VoLUTAEELLA.] COMPOSITE, 485 



toothed, scaberulons and covered with raised points, prominently 

 nerved ; cauline leaves sometimes auricled at the base. Reads ovoid, 

 5"! in. in diam. Invol-hrads suherect, subula^-e, bristle-pointed. 

 Eeceptacle-bristles narrowly linear, exceeding the pappus. Corolla 

 about h in. long, purple. Achenes oblong, faintly ribbed, twice as long 

 as the barbellate pappus, 



Indore (Edge worth) on black soil. Flowers in Oct. DisTRiB. Eajput- 

 ana on Mt. Abu, Konkan, Deccan. The plant is used medicinally. 



2. T. Stictophyllum, Clarhe Comp. Ind. 241 ; F. B. I. in, 882; Duthie 

 in Ann. R. Hot Qard. Calc. ix 44, t. 56. Stictophyllum glabrum, Edgew. 

 in Trans. Linn. 8oc. xx, 78. 



A subscapigerous glabrous perennial herb. Stem none or short and woody, 

 sparingly branched ; branches angular, grooved, leafy below. Leaves |- 

 amplexicaul, 3-5 in. long, linear or ligulate, acute, flat, entire or ob- 

 scurely toothed, covered with minute raised points, nerves parallel to 

 midrib. Heads 1-1^ in. in diam., solitary or two together at the ends of 

 the almost leafless branches. Invol-hracts glabrous or somewhat cottony ; 

 outer ovate, acuminate ; inner linear-lanceolate with erect flexuous 

 tips. Corolla f in. long, pale-purple. Receptacle-hristles longer than 

 the achenes. Achenes ^ in. long, linear- oblong, truncate, compressed, 

 many-ribbed, rather dilated at the apex, b^sal areole very oblique. 

 Pappus plumose, i in. long, silvery-brown, the hairs slightly united at 

 the base. 



Dehra Dun and Si-vyalik range (Falconer, Edgeworth), Sub Himalaya- 

 tracts in the N. Oudh districts of Kheri and Bahraich and in Gorakhpur 

 (Duthie's collecter), Saugor, in C. India (Jerdon). Flowers during 

 March and April. Djstbib, Mandla district in the Cent. Prov. and on 

 the Shan Hills in Upper Burma. 



45. VOLUTARELLA, Cms. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii, 383. 

 Annnals. Leaves alterna!-ft. Heads heterogamous, purple-violdft 

 or blue. Outer flowers 1-seriate, neuter. Disk-fiowers 2-sexual, 

 fertile ; tube slender, short ; limb cjlindric, 5-fid. Involucre ovoid 

 or globose ; bracts many-seriate ; innermost narrow, acute ; outer 

 shorter, acute, awned or spinescent. Receptacle flat, densely bristly. 

 Filaments glabrous or hairy, anther-bases sagittate ; auricles connatej 

 shortly tailed. Style filiform, arms free or connate. Achenes 

 obovoid or oblong, subulate or angled, 5-15-ribbed, often striate and 

 pitted between the ribs ; basal areole oblique or lateral. Pappus- 

 hustles many-seriate, outermost gradually shorter ; innermost 2-4> 

 dilated and flattened.— Species 4 or 5 ; in S. Europe, N. Africa, W. 

 Asia, and India. 



