decumbent, more or less hairy. Leaves sessile or nearly so, l^S in. 

 long, obovate-oblong, obtuse or acute, serrate, the 2 uppermost on each 

 branch suboppoeite. Heads i*^ in. in diam., solitary on long peduncles. 

 Invol'bracts more or less villous, acute, not caudate. Receptacle glabrous. 

 Flowers yellow ; lobes of herm. corolla hairy. Achenes narrowly oblong, 

 4-5-angled, not ribbed. Pappus white. 



In the Sub-Himalayanrtracts of Eohilkhand and N". Oudh, also in Bun- 

 delkhand. DisTRiB. Bengal, C. and S. India to Ceylon and Malay 

 Peninsula. • 



3. B. eriantha, DC. in Wight Contrib. 15; F. B. I. Hi, 266; Watt. 

 E.D. ; Cooke Fl. Bomb, ii, 22. 



A pubescent dichotomously branched herb, 1 ft. or more high. Stem 

 erect, terete, subglabrous below. Leaves all alternate, 1-3 in. long, sub- 

 memljranous and softly pubescent, the lower petioled, obovate or ob- 

 lanceolate, acute or acuminate, margined with unequal mucronate 

 teeth ; upper smaller, acute or acuminate often, entire. Heads 5-| in., 

 on the long slender silky peduncles of dichotomous cymes. Invol- 

 bracts clothed with long silky hairs. Receptacle glabrous. Corolla- 

 lobes oi herm. fLoYfeva hairy. Achenes very minute ; obtusely angled, 

 sparingly silky. 



Bundelkhand (Edgeworth). Flowers during the cold season. Distrib. 

 Konkan and Deccan. 



4. B. oxyodonta, DO. 'in. Wight Contrib. 15; Royle III, 248; CldrTce 

 Comp. Ind. 45 ; F. B. I. Hi, 266; Cooke Fl.iBomb. 21. B. bovina, Edgew, 

 in Journ. As. Soc Beng. xxi, 173, 



A prostrate or decumbent herb, pubescent villous or tomentose. Branches 

 spreading from the root, slender, simple or dichotomously forked. 



