Blttmba.J composite. 455 



sub-pinnatifid and toothed, memlDranous, hairy on both sidea ; the lower 

 ones often very large. Heads | in. in diam., in broad open corymbs or 

 more or less congested. Invol-hrads lanceolate, acuminate, villous on 

 the back, often tinged with purple. Receptacle hairy. Florets yellow ; 

 lobes of herm. corolla hairy. Achenes 8-10-ribbed, silky. 



Abundant within the area. Flowers during the early part of the year. 

 DiSTRiB. Trop. Himalaya from the Punjab eastwards to Sikkim ; 

 also in Assam, and in 0. and S. India, extending to Malaya, China 

 and the Philippines. Eoxburgh says that it differs from B. lacera in 

 having all the leaves laciniate. It is also scentless. 



10. B. mem1>ranacea, DC. Prod, v, 440 ; F. B. J. in, 265; Coolce Fl. 

 Bomb, a, 21. Conyza diffusa, Boxh. Fl. Ind. Hi, 429. 



A slender more or less glandular-pubescent annual. ;8tems 2-4 ft. high, , 

 usually much branched from the base. Leaves thinly membranous ; 

 the lower petioled, up to 5^ ia. long, obovate lyrate or runcinate, 

 tapering downwards into the winged petiole, coarsely serrate or den- 

 tate, pubescent on both surfaces ; upper small, numerous. ^ Heads 

 many, about tin. in diam,, on slender viscid peduncles, arranged in much 

 branched open panicles. Invol-hracts very slender, pubescent. Re- 

 ceptacle glabrous. Florets yellow ; lobes of herm. corolla glandular. 

 Achenes 8-lu-ribbed, hairy. 



Dehra Dun and Siwalik range. Disteib. Throughout India and in 

 Ceylon, extending to Malaya^ A common and very variable weed. 



11. B. Jacquemontii, HooJc. f. in F. B. I. Hi, 265- 



A large coarse herb. Stem stout, erect, simple below, clothed with soft 

 spreading hairs. Leaves 8-5 in. long, villous on both sides, the lower 

 petioled, obovate-lanceolate, coarsely and irregularly serrate ; the 

 upper sessile, acutely serrate or lacerate. Heads i in. in diam., pedun- 

 cled on the spreading branches of corymbs forming a large open 

 panicle. Invol-hracts many, erects subulate-lanceolate, rigid, puberu- 

 lous, often tinged with purple ; the inner ones much longer. J?ecep- 

 tacle scabrid. Corolla yellow. Achenes 8-10-ribbed, silky. 



Found by Vicary at Saugor near the southern boundary of the area- 

 Flowers in April. Distbib. Parasnath in Behar, Nilgiris. The in- 

 florescence is usually very broad, and the involucre much resembles . 

 that of a Vernonia. 



12. B. procera, DC, Prod, v, 445 ; F. B. I. Hi, 268. Conyza repanda, 

 Roxh. Fl. Ind. Hi, 431. 



A large shrub-like herb up to 6 ft. in height. Stem villous or tomentose 

 above ; branches long and stout. Leaves 5-8 in. long, obovate-oblong 

 or obovate-lanceolate, acuminate, narrowly cordate-amplexicaul at the 

 base, coarsely and irregularly toothed, under surface of lower leaves 

 usually glabrous, of the upper ones more or less villous or tomentose. 

 Heads ^ in. in diam., usually in dense clusters on the woolly branches 



